4000003871

.B'ooK

VII.

·gave Command to his Souldier;

retreat', paffing the word füll as they recired~

'thac chey fhould make for chat narrow pafs,

Hill

turning upon che Enemy ;

ai;¡d

making head againíl: chem, changing che fiate of cheir cafe from an offenfive,

ro ·

a defenfive Fighc.

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·,

P. XXIII.

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lmdians

ove:rcó~ec

the

Spani;mis

hJ th'e: vteachery

of ~n

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Certa.~1J".dia1,1, who

fr9m

'cJ

Boy

had

~ted

úp.

in,

die

J;jrtuly

cM Go-_

,vern9qr

Vafdivia,

whoC<:,

,Qhri~ian

Narop

W3,5_,¡.Ei}ij,~ ,but

t~d

lntli,aits

.callep

f,autnrEf,

,bflflg

the

So~

(Jaciqu, :

Thts

felloyv1be1111g-

m©re

b1a:ffM

;tf.ie

paturaJ

;.¡If}~

1.Qº

which

rb~ born

to líis

~ncrey,

ch_an·br

·h.is·

love

to,

G_Qd·,

N~}jty

bis

M¡¡íler

(~p

lJij

h~atd

dile -.yorq

g1vtn

~Q·.the

Sp':'niardJ'Jto

re-,

t¡.-e~h

m~ªJ}tly repo~ted

).!;

~bt;.111d¡an1,

havmg.the knowkclge,

borhll.an

–

·~ges,

a,_nd

cal_leo

01¡1t

.~o th

~1.pr

JlQt

coment

themfdv~ }W!th,tIDJs'flight and

ad-•

VM~ge, m

le~png

fHern gp fr~,.J;iut ·io

r.un

lanc! poífefs libe

11:irraw

µaffige,,

anti.

;r,t~y.e}!tth~ír~ptranc~io~:it:,

.in ,.~he

whl~~~t:hey

now ,pl~ea1ll

the_,fy~ph ;0f

theJ..t'

íecuqw

tnét

pn)t~J0.Q

¡j

¡.vlieJtfore en~ ,he

fhll

OUt;

M1Jlte111fe

thu,

'áiJv1111-

!~8.

{,,

ll"hich

11/f'

$iVf?

JQU

fi .

ff' .

the /ibertJ

)P1Jf1Jflqu,~tnty,

4!'4 r:..efc.lfdt

{nrt/

déft.t:1t/liorJ

HJe

h/0114

efA1Ji.t'h16Ve.r-4nd Tr.iytors.

And .havmg

fa1cli'ithefe

words,

rhat

lre.

.mi@,lt enco~ra¡e

tbem,by his E,:¡ample, he-took

AJP

LanGeftorp

.t~

ground,l an_d

p1acéd himfelf

che front of them to fight againíl: the

Sremiards.

.;rhe OlM;;aP.t•iíl,

who

WiJ~

the

firfr

Projeélor of chis.

way

,c}f

Fighting; @bfer•

ving

thé

,,¡,ay which

the

SptVJiardJ

took

foon apprehendecl their de,fign by ch'e biné

wh.ich

lau.t¡1r~

hap

.si _

·ven rh~!P.; to·c;ircu __ mvent which, !he difpeeded awa.y,two

'freih 'Squadrons of chofe whkh

liad

nor as yet fought, ro hafiea with ,rhe befi or–

der ,they were

~le

to the n~now pafs, and ther~, at the 'entt¡mce of ic, to keep

their

fiation

füm

un~ill ~e

rvíl;

came up ; which having dQNe., he purfued rhe

Spa,,ittrdJ

wirh

the

oéher ~»adrons, füll plying them witfu frefh hodies of Souldí–

ers,

that

they

.did not permíc thcm one moment of réÍl}it,e, alw;¡ys killjng apd .

purfuíng them, untill they ¡:ame to the very mouth and eotraoce ·of the narrow ,

p3.fs

; .

where

w_.

hef,l

they

c;airi~.i

and thac rhe

,Spaniar4s

,found ·¡t al.readf pofleíTud

ihe Enemy, they

begaji

to de1pair gf

:.il.l

h<;1p~s to efcape

D~ath; ·

which toavoid,

no means ap_pearing, they called on the Nam~ of Chrifi ancl the Bleífed Virgin

and of

fuch

Saines for w&;ch they had tbe greareft devocion.

The

JndianJ

perceiving chac both,rhe M,n·and Borfes.wtre wholly fpent and ci–

ted,. carne in ·u_po1uhem 'in

a:i

e¡1~ire body, and

i,q

Jh~~

together fell on

ome poor Horfe; fome catcbmg

b1rn

by the legs, .

,ÍQQ1e·

by the tail, others by rhe

wne,

whilfr o~hets ;wicb _their great dubs kn.ocked b,oth'Man and Horfe down

killing

them with che greaceíl: cruelty and rnge imaginable;

The

Governour

Pedro

r'nldivia,

anda Prieíl: rhat was with hin.J, they rook

alive;

a.ód

tied them to trees,

untill they had diíparched'all the reíl:, thar rhey might

.co@i

hilo.Ud

cónfidtr wirh

' whac Dearh they miglit: ~tmi(h them.

Thi:fe

parriculars tune by che fecon9

Ad·

vice from

ChiLi

tó

Peru;

beying íend,y

fom~

lndi4iJ

friends, who were prefel)t in the

l3attel, three of which

1nade

c.heir ef,ape, h;w1ng by che .d.ílrknefs ofche Nighc hid

themfelves in

the

Thickers ofa

ood, -1;

IJ1f.ll.Jl

füch

time

tbe

lndiarf;J

reciring from ·

that place ro cel€bm~e thdr Viél:ory

Wit~

;j<:5y ¡¡¡11_d

:trimriph;_;gave

tl~em dpt:ortunicy,

to·efcape , who bemg

MeFI

wdl a~quamt~ ·wnh che wa-y.s, ,and more

fa1thfull

their

Mallers than

Lautaru,

returned again-Jo

$.e

Spaniards,

bringing rhe fatal news

of the lofs of

Pedro de r'aldivia;

and all bis companions,