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... whose inhabitants are white , this opinion would seem to be unfounded . Be- sides , as the first Spaniards who came to Chili were all from the southern provinces of Spain , + where the ruddy complexion is rare , their pos- terity 4.
... whose inhabitants are white , this opinion would seem to be unfounded . Be- sides , as the first Spaniards who came to Chili were all from the southern provinces of Spain , + where the ruddy complexion is rare , their pos- terity 4.
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... Spain . Pizarro , desirous of enjoying without a rival this important conquest , made at their mutual expense , persuaded his companion to undertake the reduction of Chili , celebrated for its riches throughout all those countries ...
... Spain . Pizarro , desirous of enjoying without a rival this important conquest , made at their mutual expense , persuaded his companion to undertake the reduction of Chili , celebrated for its riches throughout all those countries ...
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... Spain , under the titles of governor , to attempt this expedition . To the first , called Pedro Sanchez de Hoz , was com- mitted the conquest of the country as far as the river Maúle ; and to the other , Carmargo , the remainder to the ...
... Spain , under the titles of governor , to attempt this expedition . To the first , called Pedro Sanchez de Hoz , was com- mitted the conquest of the country as far as the river Maúle ; and to the other , Carmargo , the remainder to the ...
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... Spain , from such of his army as were the best qualified ; and to protect the settlement in case of an attack , he constructed a fort upon a hill in the centre of the city , which has since received the name of St. Lucia . Many have ...
... Spain , from such of his army as were the best qualified ; and to protect the settlement in case of an attack , he constructed a fort upon a hill in the centre of the city , which has since received the name of St. Lucia . Many have ...
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... Spain to Chili , and cannot possibly be dispensed with , as in that case the Araucanians , imagining themselves despised , would , without any other cause , commence war . For this reason , there is always a considerable sum ready in ...
... Spain to Chili , and cannot possibly be dispensed with , as in that case the Araucanians , imagining themselves despised , would , without any other cause , commence war . For this reason , there is always a considerable sum ready in ...
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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...