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... horse , sent them timely suc- cours and provisions , which were found in abundance in Copiapo . Those of the most robust constitutions , who were able to resist the inclemency of the season , by this unexpected aid were enabled to ...
... horse , sent them timely suc- cours and provisions , which were found in abundance in Copiapo . Those of the most robust constitutions , who were able to resist the inclemency of the season , by this unexpected aid were enabled to ...
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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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... horse , began a furious battle , which continued with great loss upon either side , till night separated the combatants . Although the Promaucians had been very roughly handled , they lost not their courage , but encamped in sight of ...
... horse , began a furious battle , which continued with great loss upon either side , till night separated the combatants . Although the Promaucians had been very roughly handled , they lost not their courage , but encamped in sight of ...
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... horse to the river Cachapoal to watch their movements . But this measure was unnecessary ; that fearless people had not the policy to think of uniting with their neighbours in order to secure themselves from the impending danger . The ...
... horse to the river Cachapoal to watch their movements . But this measure was unnecessary ; that fearless people had not the policy to think of uniting with their neighbours in order to secure themselves from the impending danger . The ...
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... horse made a dreadful slaughter among men , who were armed only with bows and slings ; but , obstinately con- tending with even their own impotence , they furiously rushed on to destruction until , wholly enfeebled , and having lost the ...
... horse made a dreadful slaughter among men , who were armed only with bows and slings ; but , obstinately con- tending with even their own impotence , they furiously rushed on to destruction until , wholly enfeebled , and having lost 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...