ABSTRACT
The state of things, and, indeed, the manner in which the Spanish territories in the New World had been originally acquired, were most unfortunate both for the conquered races and their masters. The lands, the persons of the conquered races were parcelled out and appropriated by the victors as the legitimate spoils of victory; and outrages were perpetrated every day, at the contemplation of which humanity shudders. The young maiden was torn without remorse from the arms of her family to gratify the passion of her brutal conqueror. Assembling some eighteen or twenty cavaliers in whom he most trusted, and taking a large amount of silver drawn from the mines, he accepted the invitation to repair to Cuzco. The title was speedily confirmed by the municipality of the city, who invited him to head a deputation to Lima, in order to state their grievances to the viceroy, and solicit the present suspension of the ordinances.
