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three forts of Angalican, Voroa, and Maquegua, as has been told 

 in its proper place. 



1994. At this time Captain Villagra arrived from Peru with rein- 

 forcements of i8o soldiers ; he found the Governor in the Mariquina 

 \^alley. From there he went on exploring and subduing the provinces 

 in his path up to that of Guadalauquen ; and on the banks of that 

 famous river he founded in that same year 1551 the city of Valdivia, 

 giving it his own name. Its territory was fertile, with broad meadows, 

 well settled by numerous Indian tribes, and rich in high-grade gold. 

 He apportioned the land and the Indians among the colonists, and 

 since Mars ruled there, he built them a fort as a place of refuge. 

 This city grew mightily, but through the negligence of the Militia 

 Captain Gomez Romero, the Corregidor, it was burned and its 

 residents killed on Wednesday, November 24, 1599, in the Indian 

 uprising whose leaders were Anganamon and Pelentaro. 



1995. From the city of Valdivia Capt. Jeronimo de Alderete set 

 out exploring eastward along the Sierra Nevada near the Lake of 

 Tolten ; and since it was rich and suitable country, he founded Villa- 

 rica; he apportioned the land and the Indians among the residents, 

 and for their defense he erected a fort and blockhouse. Having 

 finished this, he went back and inspected the new city of Valdivia, 

 and went from there to La Imperial ; after his inspection there, he 

 crossed Puren and the Provinces of Tucapel ; and since he realized 

 the haughty spirit of the Indians and how ill they brooked slavery, 

 he ordered three forts erected within a district of 8 leagues, so that 

 each could aid the other in case of need, and with these fortresses 

 the indomitable savages might be better controlled. 



But if he, experienced officer that he was, realizing the haughty 

 spirit of the Indians and their hostility to slavery, had not divided 

 his forces by establishing so many cities at such great distances, and 

 had not become negligent and blinded by his ambition for gold and 

 riches, he would not have met the fate to be told in the following 

 chapters, nor would the rebels have inflicted it on him. 



Chapter XVIII 



How Gov. Pedro de Valdivia Sent Alderete to Spain and UUoa 

 out to Sea Exploring, and Occupied Himself with the Mines ; the 

 Start of the Rebellion, and His Ruin. 



1996. Early in the year 1552 Gov. Pedro de Valdivia sent Capt. 

 Jeronimo de Alderete to Spain to render account to His Majesty of 

 the large and wealthy provinces which he had explored and subdued. 



