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1561 to 1570 - Inca Titu Cusi Negotiations with Vilcabamba resumed in 1561 under a new Viceroy, Don Diego Lópes de Zúñiga. By the time of his sudden death in 1564, the Viceroy had achieved few results. The next ruler of Peru, García de Castro, continued negotiations in 1565 and offered Titu Cusi the estates of the deceased Sayri-Tupac if he would agree to a peaceful settlement. Titu Cusi negotiated himself a full pardon, ownership of the estates and the marriage of his son, Quispe Titu, to Sayri-Tupac's sole daughter and heiress, Beatriz Clara Coya. In turn, all raids on Spanish settlers would cease and the conquistadors thus would be saved from the necessity of an arduous campaign to attack and defeat the Inca in the difficult jungles of Vilcabamba. Titu Cusi gave every appearance of complying with the agreement, even allowing two Spanish priests to enter and settle on the outer edges of the Vilcabamba valley. A formal agreement, the Treaty of Acobamba, was signed in 1566, and Titu Cusi made ceremonial pledges of obedience to the Spanish crown. But by the time the Viceroy Castro left Peru in 1569, little had changed in Vilcabamba. Titu Cusi was still in control of his jungle stronghold and had survived a decade of negotiations with the Spaniards, managing their expectations, restraining their armies and benefitting from their goodwill. Titu Cusi even sent the Viceroy a friendly letter of farewell before he left for Spain. The Inca's policy of peaceful co-existence with the Spaniards appeared to be working and, after more than 33 years, the independent native state of Vilcabamba was still in existence. |
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