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The conquistadors said that, on the night before the encounter, Inca army campfires scattered across the hills around Cajamarca looked like twinkling stars.
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“The conquistadors themselves admitted the night before that encounter,”
“there were so many campfires from the Inca army scattered across the hills surrounding Cajamarca, it looked like the twinkling of stars at night.”Play from 28:21Report a misattribution
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