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furious kick, he hurled the executioner from the 

 scaffold, exclaiming, " Is there no sword, and some 

 less unworthy hand to be found to put to death a 

 man like myself? This has nothing in it of justice — 

 it is base revenge." He was, however, seized by 

 numbers, and compelled to undergo the cruel and 

 iijnominious death to which he had been condemned. 



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CHAPTER VIIL 



Successes of CaupoUcan the Second ; Siege of Im- 

 perial ; Battle of Qiiipeo fatal to the Araucaniam ; 

 Death of CaupoUcan ; Termination of the Govern- 

 ment of Don Garcia» 



SOON were the predictions of the great Caupo- 

 Ucan verified. Instigated by the most unbounded 

 rage, the Araucanians immediately proceeded to 

 elect a Toqui, capable of revenging the ignominious 

 "death of their unfortunate general. The majority of 

 the electors were of opinion, that in the present cir- 

 cumstances the fierce Tncapel was better qualified 

 than any other to sustain the important ofiice. But 

 this choice was by no means agreeable to the sen- 

 timents of Colocólo : he declared himself in fa- 

 vour of young CaupoUcan, the eldest son of the late 

 general, who possessed the talents of his celebrated 



