The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 385 pages |
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... the Promaucians . At the first sight of the Spaniards , their horses , and the thundering arms of Europe , these valiant people were almost petrified with astonishment , but soon recovering from the effects of surprise , they 32.
... the Promaucians . At the first sight of the Spaniards , their horses , and the thundering arms of Europe , these valiant people were almost petrified with astonishment , but soon recovering from the effects of surprise , they 32.
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... valiant people who had with so much glory repulsed the armies of the Inca and of Almagro , would have allowed him , without opposition , to violate their territory . It is , however , highly probable , that Valdivia , in the frequent ...
... valiant people who had with so much glory repulsed the armies of the Inca and of Almagro , would have allowed him , without opposition , to violate their territory . It is , however , highly probable , that Valdivia , in the frequent ...
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... valiant tribe , who , as I have already observed , amount to the fourth part of the population of the state . Nor have the Araucanians ever had cause to repent of this selection . During the last war , one of these mountaineers ...
... valiant tribe , who , as I have already observed , amount to the fourth part of the population of the state . Nor have the Araucanians ever had cause to repent of this selection . During the last war , one of these mountaineers ...
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... valiant officers , then retired , but in good order , leaving the field to the Spaniards , who had no disposition to pursue them . Valdivia , who had been in many battles in Europe as well as America , declared that he ad never been ...
... valiant officers , then retired , but in good order , leaving the field to the Spaniards , who had no disposition to pursue them . Valdivia , who had been in many battles in Europe as well as America , declared that he ad never been ...
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... valiant nation of Chili , he assigned to them , conditionally , the ex- tensive districts of the surrounding country . To Francis Villagran , his Lieutenant - General , he gave the warlike province of Maquegua , called by the ...
... valiant nation of Chili , he assigned to them , conditionally , the ex- tensive districts of the surrounding country . To Francis Villagran , his Lieutenant - General , he gave the warlike province of Maquegua , called by 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...