[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. [78] Francisco de Oñate, one of the first conquerors, had the house at Cuzco which was afterwards occupied by Garcilasso de la Vega, facing what is now the Plaza del Cabildo, on the west side. Oñate was slain at the battle of Chupas. [79] The Editor omits them, and all the rest, and merely gives the last few words of the narrative, and some testimonies. [80] The Appendix only consists of these extracts. Evidently the most important part of the narrative is omitted. Unfortunately Jimenes de la Espada gives no clue to the title of the document he copied from, nor to its whereabouts, he merely ends by saying: “I am somewhat prolix in giving these details because all or nearly all respecting the life of Titu Cusi Yupanqui, the penultimate native monarch of Peru, is completely unknown.” The Mission to Titu Cusi Yupanqui was in the time of the President Lope Garcia de Castro, 1564-69.