Once the room was full, piled eight feet high with gold from wall to wall, Atahualpa asked for his release. He was denied. Instead, the Spaniards tied Atahualpa to a chair. The priest offered him the chance to repent of his sins and accept Christ. Atahualpa agreed. He asked to be baptized. The priest baptized him. He denounced his belief in the sun god and repented of his sins and accepted the Jesus that had led his enemies to victory. The priest rechristened him Francisco, Pizarro’s middle name. Then, acting quickly for fear Atahualpa would change his mind, they strangled him to death.
