[68] sic.
[69] One witness said that, after the first blow, Cueto said, embracing the Viceroy, “no more, Sir, for the love of God,” yet he was killed by the servants with many stabs. Ribadeneira, Tapia, Vela (a relation) and other attendants were present.
[70] By order of Alonso de Lerma, Ensign to the General Vela Nuñez, two negroes took the body of the Factor to bury it secretly. Afterwards the body was ordered to be disinterred, and the numerous deep poniard wounds were seen and noted. Finally it was again buried very honourably.
[71] The Viceroy’s wild scheme was to abandon Lima, taking all the inhabitants to Truxillo, men by land, women and children by sea.
[72] Juan de Acosta was a native of Barcarrota near Badajos. He served under Gonzalo Pizarro in the Quijos expedition as “Alferez General,” and displayed great valour, endurance, and energy. He returned with Gonzalo, and commanded the vanguard at the battle of Añaquito. He was wounded, but he was in the procession when Pizarro entered Lima in triumph. When Aldana betrayed his benefactor and declared for Gasca with Pizarro’s ships, Acosta went up the coast to prevent them from getting water. He served actively the cause of his master and was wounded at the battle of Huarina, being a captain of infantry. Before Sacsahuana Juan de Acosta, with 30 men, went to destroy Gasca’s bridge at Cotabamba, but his plan was betrayed by a soldier named Juan Nuñez del Prado. When all hope was gone, he proposed to Gonzalo Pizarro to dash into the enemy’s ranks and die like heroes. Gonzalo said, “better to die like Christians” and rode over to surrender. Acosta followed him (April 9, 1548). He was put to death by Gasca, and his head, in an iron cage, was exposed for a long time at Cuzco. When nearly all deserted their chief, Juan de Acosta remained faithful to the last. Nearly all the public men in Peru had acted treacherously or changed sides. The few honourable men deserve to be placed on record. Besides old Carbajal and Juan de Acosta, there remained faithful to Pizarro, and were ruthlessly put to death by Gasca, the Captains Francisco Maldonado, Juan Velez de Guevara, Dionisio de Bobadilla, and Gonzalo de los Nidos, whose tongue was cut out before execution by order of the cruel Gasca. Many others were hanged or tortured.
[73] Almendras had befriended Centeno in many ways, and had treated him as his own son.
[74] Killed in the battle.
[75] Killed in the battle.
[76] Wounded.
[77] Wounded.