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"He is truly a god!" said the Incas of Peru in admiration when the Spanish explorer Pizarro set foot on their coasts during the sixteenth century. For had not their folk tales foretold that a blond, blue-eyed man would come someday to rule over them? And did not Pizarro answer this description? True enough, but soon they were saying, "He is truly a devil!" To Pizarro, these Indians with their ancient culture were entitled to no respect. They were only savages, to be looted of their gold and silver for the glory of the rulers of Spain. From one end of Peru to the other, Pizarro destroyed the ancient cities, turning them into smoking ruins. He carried away half a billion dollars' worth of glittering treasure which he sent back to Spain. Finally, as a crowning insult, he kidnapped the Inca ruler Atahualpa and held him for ransom. The Incas, to whom their king was almost a god, paid twenty million dollars in gold and silver to get him back. But for political reasons Atahualpa was executed. The Incas knew that they must keep the rest of their treasure safe from the "god." To insure its safety they buried it inside the crater of an extinct volcano, according to legends which have come down to this day. The secret of the hidden treasure was safe until one of Pizarro's soldiers, a Spaniard named Valverde, decided to desert his brutal master and stay behind in Peru. Valverde married an Inca woman. Though he was a foreigner, she told him the secret of the Inca treasure. One day she led him far into the mountains, through narrow canyons and finally into a volcano crater. Here she took him to an arched opening in the side of the crater and flung open the door. "The treasures of the Incas!" Valverde gasped, almost blinded by what he saw. Inside the opening were gold statues of idols, gold and silver plates, vessels of solid gold, piles of coins, anklets ablaze with gems and huge stacks of silver bars. He beheld the dazzling Inca treasure. It was a long trip home and Valverde could only carry a little of the treasure, but what he took with him made him rich. Before he died he drew a map. On it he sketched, as best he could, the route to the Inca treasure. This map passed from hand to hand and, in 1857, came into the possession of Richard Spruce, a British botanist. More about treasure hunting. |
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