“Seeing how vile and despicable the idol was, we went outside to ask why they cared about so crude and ungainly a thing. But they, astounded at our daring, defended the honor of their god and said that he was Pachacamac, the Maker of the World, who healed their infirmities. According to what we were able to learn, the devil appeared to their priests in that hut and spoke with them, and they entered there with petitions and offerings from the entire kingdom of Atahualpa, just as Moors and Turks go to the house in Mecca. Seeing the evil of what was there and the blindness of all those people, we gathered together their leaders and enlightened them. And in the presence of all, the hut was opened and torn down and with much solemnity a tall cross was raised over the seat which for so long the devil had claimed as his own.”

Miguel de Estete, Spanish mercenary soldier, account of an expedition to

Which of the following would be most useful in establishing the reliability of de Estete’s depiction of the events in the passage?


An account by another Spanish conquistador who was also present

An account by another Spanish conquistador who was also present
A

An account by an Inca who was also present

An account by an Inca who was also present
B

An account by another European of a similar event

An account by another European of a similar event
C

An account by a Spanish official in Madrid reporting the event