RHETOR 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Lope De Aguirre, The Wrath Of God
6 Apr 2017
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Searching for el dorado, after reaching end of supplies and unable to go with more information, pizarro orders a group to scout ahead by raft down river. Governor pizarro announces that don pedro de ursua will lead the expedition. Accompanied by his mistress ( against my better judgment ) Don lope de aguirre as second command with his daughter. Goal of bringing word of god to the pagans. One of the rafts caught in an eddy. Gunfire at night, in the morning 6 men on the raft dead, with the 2 indians and. Ursua: there are indians everywhere, thinks that aguirre would not dare to. Ursua"s mistress: we are not in castile. River rose fifty feet and rafts were swept away. Ursua sees the men collecting iron and wood building rafts and confronts. Ursua tells the men his decision to rejoin pizarro"s group whatever the cost .
