Relation of the Conquest of the Kingdom of Peru Written By Pedro Pizarro:
"AFTER DAWN, the Marquis Don Francisco Pizarro arranged his troops, dividing the cavalry into two portions of which he gave the command of one to his brother Hernando Pizarro and the command of the other to Hernando de Soto. In like manner he divided the infantry, he himself taking one part and giving the other to his brother Juan Pizarro. At the same time, he ordered Pedro de Candia with two or three infantrymen to go with the trumpets to a small for which is in the plaza....
When he (Atabilipa) had mounted a litter, he began to march; before him went two thousand Indians who swept the road by which he traveled, and these were followed by the warriors, half of whom were marching on one side of the him, half on the other side, and neither half entered upon the road itself....
This being ordered, he made the signal Candia, who began to fire and at the same time caused the trumpets to sound, and the cavalry came out in troop formation and the Marquis with the infantry, as has been said, and it all happened in such wise that, with the noise of the firing, and the blowing of the trumpets and the bells on the horses, the Indians were thrown into confusion and were cut into pieces....
Then, too, so great was the amount of furniture of gold and silver which they bore, that it was a marvel to observe how the sun glinted upon it....."