Los ideólogos: Juan Pablo Viscardo y Guzmán

128 CÉSAR PACHECO VÉLEZ 73 DESPACHOS DE LOUIS DUTENS, DE LA LEGACION BRITANICA EN TURIN, SOBRE LA REBELION DE TUPAC AMARU Turín, 27 junio - 31 octubre 1781. Turín, 27th June, 1781. - Sir: ... I am informed by the best autho– rity that sorne fresh accounts ( arrived from America by the way of Spain) relate that Prince Casimir continued to advance towards Lima; that on his march form the Andes he has seinzed on three Spanish governors of so– rne of those districts and hanged them, and that a body of five hundred regular troops sent to stop bis progress had been cut to pieces, ten men only having escaped the fate of the rest. -As PTince Casimir may in fu– ture prove to be a conspicuous man, it will, I presume to think, not be improper for me to throw on his character the lights wich I have been able to acquire here. I have had long conversations with an Ex-Jesuit of this country, an exceeding sensible man who passed eight years in PeTÚ and other Spanish settlements in South America. He knew Casimir personally and says that he was brought at Lima, where he was christened by the name of Casimir. He boasted then of being descended from the ancient Incas of Peru, which was generally allo– wed, and thó he shewed an active and enterprising genius, the indolence oT midness of the Vice-Roy at time prevented any other notice being taken of him than that of endeavoring to attach him to Spanish Government. But as soon as he carne to the age of reflexion, he retired to a part of the country in the Andes between Lima and Quito, where he was aknoledged by an independent tribe of the Peruvians for their lawfull Sovereign and he has ever since reigned over them unattack'd and unmolested. Sixteen years ago he was preparing an expedition against Lima, which in arder to prevent, two J esuits were sent to him, one of whom was the very man I have been mentioning. They staid a week with him and persuaded him to desist from his idea and sorne small concession was offerd which he accepted; but he said shewing sorne of his children: "When those boys aTe grown to be men I shall not be satisfied with a little". He has ever since