Treasure Seekers: Lost Cities of the Inca Page #5

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Francisco returned to Spain

expecting honors for his years

of faithful service.

Instead, insults and disgrace

were heaped on him.

The church had worked its influence

on Philip.

The king who he had served with

such brilliance and devotion

dismissed Francisco

without an audience.

Go away to your house.

I sent you to serve a king,

and you killed a king.

It was a devastating blow.

Mortally wounded,

he returned to his family's home.

Six months later,

Francisco de Toledo,

Fifth Viceroy of Peru,

died a broken man.

His stern vision of a realm of

justice in Peru never came to be.

The greed and corruption of the

colony slowly reasserted itself.

The Indians were exploited

as never before.

As the screws of colonial oppression

tightened,

the memory of Francisco faded,

and Vilcabamba became the tragic myth

which would return to haunt Peru

forever.

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