The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 385 pages |
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... prisoners of that nation , who were confined in this province during the unfortunate war in the sixteenth cen- tury . But as the Spanish prisoners were equally distributed among the other provinces of their conquerors , none of whose ...
... prisoners of that nation , who were confined in this province during the unfortunate war in the sixteenth cen- tury . But as the Spanish prisoners were equally distributed among the other provinces of their conquerors , none of whose ...
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... prisoners , according to the custom of all barbarous nations , are made slaves until they are exchanged or ran- somed . According to the admapu , one of these unfor- tunate men must be sacrificed to the manes of the soldiers killed in ...
... prisoners , according to the custom of all barbarous nations , are made slaves until they are exchanged or ran- somed . According to the admapu , one of these unfor- tunate men must be sacrificed to the manes of the soldiers killed in ...
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Giovanni Ignazio Molina. prisoners who have either been exchanged or ransomed after the war . The sacrifice above ... prisoner , as a mark of ignominy , is then led in upon a horse deprived of his ears and tail , and placed near the axe ...
Giovanni Ignazio Molina. prisoners who have either been exchanged or ransomed after the war . The sacrifice above ... prisoner , as a mark of ignominy , is then led in upon a horse deprived of his ears and tail , and placed near the axe ...
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... prisoner , baptized , and made his page , quitted the victorious party , began loudly to reproach his countrymen with their cowardice , and exhorted them to continue the contest , as the Spaniards , wounded and spent with fatigue , were ...
... prisoner , baptized , and made his page , quitted the victorious party , began loudly to reproach his countrymen with their cowardice , and exhorted them to continue the contest , as the Spaniards , wounded and spent with fatigue , were ...
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... prisoner with a blow of his club ; saying , that they must be mad to trust to the promises of an ambitious enemy , who , as soon as he had escaped from this danger , would make a mock of them , and laugh at his oaths . 148.
... prisoner with a blow of his club ; saying , that they must be mad to trust to the promises of an ambitious enemy , who , as soon as he had escaped from this danger , would make a mock of them , and laugh at his oaths . 148.
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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...