Conducted to the place of execution, his wife and children, and his
brother-in-law, Bastidas, were brought before him, their tongues cut out,
and then put to death by the Spanish method of strangling before his eyes.
His little son was left alive to witness his death. This was one in which
the most brutal tortures of mediaeval times seemed revived. His tongue
being torn out, his limbs were tied to four horses, which were driven in
different directions with the purpose of tearing him limb from limb. The
horses proved unable to do this, and he remained suspended in agony, until
one of the more merciful of the Spaniards ended his torture by cutting off
his head. During this revolting scene the little son of the victim gave
vent to a terrible scream of agony, the memory of which haunted many of
the executioners to their death.
The legs and arms of the victim were sent to the rebellious towns, his
body was burned to ashes, his house was razed, his property confiscated,
and his family declared infamous forever. One of his brothers was sent to
Spain and condemned to the galleys, in which he remained for thirty years.
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