When the Spaniards occupied Cajamar

When the Spaniards occupied Cajamarca they sent out an invitation for Atahualpa to visit them in the city, which was walled on
three sides. No one has yet been able to explain satisfactorily why Atahualpa allowed himself to walk into an ambush. He was
WELLaware of Pizarro' s strength, and ambush was a much-used Inca military tactic. Perhaps other factors, not sensed by the
Spaniards, guided the Inca in his movements. At vespers on Nov. 16, 1532, Atahualpa marched into the square of Cajamarca,
displaying all the panoply of power. Although he was surrounded by thousands of his followers, the Inca and his men came, as
Pizarro wished, unarmed. There was an unintelligible parley between a Christian priest and the Inca demigod; then the
Spaniards set upon the Indians. The whole action took thirty minutes; the only Spanish casualty was Pizarro, wounded in the
arm while defending Atahualpa, whom he wished to take alive and unhurt.