Four years later a vast Incan army rises up in revolt and attempt to overthrow the Spanish. It is probably this rebellion that resulted in the mass burials that were uncovered. It seems that despite the overwhelming odds, the Spanish hacked its way through the troops by using steel and horses to kill the Incan general. New forensics, though, give a different view of the battle. It seems that most of the wounds on the dead Incas (of 70 deaths, only 3 were killed by bullets), were from Incan maces and other weapons. There was probably no "great" siege, but a few Spanish protected by Indian mercenaries.
What this really says is that it is likely that the Spanish were rather cowardly and only able to succeed in Peru (likely in Mexico, too), because of an alliance with other India tribes, a fact...
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