Note 32 — Chapter XV

Francisco de Villacastin was one of the original conquerors in Panama and in Peru. He became a citizen of Cuzco, had a house there, and married Leonora Ccoya, an Inca princess, the widow of Juan Balsa who was hanged at Lima by Carbajal. Villacastin first served with Pedrarias on the isthmus, and was employed in making the road from Nombre de Dios to Panama. The monkeys threw stones at the workers, and one wounded Villacastin, who was then a cross-bow man, knocking out two of his front teeth. He had a good repartimiento at Ayavire. He died in prison after Sacsahuana, being a staunch supporter of Gonzalo Pizarro. Garcilasso says that he was wounded in the face by an enemy after he had surrendered. “He was a good man and did much good to many people.”