History of the Conquest of Peru, With a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas
History of the Conquest of Peru, With a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas
William Hickling Prescott
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When he had received his orders from Pizarro, he rode forward as if to select the ground for his troops to occupy ; and in doing so disappeared for s. few moments behind a projecting cliff He soon reappeared, however, and wag seen galloping at full speed across the plain. His men looked with astonishment, yet not distrusting his motives, till, as he continued his course direct towards the enemy's lines, his treachery became apparent. Several pushed for- ward to overtake him, and among them a ca...valier, better mounted than Cepeda. The latter rode a horse of no great strength or speed, quite unfit for this critical manoeuvre of his master. The animal was, moreover, encumbered by the weight of the caparisons with which his ambitious rider had loaded him, so that, on reaching a piece of miry ground that lay between the armies, his pace was greatly retarded.** Cepeda's pursuers rapidly gained on him, and the cavalier above noticed came, at length, so near as to throw a lance at the fugitive, which, wounding him in the thigh, pierced his horse's flank, and they both came head- long to the ground.
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