When they had taken all the arms, imprisoned persons they suspected,
and put guards over them, Don Diego and all his captains retired to
their lodgings. Captain Cristóbal de Sotelo then went to Don Diego,
astonished at learning that the Marquis had been slain with so little
opposition. He wished that his party had waited until the arrival of
the Judge, for such had always been his advice.
FOOTNOTES:
[69] A very faithful attendant of the Marquis. He was with Pizarro at
Cajamarca, and was one of the twelve who rode with him to Mala. He
avenged his master's murder at the battle of Chupas.
[70] One of Cieza de León's authorities. They were natives of the same
town.
[71] After the murderers had departed from Lima, the body was placed
in a coffin, and deposited in the sacristy of the old church (called
"_Los Naranjos_") until the cathedral was completed. In 1607 the
bodies of the Marquis Pizarro and of the Viceroy Don Antonio de
Mendoza were, by order of the king, placed under a vault behind the
high altar of the cathedral. The coffin of the Marquis was covered
with purple velvet embroidered in gold.
On June 28th, 1891, the Municipality of Lima erected a new tomb. The
body is in a coffin with glass sides, and surmounted by a cross. On
the pedestal there is the following inscription:
CAPTAIN GENERAL
DON FRANCISCO PIZARRO
Founder of Lima
on the 18^{th} of January 1535
died 28^{th} of June 1541
* * * * *
His remains were deposited in this urn
on the 29^{th} of June 1891
by order of the Provincial Council of Lima
and through the initiative of
the Alcalde Dr. Juan de Roverech
[72] That is, he was with Pizarro at Cajamarca, where he received 181
_marcs_ of silver, and 3884 _pesos_ of gold from Atahualpa's ransom.
He settled at Cuzco.
[73] One of Almagro's old captains.
[74] The bad one.
CHAPTER XXXIII
_Of the things that were done by the Chile party, and how they
accepted Don Diego as Governor, also of the arrest of Antonio
Picado, and how the Licentiate Rodrigo Niño and Orihuela came
from Spain._
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