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424424 CHILE. [The celebrafed poet Ercilla was one of the party, 26. Cit?/ of Osorno founded. — Don Garcia Sect. II. Comprising a period of 27 ^ears, from 27. Coupolican //. — The campaign of the 28. The Guarpes subjected. —~T)on Garcia, con- 29. St. J uan and Mendoza founded.—We found- pertains. Whilst in this manner Don Garcia took SO. Villagran reinstated.— ~'VUe governor ap- 31. The province of Tucuman restored, after- 32. Cahete r/eitrqyec?.— -Antiguenu began now Translation | 424424 CHILE. [The celebrafed poet Ercilla was one of the party, ami solicitous of the rcj)utation of having pro- ceeded Anther s. than any other European, he crossed the gulf, and upon the opposite shore in- scribed on the bark of a tree some verses contain- ing his name, and the time of the discovery, the 5Jst January 1559. 26. Cit?/ of Osorno founded. — Don Garcia satisfied with having bee ti the first to discover by land the Archipelago of Chiioe, returned, taking for his guide one of those islanders, who conduct- cfl liim safely to Imperial through the country of the Huiiliches, which is for the most part level, a d abounds in provisions. The inhabitants, who are similar in every respect to their western neigh- bours the Cunches, made no opposition to his passage. He there founded, or, according to some writers, rebuilt the city of Osorno, which increas- ed rapidly, not less from its manufactures of woollen and linen stuffs, than from the fine gold procured from its mines, which were afterwards destroyed by tlie Toqui Paillamacu. Sect. II. Comprising a period of 27 ^ears, from 1559 to 1586. 27. Coupolican //. — The campaign of the following year was rendered still more memorable by the numerous battles that were fought between the two armies ; that of the Araucanians was com- manded by Caupolican, the eldest son of the gene- ral of that name ; but though he possessed the celebrated talents of his father, he was not equally successful in defeating his enemy. lJut of all his icontests, thalof Quipeo was the most unfortunate ; for here he lost all Ids most valiant officers, and being pursued by a detachment of Spanish horse, he slew himself to avoid the melancholy fate of his father. 28. The Guarpes subjected. —~T)on Garcia, con- sidering this baftle decisive in every point of view, and finding himself provided with a good number of veteran troops, sent a part of them, under the eornmand of Pedro Castillo, to complete the con- quest of Cujo, which had been commenced by Francis de Aguirre. That prudent officer sub- jeclcd the Guarpe.s, the ancient inhabitants of that province, to the Spanish government. 29. St. J uan and Mendoza founded.—We found- ed on the c, limits of the Andes two cities, one of which he called .It. .Tuan, and the other Mendoza, from the family name of the governor. This ex- tensive and fertile country remained for a consider- able time under the government of Chile, but has since been transferred to the viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres, to which, from its natural situation, it ap- pertains. Whilst in this manner Don Garcia took advantage of the apparent calm that prevailed in the country, he heard of the arrival at Buenos Ayres of the person appointed his successor by the court of Spain. In consequence of this informa- tion, confiding the government for the present to Rodrigo de Quiroga, he returned to Peru, w here, as a reward for his services, he was promoted to the exalted station which his father had filled. SO. Villagran reinstated.— ~'VUe governor ap- pointed in place of Don Garcia was his predeces- sor, Francis Villagran, w ho having gone to Eu- rope after he had been deprived of the government, procured his reinstatement therein from the court of Spain. On his arrival at Chile, supposing, from the information of Don Garcia and Quiroga, that nothing more was necessary to be done with the Araucanians, and that they were in no condi- tion to give him trouble, Villagran turned his at- tention to the re-acquisition of the province of Tucuman, which, after having been by him, in 1549, subjected to the government of Chile, had been since attached to the viceroyalty of Peru. 31. The province of Tucuman restored, after- wards retaken.— Gvegon Castaneda, who had the charge of this enterprise, defeated the Iferuvian commander, Juan Zurita, the author of the dis- memberment, and restored the country to the obedience of the captains-generalof Chile ; it was, however, retained under their government but a short time, as they were obliged by the court of Spain, before the close of the century, to cede it again to the government of Peru. But neither Don Garcia nor Quiroga, notwithstanding the long time they had fought in Chile, had formed a cor- rect opinion of the temper of the people whom they pretended they bad conquered. The invincible Araucanian cannot be made to submif to the bit- terest reverses of fortune. The few ulraenes who had escaped from the late defeats, more than ever determined to continue the war, assembled, imme- diately after the rout of Quipeo, in a wood, where they unanimously elected as toqui an officer of inferior rank, called Antiguenu, who had signa- lized himself in the last battle. He, with a few soldiers, retired to the inaccessible marches of Lumaco, called by the Spaniards the Rochela, wheie he caused high scaffolds to be erected to secure his men from the extreme moisture of this gloomy retreat. The youth , who were from time to time enlisted, went thither to be instructed in the science of arms, and the Araucanians still consi- dered themselves free, since they had a toqui. 32. Cahete r/eitrqyec?.— -Antiguenu began now to make incursions in the Spanish territory, in] Translation |