The Spanish authorities drew all kinds of hopes from the first city to form a Sovereign Junta. They tried to prevent contagion. The viceroys of Lima and Bogotá quickly dispatched troops with the order that Quito should not rise again and leave no trace of Quito. In the war, the armies of Lima and Bogotá were overthrown or occupied the city, and a year of waiting, on August 2, 1810, they killed 300 patriots and citizens, causing great panic throughout America.