Cajamarca is where the Inca Atahualpa was resting with his 60,000 warriors at a nearby hot spring, when the Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro asked to meet with him. Feeling no threat, and rather interested in the white newcomer, Atahualpa agreed to meet him in the main square of Cajamarca. Most of Atahualpa's troops stationed themselves outside the square, but 6,000 of them entered with Atahualpa. Pizarro's men, numbering only a couple of hundred, hid behind the doorways within the square. As soon as Atahualpa entered, the Spanish stormed, firing cannons, and swinging swords from horseback. Atahualpa's troops were overwhelmed by the cannon and horses, which they had never before seen. Stunned, they turned and fled. They were unable to escape the narrow plaza quickly, and by the time the battle was over, 7,000 Inca lay dead. Thus, in 1532, Pizarro was able to capture the king of the Inca Empire with only 200 men.