PART THREE

THE SEARCHERS

The warning of Captain Padilla as described in his journal is that the Eden he has discovered, like the Eden of old, is still forbidden to be entered by God-fearing men, and to do so will bring the swiftest of punishments.

—FATHER ESCOBAR CORINTH,

CATHOLIC REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PIZARRO EXPEDITION,

IN A LETTER TO POPE PIUS IX