Last of the Incas

Last of the Incas is an adventure novel by Gustave Aimard. Aimard was a French author known mostly for his books about Latin America and the American frontier. Excerpt: «Canario,» said a tall, thin fellow, who had all the appearance of a desperate ruffian, «are we not free men? If our governor, the Señor Don Antonio Valverde, insists in plundering us in this way, Pincheira is not so far off but that we may manage to come to an understanding with him. Although an Indian chief now, he is of the white race, without any mixture, and a caballero to the end of his fingers.»