The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 385 pages |
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... thousand . Even the Romans possessed no simple numerical terms of greater value , and indeed calculation may be carried to any extent by a combination of these principal decimals . To preserve the memory of their transactions , they ...
... thousand . Even the Romans possessed no simple numerical terms of greater value , and indeed calculation may be carried to any extent by a combination of these principal decimals . To preserve the memory of their transactions , they ...
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... thousand inhabitants , and is rapidly increasing in population , from its being the seat of government , and from its great com- merce supported by the luxury of the wealthy inhabitants . Meanwhile , the natives saw with a jealous eye ...
... thousand inhabitants , and is rapidly increasing in population , from its being the seat of government , and from its great com- merce supported by the luxury of the wealthy inhabitants . Meanwhile , the natives saw with a jealous eye ...
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... thousand men , besides the corps de reserve , which are kept in readiness for particular occasions , or to replace those killed in battle . The commander in chief appoints his Vice Toqui , or lieutenant - general , and the other offi ...
... thousand men , besides the corps de reserve , which are kept in readiness for particular occasions , or to replace those killed in battle . The commander in chief appoints his Vice Toqui , or lieutenant - general , and the other offi ...
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... The infantry , which they call namuntulinco , is divided into regiments and companies ; each regiment consists of one thousand men , and con- tains ten companies of one hundred . The ca- valry is divided in the like manner , but the F4 71.
... The infantry , which they call namuntulinco , is divided into regiments and companies ; each regiment consists of one thousand men , and con- tains ten companies of one hundred . The ca- valry is divided in the like manner , but the F4 71.
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Giovanni Ignazio Molina. with their attendants , who amounted to the number of two thousand men , and the camps of the negociating parties were separated by an in- terval of two miles . The conference is commenced with many com- pliments ...
Giovanni Ignazio Molina. with their attendants , who amounted to the number of two thousand men , and the camps of the negociating parties were separated by an in- terval of two miles . The conference is commenced with many com- pliments ...
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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...