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The Chronicle of Akakor
capital and began a bloody reign of terror. Ataualpa would have destroyed the partisans of his unhappy
brother if the strangers had not landed on the shores of the western ocean. Their arrival prevented his
ultimate victory.

Powerful ships reached the coast. They came silently over the water. And bearded men landed,
with powerful weapons and strange animals, as fast and strong as the hunting jaguar. And
within one day, mighty opponents arose against Ataualpa. He gained cruel enemies, who were
false and full of cunning.

The Destruction of the Inca Empire

Soon after their arrival in Peru, the White Barbarians allowed their true intentions to be known. Dazzled by
the wealth and the riches of Cuzco, they started on a cruel war of conquest. First they stormed the cities on
the shore. They occupied the surrounding country and subjugated the Allied Tribes of the Incas. Then the
White Barbarians gathered for a campaign over the mountains of the Andes. At the place that is called
Catamarca, ten hours’ walk from Cuzco, they met the army of Ataualpa, the prince of the sons of the sun.

The war scouts tell terrible tales. Awful were their revelations. Ataualpa had to pay dearly for
his arrogance. He fell victim to a ruse of the strangers. He was betrayed and captured. And the
secondborn son of Huayana Capac was bound. His warriors were killed by the White
Barbarians’ arms. The plain ran red with blood. The blood was ankle-deep on the fields when
the Incas lost the battle. And the bearded warriors passed on further. Murdering and looting,
they came to Cuzco. They violated the women. They robbed the gold. Even the tombs were
broken open. Misery and despair came to the mountains where once Ataualpa, the prince of the
sons of the sun, had been powerful.

My people learned of the real cruelty of the White Barbarians from the many Inca refugees. The bearded
strangers committed worse atrocities than the savage tribes ever had. Barely twelve moons after their
arrival, a deep darkness dwelt over the empire of the sons of the sun, lit only by the burning cities and
villages. Soon the Ugha Mongulala had to recognize the terrible truth:

The sister nation was doomed to perish. The strangers had peculiar weapons that sent out flaming
thunderbolts. They had strange animals with silver feet which, guided by men, spread death and perdition in
the ranks of the sons of the sun. Ataualpa’s warriors fled before them in panic.
But the Incas were a strong nation. In spite of the strangers’ superior weapons, they fought bitterly for their
country. After the devastating defeat at Catamarca, the remnants of the army gathered in the mountains
around Cuzco and at the border of the country called Bolivia. The main force barred the mountain passes
leading to the coast. Chosen scouts took the enemy in the rear. In this way they prevented the White
Barbarians’ advance for a long time. Only when the foreigners had burned Ataualpa alive in honor of their
god and this prediction of our priests had been fulfilled did they cease resisting. The Inca empire went under
in a terrible storm of fire.

Woe unto the sons of the sun! What awful fate has struck them! They betrayed the bequest of
the Gods and have now been betrayed themselves. They have been chastised. They have been
bloodily beaten by the White Barbarians. For the strangers knew no mercy. They did not spare
the women, nor did they spare the children. They behaved like savage beasts, like ants,
destroying everything in their path. The era of blood started for the sons of the sun. A whole
nation is expiating the sins of Viracocha. The days of the dog began when the sun and the
moon were darkened by blood.

The Withdrawal of the Ugha Mongulala

Five years after the arrival of the White Barbarians, the Inca empire resembled Akakor after the first Great
Catastrophe. Its capital lay in ruins. Villages and settlements had been burned down. The survivors had
withdrawn into the high mountains or served the White Barbarians as slaves. The sign of the cross, which is

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