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Updated: June 19, 2025
An evil day had come perhaps during the revolt of Juan Santos, or maybe in the later revolution of Tupac Amaru. The hand of the savage had been turned against the priest, who had fallen a victim, and his roof the mission-house had been given to the flames.
Here he lived three years and here, in 1560, he died an untimely death under circumstances which led his brothers, Titu Cusi and Tupac Amaru, to think that they would be safer in Uiticos. We spent the night in Urubamba, the modern capital of the province, much favored by Peruvians of to-day because of its abundant water supply, delightful climate, and rich fruits.
"I am ready to depart," he said, "though my heart yet lingers with you; and believe, O children of a Northern land, that, though fallen and despised his race, Manco Tupac Amaru is truly grateful for your generous hospitality, and more for preserving his life. The time may come, and shortly too, when he may have the opportunity of proving his gratitude till then, farewell!"
"Why, he understands you have seen the army of the rebel chief, Tupac Amaru, and are acquainted with their intentions," he answered. "I own that I have seen large numbers of Indians collected together, but I am entirely ignorant of what they were about to do," I said. "But pray go on, Don Eduardo."
Of course we kept as much as possible at a distance from their habitations; but the few farms we passed were deserted, and we had no doubt that the women and children had been removed to more secluded spots, while the men had gone to join the army of Tupac Amaru. A week had passed, and we were resting to take our midday meal, in a sheltered glen, under the shade of some lofty trees.
They speak of it as the town and valley to which Tupac Amaru, the last Inca, escaped after his forces lost the "young fortress" of Uiticos. Ocampo, doubtless wishing to emphasize the difference between it and his own metropolis, the Spanish town of Vilcabamba, calls the refuge of Tupac "Vilcabamba the old."
He, with a number of his men on horseback, rode off, and did not stop till he had crossed the river below us. The action now became general. The whole Indian line advanced, led on by Tupac Amaru and his bravest chiefs.
Captain Garcia earned the pension, but failed to receive it; the "mañana habit" was already strong in the days of Philip II. So the doughty captain filed a collection of testimonials with Philip's Royal Council of the Indies. Among these is his own statement of what happened on the campaign against Tupac Amaru.
The children of the woman with the handsome necklace were clothed in pieces of old tunics, and one of them, evidently her mother's favorite, was decorated with bird skins and a necklace made from the teeth of monkeys. Such were the people among whom Tupac Amaru took refuge when he fled from Vilcabamba.
'Thank you, Mr Baltic, said the bishop, taking the slip of paper tendered by the missionary, 'but I trust that er that this woman knows little of the truth. 'She knows nothing, my lord, save that Bosvile, for his own purposes, took the names of Amaru and Jentham at different times.
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