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Page 156
... precipitately the old men , the women and the children , on board of two ships that were then fortunately in the harbour , with orders to the captains to conduct part of them to Imperial , and part to Valparaiso ; while with the 156.
... precipitately the old men , the women and the children , on board of two ships that were then fortunately in the harbour , with orders to the captains to conduct part of them to Imperial , and part to Valparaiso ; while with the 156.
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... board of ten ships under the command of Don Garcia in person , and the cavalry pur- sued their way by land under the orders of the quarter - master - general , Garcia Ramon . The fleet arrived in April , 1557 , in the bay of Con ...
... board of ten ships under the command of Don Garcia in person , and the cavalry pur- sued their way by land under the orders of the quarter - master - general , Garcia Ramon . The fleet arrived in April , 1557 , in the bay of Con ...
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... board of which were fifteen persons handsomely clothed . With- out the least apprehension they immediately leaped on shore , and saluting the Spaniards with much cordiality , inquired who they were , whither they were going , and if ...
... board of which were fifteen persons handsomely clothed . With- out the least apprehension they immediately leaped on shore , and saluting the Spaniards with much cordiality , inquired who they were , whither they were going , and if ...
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... boards , timber of different kinds suitable for carriages , upwards of two thousand ponchos of various qualities , hams , pil- chards , dried shell - fish , white cedar boxes , cloaks , enbroidered girdles , and a small quantity of am ...
... boards , timber of different kinds suitable for carriages , upwards of two thousand ponchos of various qualities , hams , pil- chards , dried shell - fish , white cedar boxes , cloaks , enbroidered girdles , and a small quantity of am ...
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... board of which many had taken refuge , who only effected their escape by immediately setting sail . After this he returned in triumph to join Millacalquin , to whom he had entrusted the guard of the Bio - bio , with a booty of two ...
... board of which many had taken refuge , who only effected their escape by immediately setting sail . After this he returned in triumph to join Millacalquin , to whom he had entrusted the guard of the Bio - bio , with a booty of two ...
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admapu Angol ANN RADCLIFFE Antiguenu appeared appointed Arau Araucanians Arauco Archipelago arms arrival attack Author battle besieged Bio-bio Boards Brit called Canete canians Caupolican cavalry CHAP chief Chili Chilian Chiloé civil Colocolo command containing Copiapo Crit Cujo death defeated Don Garcia enemy English Engravings European expedition favour foolscap 8vo fortress garrison give governor Grammar History horse Huilliches hundred illustrated Indians inhabitants island Jago killed language large vols Lautaro LINDLEY MURRAY Lumaco manner Maúle military mountains nation natives neral nians notwithstanding observed occasion officers Osorno particles peace Pedro Pehuenches person Peru Peruvians Plates POEMS possess present Price 12s principal prisoners Promaucians provinces Puelches Puren rendered retired river ROBERT SOUTHEY royal Second Edition sent settlements shore siege soldiers Spain Spaniards tained tenses thousand tion Toqui tribes troops Tucapel Ulmenes Valdivia valiant valour verb Villagran Volume whence
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Page 388 - F., Travels in South America, during the years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804; containing a description of the Captain-Generalship of Caraccas, and an account of the discovery, conquest, topography, legislature, commerce, finance, and natural productions of the country; with a view of the manners and customs of the Spaniards and the native Indians, translated from the French, two volumes, London, 1807.
Page 193 - A detachment of cavalry was immediately sent under the guidance of this spy, and at day break made prisoner of that great man, but not till after a gallant resistance from ten of his most faithful soldiers, who would not abandon him. His wife, who never ceased exhorting him to die rather than surrender, on seeing him taken, indignantly threw towards him his infant son, saying, she would retain nothing that belonged to a coward. The detachment returned to the city amidst the rejoicings of the populace,...
Page 160 - There was one province, the population of which amounted, it is said, "to twelve thousand persons, of which number, not more than one hundred escaped with life." In accordance with the settlement enjoined by Valdivia, two officers of note, Alderete and one Francis Aiguirre, had precedence of Villagran in the government, but their absence at the time of the first viceroy's decease, left him without a rival. The return of Aiguirre to Chili threatened to involve...