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... favour of either of the contending parties . The attention of several philologists has of late years been directed to the examination of the barbarous languages . For this reason I have been induced to annex to this work some re- marks vi.
... favour of either of the contending parties . The attention of several philologists has of late years been directed to the examination of the barbarous languages . For this reason I have been induced to annex to this work some re- marks vi.
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... language are to be met with , but the one which I have principally used is that of Febres , printed at Lima , in the year 1765 , and deserving of particular recommendation for its method and its clearness . CONTENTS . BOOK I. CHAPTER I ...
... language are to be met with , but the one which I have principally used is that of Febres , printed at Lima , in the year 1765 , and deserving of particular recommendation for its method and its clearness . CONTENTS . BOOK I. CHAPTER I ...
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... Language , · APPENDIX . No. I. - Account of the Archipelago of Chiloé , extracted chiefly from the Descripcion Historial of that Province , by P. F. Pedro Gonzalez de Agueros . -Madrid , 1791 , 285 297 307 331 / 367 . APPENDIX . No. II ...
... Language , · APPENDIX . No. I. - Account of the Archipelago of Chiloé , extracted chiefly from the Descripcion Historial of that Province , by P. F. Pedro Gonzalez de Agueros . -Madrid , 1791 , 285 297 307 331 / 367 . APPENDIX . No. II ...
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... Language of the Chilians . THE origin of the primitive inhabitants of Chili , like that of the other American nations , is involved in impenetrable obscurity ; nor have they any records , or monuments of antiquity , that can serve to ...
... Language of the Chilians . THE origin of the primitive inhabitants of Chili , like that of the other American nations , is involved in impenetrable obscurity ; nor have they any records , or monuments of antiquity , that can serve to ...
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... language , and have a similar ap ] pearance . Those that dwell in the plains are of good stature , but those that live in the valleys of the Andes , generally surpass the usual height of man . The purer air which they respire , and the ...
... language , and have a similar ap ] pearance . Those that dwell in the plains are of good stature , but those that live in the valleys of the Andes , generally surpass the usual height of man . The purer air which they respire , and the ...
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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...