 He spoke perfect Quichúa and had been accepted as a prince by the Andean tribes of Tucumán (Argentina).He claimed that his subjects knew the locations of the hidden treasures, and with that claim he was able to take in the governor of Río de la Plata, Alonso Mercado y Villacorta, marqués de Villacorta.Inca Hualpa told the governor that for him to be able to get the information from the few subjects who knew it, the governor would need to recognize him as "Prince of the Land".