CONTENTS. 



BOOK I. 



PAGE 



CHAPTER I. — Of the Origin Appearance and Language of 

 the Chilians, _ . - - _ - l 



CHAP. II,— Conquest of the Peruvians, - - 8 



CHAP. Ill State of Chili before the arrival of tiie Spa- 

 niards ; Its Agriculture and Aliment, - - 12 



CHAP. IV, — Political Establishments ; Government and Arts, 1 S 



CHAP, v.— First Expedition of the Spaniards in Chili, - 26 



CHAP. VI. — The Spaniards return to Chili, under the com- 

 mand of Pedro de Valdivia ; St. Jago the Capital founded ; 

 Various Encounters with the Natives ; Conspiracy of the 

 Soldiers against the General, - - - 33 



CHAP. VII. — The Copiapins defeat a Body of Spaniards ; 

 successful Stratagem employed by the Quillotanes ; Val- 

 divia receives Reinforcements from Peru ; He founds the 

 City of Coquimbo, which is destroyed by the Natives ; The 

 Promaucians form an Alliance with the Spaniai'ds ; Foun- 

 dation of the City of Conception, - - - 4G 



BOOK II. 



CHAP. I. — Local Situation, Character. Dress and Dwellings 

 of the Araucanians, - - - - - 4^^ 



CHAP. II. — Division of the Araucaniau State ; Its politic^] 

 Form and civil Institutions, - - . - 55 



