The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 385 pages |
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... tion of the Dutch against Chili ; Peace concluded with the Araucanians ; Its short Duration ; Exploits of the Toqui Clentaru ; Series of Spanish Governors , to the * Year 1720 , CHAP . X. - A brief Account of the Wars of the Toquis ...
... tion of the Dutch against Chili ; Peace concluded with the Araucanians ; Its short Duration ; Exploits of the Toqui Clentaru ; Series of Spanish Governors , to the * Year 1720 , CHAP . X. - A brief Account of the Wars of the Toquis ...
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... tion of guaches . It is a singular fact , that they employed the same method of taking wild ducks , in their lakes and rivers , as that made use of by the Chinese , covering their heads with perfo- rated gourds , and letting themselves ...
... tion of guaches . It is a singular fact , that they employed the same method of taking wild ducks , in their lakes and rivers , as that made use of by the Chinese , covering their heads with perfo- rated gourds , and letting themselves ...
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... tion , was attached to his party , directing him to take de Hoz with him , who was probably more to be feared than his colleague , and to allow him every advantage in the partition of the lands . This officer having determined to ...
... tion , was attached to his party , directing him to take de Hoz with him , who was probably more to be feared than his colleague , and to allow him every advantage in the partition of the lands . This officer having determined to ...
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... tion corresponded therewith , being extremely It lies upon the confines of the principal mountain of the Andes , and is 140 miles in circumference . It is watered by the rivers Maypo , Colina , Lampa , and Mapocho , which last divides ...
... tion corresponded therewith , being extremely It lies upon the confines of the principal mountain of the Andes , and is 140 miles in circumference . It is watered by the rivers Maypo , Colina , Lampa , and Mapocho , which last divides ...
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... tion of the city of Conception . In the meantime , as the state of affairs was urgent , Valdivia resolved to send to Peru by land two of his captains , Alonzo Monroy and Pedro Miranda , with six companions , whose spurs , bits , and ...
... tion of the city of Conception . In the meantime , as the state of affairs was urgent , Valdivia resolved to send to Peru by land two of his captains , Alonzo Monroy and Pedro Miranda , with six companions , whose spurs , bits , and ...
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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...