robber-warriors

Updated: August 29, 2026

I thought our guest was the mild and unfortunate Huascar, the rightful Inca of Peru, who was a prisoner in the hands of his fierce brother Atahualpa when the Spaniards attacked Peru with their small but determined band of robber-warriors. I thought I was aiding Huascar to escape from among his brother's army. We had passed the guards, who were fast asleep, when we came to a broad river.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Manco, the Peruvian Chief: An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas