Ch.IX. south AMERICA. «81 



the re-eftabliíhmenc of the peace, they again iblicited 

 the miínonaries to come among them; and fome com- 

 munities have been fince fo; mtd ; but they are far Ihort 

 of their former promifing ftare, it being very difficult 

 to bring even this fmall number to embrace a focial 

 life. 



Amidst all the f:nguinary rage of thefe Indians in 

 their hoitiii-ics againlt the Spaniards, they generally 

 fpare the white vvomen, carrying them to their huts, and 

 iifing them as their own. And hence it is, that many 

 Indians of thofe nations have the complexions of the 

 Spiniards born in that country. In timiC of peace 

 many of them come into tlic Spanifh territories, hiring 

 thcmfclves for a certain time to work at the farm houfes, 

 and at the expiration of the term return hom.e, after 

 laying out ciieir wages in the purchafe of fuch goods as 

 are valued in their country. Ail of them, both men and 

 women, wear t poncho and manta, which they weave 

 from wool, and though it cannot be properly called a 

 drcfs, it is abundantly lüfflcienc for decency ; whereas the 

 Indiana at a greater diitance from the Spanifh frontiers, 

 as thole who inhabit the countries fouth of Valdivia^ 

 and the Chonos who live on the continent near Chiloc, 

 ufc no fort of apparel *. The Indians of Arauco, 

 Tucapel, and other tribes near the river Biobio, take 

 great delight in riding, and their armies have fome 

 bodies of horle. Their weapons are large fpears, 

 javelins, &c. in the ufe of which they are very dex- 

 irous, 



♦ Thefe Indians aow drefs like the former. A, 



C H A P. 



