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... considered as interjections , did not the word pum , by which the Chinese call the first created man , or the one saved from the waters , induce a suspicion , from its similarity , that these have a similar signifi- cation . The lamas ...
... considered as interjections , did not the word pum , by which the Chinese call the first created man , or the one saved from the waters , induce a suspicion , from its similarity , that these have a similar signifi- cation . The lamas ...
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... considered as savage , they be- come important and even necessary to form a correct opinion of the degree of their progress in society . With means of subsistence , sufficient to have procured them still greater conveniences of living ...
... considered as savage , they be- come important and even necessary to form a correct opinion of the degree of their progress in society . With means of subsistence , sufficient to have procured them still greater conveniences of living ...
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... considered themselves as victors , having kept possession of the field , were very differently inclined . Having been accustomed to subdue immense provinces with little or no resistance , they became disgusted with an enter- prise ...
... considered themselves as victors , having kept possession of the field , were very differently inclined . Having been accustomed to subdue immense provinces with little or no resistance , they became disgusted with an enter- prise ...
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... considered as absolute . From the arrival of the Spaniards in the country to the present time , it is observable that all the Toquis who have been appointed in time of war were natives of the provinces of Arauco , of Tucapel , of Encol ...
... considered as absolute . From the arrival of the Spaniards in the country to the present time , it is observable that all the Toquis who have been appointed in time of war were natives of the provinces of Arauco , of Tucapel , of Encol ...
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... considered as fabulous by the astrono- mers of the country . * These names , commencing at midnight , are , Puliuen , Ueun , Thipanantu , Maleu , Vutamaleu , Ragiantu , Culunantu , Gullantu , Conantu , Guvquenantu , Puni , Ragipun . VOL ...
... considered as fabulous by the astrono- mers of the country . * These names , commencing at midnight , are , Puliuen , Ueun , Thipanantu , Maleu , Vutamaleu , Ragiantu , Culunantu , Gullantu , Conantu , Guvquenantu , Puni , Ragipun . VOL ...
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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...