Chalcuchimac was, along with Quisquis and Rumiñahui

Rumiñahui (Inca warrior)

Rumiñahui, Ruminavi, Rumiñagui, or alternatively Rumiaoui, born late 15th century, died June 25, 1535, was an Inca warrior who, after the death of Emperor Atahualpa, led the resistance against the Spanish in the northern part of the Inca Empire in 1533.Born in Pillaro in the modern province of...

 one of the leading Inca generals of the north and a supporter of Atahualpa

Atahualpa

Atahualpa, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa, or Atawallpa , was the last Sapa Inca or sovereign emperor of the Tahuantinsuyu, or the Inca Empire, prior to the Spanish conquest of Peru...

, for whom he had won five battles against the Spaniards.

He was born in Quito

Quito

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 in the north end of the Empire, and therefore swore his allegiance to Atahualpa in the division of the empire after the 1527 death of Huayna Capac

Huayna Capac

Huayna Capac was the eleventh Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire and sixth of the Hanan dynasty. He was the successor to Tupac Inca Yupanqui.-Name:In Quechua, his name is spelled Wayna Qhapaq, and in Southern Quechua, it is Vaina Ghapakh...

 and predicted heir Ninan Cuyochi

Ninan Cuyochi

Ninan Cuyochi, born 1490?, died 1527, the oldest son of Sapa Inca Huayna Capac and first in line to inherit the Inca Empire, but he however died of smallpox shortly before his father, bringing about a civil war....

 died in smallpox

Smallpox

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 in the north.

In the civil war that followed in 1529, he fought alongside Atahualpa and participated in defeating the Huáscar

Huáscar

Huáscar Inca was Sapa Inca of the Inca empire from 1527 to 1532 AD, succeeding his father Huayna Capac and brother Ninan Cuyochi, both of whom died of smallpox while campaigning near Quito.After the conquest, the Spanish put forth the idea that Huayna Capac may have...

an forces in the battle of Chimborazo

Battle of Chimborazo

The Battle of Chimborazo was among the first confrontations in the War of the two brothers, a struggle between Huáscar and Atahualpa for power over the Inca Empire. Atahualpa won, having the more capable generals; he drove Huáscar back onto the defensive....

 and having Huáscar's general and brother Atoc

Atoc

Atoc was a general and brother of the Inca emperor Huáscar. After the death of Huáscar's father, Huayna Capac, Atoc was sent north to quell the separatists under Huáscars half-brother Atahualpa. Atahualpa was defeated in the battle of Chillopampa Plains and captured, but managed to escape and set...

 captured and killed. In April 1532, he and his companion defeated and captured Huáscar in the battle of Quipaipan

Battle of Quipaipan

After the victory at Chimborazo, Atahualpa stopped in Cajamarca as his generals followed Huáscar to the south. The second confrontation took place at Quipaipan, where Huáscar was again defeated, his army disbanded, Huáscar himself captured and - save for the intervention of Pizarro - the entire...

.

He was called to Cajamarca in 1533 by Atahualpa during his imprisonment and arrested by the Spaniards who feared he might resume hostilities. Once Atahualpa had been executed on August 29, Pizarro advanced with his troops toward Cuzco. The natives attacked these troops several times with such spirit and discipline that they suspected Chialiquichiama was in secret communication with the Indians and directing their operations. There was a rumor that Quizquiz, the leader of the natives, had received communications from his imprisoned colleague Chialiquichiama letting him know the Spanish force was divided and how best to profit by that occasion. The suspicions, though not sufficiently proved to justify his fate, were enough to decide it, and Pizarro sentenced him to be burned alive. He was offered a less painful death if he would become a Christian

Christian

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, but he refused to be baptized, and died according to the sentence, remonstrating to the last moment against the injustice of his condemnation.

The Spaniards later routed the forces of Quizquiz and captured Cuzco in late 1533.

External links

• Manuel José Quintana, Vidas de los españoles célebres (at worldlibrary.net where he is called "Chialiquichiama")