A.D. 



572-87, 



Villa neuva de 

 la Serena, La 

 Conccpcion, 

 Sant Ingo, La 

 Imperial^ 

 Baldiz'iay La 

 Villa 7-ica, the 

 first sixe 

 tozvnes that 

 were inhabited 

 in Chili. 



A stratageme 

 of the Indians 

 of Chili 

 against the 

 Spaniards. 



The death of 



Baldivia. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



by the yeere. The fame of these riches in the end was 



spred as farre as Spaine ; from whence soone after resorted 



many Spaniards to the land of Chili, whom Captaine 



Baldivia caused to inhabite sixe townes : to wit, Villa 



nueva de la Serena called in the Indian tongue Coquimbo ; 



the second Sant lago which the Indians call Mapocha ; 



the third La Concepcion called by the Indians Penco ; 



the fourth La Imperial ; the fift Baldivia ; and the sixt 



La Villa Rica. Also he built a fort in the middle of 



all the land, wherein hee put ordinance and souldiers ; 



howbeit all this their good successe continued not long : 



for the Indians in short time perceiving that the Spaniards 



were but mortall men as well as they, determined to 



rebell against them : wherefore the first thing that they did, 



they carried grasse into the said fort for the Spaniards 



horses, and wood also for them to burne, among which 



grasse the Indians conveyed bowes and arrowes with great 



clubs. This done, fiftie of the Indians entred the fort, 



betooke themselves to their bowes, arrowes, and clubs, 



and stood in the gate of the sayd fort : from whence 



making a signe unto other of their nation for helpe, they 



wanne the fort, and slewe all the Spaniards. The newes 



of this overthrow comming to the towne of Concepcion 



where Captaine Baldivia was, hee presently set foorth with 



two hundred horsemen to seeke the Indians, taking no 



more men with him, because he was in haste. And in 



a plaine he met the Indians, who comming of purpose 



also to seeke him, and compassing him about, slew most 



part of his company, the rest escaping by the swiftnesse 



of their horses : but Baldivia having his horse slaine 



under him was taken alive. Whom the Indians wished 



to be of a good courage, and to feare nothing ; for the 



cause (said they) why we have taken you, is to give 



you gold ynough. And having made a great banquet 



for him, the last service of all was a cuppe full of melted 



gold, which the Indians forced him to drinke, saying. 



Now glut thy selfe with gold, and so they killed him. 



This Baldivia was a most valiant man, who had beene an 



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