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The haughty cavaliers did not always doff their bonnets, on meeting the governor in the street; and on one occasion, three ropes were found suspended from the public gallows, with labels attached to them, bearing the names of Pizarro, Velasquez the judge, and Picado the governor's secretary.6 This last functionary was peculiarly odious to Almagro and his followers.
Pizarro's house, and that of his secretary Picado, were delivered up to pillage and a large booty in gold and silver was found in the former.
Pedro Pizarro, his companion in arms, expressly tells us he could neither read nor write;28 and Zarate, another contemporary, well acquainted with the Conquerors, confirms this statement, and adds, that Pizarro could not so much as sign his name.29 This was done by his secretary Picado, in his latter years- while the governor merely made the customary rubrica or flourish at the sides of his name.
BRUNO. Ya estoy, que siente usted mucho no poderle recibir, porque.... DON PEDRO. ¡Habrá mentecato igual con sus malditos cumplidos!... No que no puedo, sino que no quiero recibirle, que no quiero; sin preámbulos ni sentimientos, ni ... ¿lo entiendes ahora? BRUNO. Pero eso no se le dice a nadie en sus bigotes. BRUNO. ¡Qué mosca le habrá picado!
Pizarro's secretary, Picado, was also drawn from his prison, and interrogated as to the place where his master's treasures were deposited.
Picado himself took refuge in the dwelling of Riquelme, the treasurer; but his hiding-place was detected, betrayed, according to some accounts, by the looks, though not the words, of the treasurer himself, and he was dragged forth and committed to a secure prison.17 The whole city was thrown into consternation, as armed bodies hurried to and fro on their several errands, and all who were not in the faction of Almagro trembled test they should be involved in the proscription of their enemies.
There was one, however, in the band of conspirators who felt some compunctions of conscience at the part he was acting, and who relieved his bosom by revealing the whole plot to his confessor. The latter lost no time in reporting it to Picado, by whom in turn it was communicated to Pizarro.
"They are going to kill the marquess," some said very coolly; others replied, "It is Picado." No one stirred in their defence. The power of Pizarro was not seated in the hearts of his people. As the conspirators traversed the plaza, one of the party made a circuit to avoid a little pool of water that lay in their path.
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