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Page 140
... Colocolo , animated with the love of his country , quitted the retirement to which he had long before betaken himself , and with indefati- gable zeal traversed the Araucanian provinces , exciting anew the courage of his countrymen ...
... Colocolo , animated with the love of his country , quitted the retirement to which he had long before betaken himself , and with indefati- gable zeal traversed the Araucanian provinces , exciting anew the courage of his countrymen ...
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... Colocolo arose , and , by a well- timed and energetic address , so far pacified their irritated minds , that all ... Colo- colo , as the person appointed was a serious , patient , sagacious , and valiant man , possessing , in short , all ...
... Colocolo arose , and , by a well- timed and energetic address , so far pacified their irritated minds , that all ... Colo- colo , as the person appointed was a serious , patient , sagacious , and valiant man , possessing , in short , all ...
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... Colocolo , who was pre- sent in the action , in vain attempted to prevent their flight and reanimate their courage . The Spaniards shouted victory , and furiously pressed upon the fugitives . At this momentous crisis , a young ...
... Colocolo , who was pre- sent in the action , in vain attempted to prevent their flight and reanimate their courage . The Spaniards shouted victory , and furiously pressed upon the fugitives . At this momentous crisis , a young ...
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... . Their sentiments upon the operations of the next cam- paign were various . Colocolo , with a great part of the Ulmenes , was of opinion that in the first place they ought to free their country from the foreign L 4 151.
... . Their sentiments upon the operations of the next cam- paign were various . Colocolo , with a great part of the Ulmenes , was of opinion that in the first place they ought to free their country from the foreign L 4 151.
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... Colocolo , who was the soul of the union , observed that no in- jury could arise from their hearing the proposals of the Spanish general ; that this was a favour- able opportunity for discovering his designs , and of obtaining a ...
... Colocolo , who was the soul of the union , observed that no in- jury could arise from their hearing the proposals of the Spanish general ; that this was a favour- able opportunity for discovering his designs , and of obtaining a ...
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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...