Indigenous Leader Of The Twenty-First-Century Spaniards

Thousands of Indigenous Americans in their homeland vs. one hundred Spaniards in a new area and somehow in less than five minutes the Spaniard’s capture the Indigenous leader. In 1532, Spaniard’s came from Europe to Cajamarca to conquer land and spread Christianity. The leader of the Spaniard’s was Francisco Pizarro. The first encounter between Spaniards and the Indigenous Americans was quick. The Spaniard’s captured the leader, Atahualpa, and held as a prisoner for eight months. For his release, the Spaniard’s ransom request was the biggest in history. Atahualpa was later killed by the Spaniards after they received the ransom. After a couple of weeks, the Spaniard’s decide to meet with the Indigenous Americans. Pizarro tried to talk Atahualpa
“Atahuallpa was absolute monarch of the largest and most advanced state in the New World, while Pizarro represented the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (also known as King Charles I of Spain), monarch of the most powerful state in Europe.” The Spaniards biggest advantage was that they had better weapons. Also ,their technique was more advanced, they used cavalry. Which the Indigenous Americans had never seen before so they had no idea how to defend it. The Indigenous Americans advantages were they had more people and knew the land. The Indigenous Americans had the largest army in the Americas, it was made up of eighty thousand
The first encounter was on November 16, 1532, at Peruvian Highland Town. Pizarro led the Spaniards and Atahualpa led the Indigenous Americans. Pizarro captured Atahualpa and the lead towards a Spanish victory. The second major battle was the Great Inca Rebellion. It was in 1536 at the town square in Cajamarca, Pizarro gave the Bible to Atahualpa to read and study because he wanted the Indigenous Americans to convert to Christianity. But instead Atahualpa through the Bible on the ground, which was the start of the battle. The Indigenous were unarmed but we're trying a new war method called calvary. Quickly the Spaniards were killing hundreds on Indigenous Americans which lead to thousands. “The Indians were so filled with fear that they climbed on top of one another, formed mounds, and suffocated each other. Since they were unarmed, they were attacked without danger to any Christian” By the end of the battle zero Spaniards were dead, but around ten thousand Indigenous Americans were