Editing Diego de Almagro (section)

=== The preparations ===
[[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] had given Diego a grant extending two hundred [[league (unit)|leagues]] south of Francisco Pizarro's. Francisco and Diego concluded a new contract on 12 June 1535, in which they agreed to share future discoveries equally. Diego raised an expedition for Chile, expecting it "would lead to even greater riches than they had found in Peru."<ref name=Prescott/>{{rp|230,233–234}} Almagro prepared the way by sending ahead three of his Spanish soldiers, the religious chief of the Inca empire, [[Willaq Umu]], and Paullo Topa, brother of [[Manco Inca Yupanqui]]. De Almagro sent [[Juan de Saavedra]] forward with one hundred and fifty men, and soon followed them with additional forces.<ref name=Prescott/>{{rp|230,233–234}} Saavedra established on January 23, 1535, the first Spanish settlement in Bolivia near the [[Inca Empire|Inca]] regional capital of [[Paria, Bolivia|Paria]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--|year=-->|title=Hace 476 años el Capitán Juan de Saavedra fundó Paria la Nueva|journal=La Patria|url=http://www.lapatriaenlinea.com/?nota=56188|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629174223/http://www.lapatriaenlinea.com/?nota=56188|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 29, 2016|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref>