RUMIÑAHUI He was called by the Spanish conquerors Ruminagui, Irruminabi or Orominabi. According to some colonial historians Rumiñahui was Huayna Capac's son in an Ati, which was a lineage of Quito. Struggle for independence was not a new thing for an Ati, who had accompanied Atahualpa. When he saw Atahualpa defeated and all the vassals running away, he came back home, in order to organize a warlike defense. He assumed rapidly, dictatorial powers, …showed first 75 words of 416 total…

…showed last 75 words of 416 total…tortured him in order to make him tell the place he hid the treasures, but the Inca never said a word, and when he did, he pointed out far away sites or places impossible to arrive. In this way Rumiñahui entertained Benalcazar for some days, but the Spanish conquerors got tired of being mocked so much, they had decided to execute the hero. With Rumiñahui's death the last flames of indigenous courage extinguished.