"I have warned you again and again not to dally in those villages, where there
is nothing to do--but you continue to saunter, ignoring the fact that soldiers
are running short of food. They are receiving their pay, but the money will
not last forever. Then they will all depart, leaving us to pay with our lives,
because you must have learned by this time that they came only for reasons of
self-interest, and to get all they can out of us. They are already beginning to
desertThus we will lose all the people that I have gotten together for the
descent on Cuzco I gave you plenty of warnings to march immediately
on Cuzco, but you took them all lightly, giving the Spaniards time to prepare
as they have done, placing cannon on Picchu Mountain, and devising other
measures so dangerous that you are no longer in a position to attack them
God must want me to suffer my sins. Your wife.
P. S After I had finished this letter, a messenger arrived with the definite news
that the enemy from Paruro is in Acos; I am going forward to attack them, even
if it costs me my life.”
Micaela Bastidas, letter to Túpac Amaru II, 1780
1. What does the above letter indicate about the author's point of view?
(A) She had little ability to influence her husband's tactics.
(B) She did not understand the importance of planning for rebellion.
(C) She had a powerful role in the rebellion of indigenous people in
Peru.
(D) She was too anxious to be a valuable contributor to the rebellion.