 Pizarro saw that the hour had come. He waved a white scarf in the air, the appointed signal. The fatal gun was fired from the fortress. Then, springing into the square, the Spanish captain and his followers shouted the old war-cry of  Travellers and Explorers - Page 3681903 - 607 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1847 - 788 pages
...hurried to Pizarro. "Do yon not see," he said, "that whilst we waste our breath talking to this dog, the fields are filling with Indians ? Set on at once! I absolve yon." Slay! Slay ! mass or massacre. The old cry of the RomLsh priest, covetous of converts. The sword... | |
 | 1847 - 606 pages
...it up, and hastening to Pizarro, informed him of what had been done, exclaiming, at the same time, 'Do you not see, that while we stand here wasting...saw that the hour had come. He waved a white scarf iu the air, the appointed signal. The fatal gun was fired from the fortress. Then, springing into the... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...it up, and, hastening to Pizarro, informed him of what had been done, exclaiming at the same time, " Do you not see, that, while we stand here wasting...saw that the hour had come. He waved a white scarf in the air, the appointed signal. The fatal gun was fired from the fortress. Then, springing into the... | |
 | 1847 - 606 pages
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...it up, and, hastening to Pizarro, informed him of what had been done, exclaiming at the same time, " Do you not see, that, while we stand here wasting...full of pride as he is, the fields are filling with lndians? Set on at once! l absolve you."1 Pizarro saw that the hour had come. He waved a white scarf... | |
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...it up, and, hastening to Pizarro, informed him of what had been done, exclaiming at the same time, " Do you not see, that, while we stand here wasting...dog, full of pride as he is, the fields are filling witji Indians? Set on at once! I absolve you."1 Pizarro saw that the hour had come. He waved a white... | |
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...commence the work of slaughter. ' Do you not see,' said the unworthy minister of the gospel of peace, ' that while we stand here wasting our breath in talking...he is, the fields are filling with Indians ? Set on them at once ! I absolve you.' His words were as a spark to powder. Pizarro gave the appointed signal,... | |
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