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and the Capitaines de Paz were fuppreficd. Thefe were 

 Spaniards refiding in the villages of the converted In- 

 dians, and by their exuvflions had been the principal 

 cauie of the revolt. 



Besides the congrefies held with thefe Indians, for 

 concluding a treaty of peace, others arc held on the 

 arrival of a new prefident, and the fame ceremonies 

 obferved in boihj To that an account of the one will 

 be lufficient to give a juft idta of the other. 



On the holding a congrefs, the prefident fends 

 notice to the frontier Indians of the day and place, 

 whither he repairs with che abovementioncd perfons ; 

 and on the -part of the Indians, the heads of their fe- 

 veral communities; and both, for the greater fp'endor 

 of the interview, are accompanied by an efcort con- 

 fiuingof a certain number previoufly agreed on. Th© 

 prefident and his company lodge in tents, and the 

 Indians incamp at a fmall diftance. The elders or 

 chiefs cf the neighbouring nations pay the firit vifit to 

 tlie prefident, who receives them very courteoufly, 

 drinks their healths in wine, and himfelf gives them 

 the glals to do the like. This politentis, with which 

 they are highly pleafed, is fucceeded by a prefent of 

 knives, fciííars, and diíTerent forts of toys, on which 

 they place the greateft value. The treaty of peace is 

 tlien brought on th.e carpet, and the manner of obferv- 

 ing the feveral árdeles is fettled : after which chey re- 

 turn to their camp, and the prefident returns the vifir, 

 xrarrying with him a quantity of wine fufficicnt for a 

 moderate regale. 



Now all the chiefs of the other communides, who 

 were not prefent at the firfi: viiir, go in a body to pay 

 their refpefls to the prefident. At the rifmg of the 

 congreis, the prefident makes each a fmall prefent of 

 wine, which the Indians liberally return in calves, 

 oxen, horfes, and fowls. After theie reciprocal tokens 

 oí friendihip, both parties return to their refpeclive 

 habitations. 



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