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The speaker had seen estimates that the conquistadors killed around 10,000 Inca troops, or at least several thousand, during the encounter.
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“What is astonishing is that these 100 conquistadors,”
“I saw some numbers that are like they killed like 10,000 of the enemy or at least thousands of”
“Ottawapa's troops.”Play from 27:38Report a misattribution
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