The Mistery of Belicena Villca lavished in kisses to Lito , Roque and Guillermo : none of them could keep tears from running down their hard faces , though simultaneously they laughed with wild joy ; the orders of the Gods were being complied and that was the important thing . Through a similar scene passed the Atumurunas , who were to say goodbye to their only relative , Princess Quilla ; but she was a tough Viking and did not require the company of anyone ; on the contrary , she demanded that all her relatives move as soon as possible to the Externsteine of Valle Magno . With the Lords of Tharsis , to guard them and guard the Pucará de Tharsy , 50 families from the People of the Moon would go instead . One week after arriving , and at a time when Almagro was in Tarija , the travelers resumed their march .
The Pucará del Tilcara , in the Province of Jujuy , Argentina .
Everything happened as the Lords of Tharsis wished . Almagro was misled by the indians and he lost track of the fugitives . After an unsuccessful search in Argentine territory he went to Chile , after ten months of painful march , verifying that nowhere did the rich empire described by Pizarro appear . In September 1536 he finally returned to Cuzco , with his troops decimated and tired of such useless journeys . It was consummated then a general insurrection that had laid siege to Cuzco and threatened to reduce the Spanish conquest to disaster . The presence of Diego de Almagro put thousands of indians on the run and saved Francisco and Hernando Pizarro from certain death , which did not prevent the latter from applying the garotte to him in 1538 , after losing the battle of Las Salinas .
The custody of the Lords of Tharsis and Princess Quilla consisted of 5 Amautas of the Black Bonnet and 45 Quillarunas , with their families . The
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