Summary Of Collision At Cajamarca By Jared Diamond

Naziera Staton

Mr. Spence

Honors Eng. II

Nov, 4, 2015

In Collision at Cajamarca , East-European Jewish author Jared Diamond , showed Pizarro's central message of survival by using power, good tactics, and miscommunication. Pizarro showed that being in power can get you many things. At first he captured the Indians and tortured them to get information about what Atahualpa was doing, he then proceeds down to Cajamarca where he sees many Indians miles down the street. The Spaniard soldiers and their leader has fear and confusion, yet they still continued to have the mindset of someone in power. Pizarro showed everyone he was in charge by his demeanor . He could have let Atahuallpa go once he got his ransom, but he wanted to show that he

In Collision at Cajamarca , Pizarro could find out information easily since he tortured some Indians before he went to Cajamarca and got news to what Atahuallpa was doing so he came prepared. The Spaniard Soldiers were camouflaged so they could have some type of backup plan if talking with Atahuallpa went wrong, or the Indians attacked them. When the war broke out , the priest yelled the signal alarming the soldiers who began killing the Indians, and riding on horses with rattles so they could terrify the Indians even more. That resulted in the Indians piling on top of each other and then, suffocating each other to

Atahuallpa requests to see the bible which the priest says is the holy word, so he’ll let nothing happen to it which is assumed. Atahuallpa then tries to open the book which the Priest had closed not knowing Atahuallpa did not know how to open it. The Priest then tries to help him , when Atahualpa hits him and throws The Bible on the ground which appalls the priest, who sent the war cry to the soldiers on standby. There was also a miscommunication between Atahualpa and Pizarro . Atahualpa was accepting Pizarro as a brother who could come and be festive with him and have a good time. Pizarro went because their army relied on the Indians tools and supplies , which they have been trying to get for over centuries now. So when two rulers with different intents , come together and both haven’t realized they have different intents , well that is half of the whole problem at hand. Which means, both need communication and verbal agreement as to why they are visiting or fighting in the first