Chalicuchima

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Chalicuchima (alternatively spelled Challcuchima or Chalkuchimac) was, along with Quizquiz (Quisquis), one of Atahualpa's two leading generals. In April 1532 he (along with his companion) defeated and captured Huascar in the battle of Quipaipan and afterwards executed the Inca family among with the aristocrats that had supported him. He was called back to Cajamarca in 1533 by Atahualpa during his capture and arrested by the Spaniards. When the Europeans set on the road to Cusco, they thought the general was fomenting a rebellion in complicity with Quizquiz. They staged a phony trial, just like Atahualpa's, and had him condemned to be burnt at the stake. He was offered a chance to be choked instead of burnt if he converted, but he refused and was burnt before the Spaniards entered Xaquixahuana.