Peruvians slaughtered

In 1532 the invading Spaniards led by Francisco Pizarro had made it to the town of Cajamarca in what is now northern Peru, and were making their way south in search of the grand riches that they assumed were in the country. Dramatically outnumbered Pizarro could not take the entire country by force and knew that once his real intentions were clear to the Incas his company would not survive long.

Pizarro had lured the Inca King, Atahualpa, to the town of Cajamarca, and the Inca had brought around 80,000 of his army, armed with stone clubs and spears. The Spaniards numbered about 170, but had about 60 horses, steal, and guns. At this point the Incan army had never seen a horse, or a gun.

Not truly understanding the Spaniards intentions and assuming his numbers to be too great, Atahualpa made the fatal mistake of trusting Pizarro's request to meet in the town and he left the bulk of his armed forces outside the city. The Spaniards set their ambush around the main plaza and laid in wait for the order to attack.

The massacre was initiated after Franciscan friar Vincente de Valverde approached Atahualpa and ordered him to renounce his pagan religion and accept Catholicism as faith and Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor as sovereign. The Inca was rightly insulted by this and refused, which precipitated the onslaught against the unarmed Indians.

The initial target of the Spanish was the Inca's direct protection and the nobles surrounding him. Once they were killed, the Indians had no leadership and the only thing they could think to do was run. Even after they had captured the Inca, and killed all within the plaza, the Spanish chased the unarmed down to butcher as many as they could.

The total number killed ranged between 2000 and 20000, so the answer is somewhere in the middle. No Spanish were killed.

The aim?

Ultimately, power.

The Spanish were colonising the New World with the aim of converting the indigenous to their faith, to pillage the new regions they captured, and to seek fortune for themselves.

This battle was just the start of the destruction of the Incan Empire, for the sake of Spanish power, wealth, and Catholicism.

The Incans, of course, were no golden children. They established their empire in pretty much the same way.

Seems whenever humans come into contact, in any sense, the end result is conflict.