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blow. He presented himself before the walls on a 

 superb horse which he had taken from the governor, 

 and defied the commander of the place, Garcia Ra- 

 mon, to single combat at the end of three days. The 

 challenge being accepted, the intrepid Toqui ap- 

 peared at the time appointed in the field, with a small 

 number of attendants, whom he placed apart. The 

 Spanish commander came out to meet him with 

 forty men, whom he likewise ordered to remain at a 

 distance. The two champions then putting spurs to 

 their horses, encountered with such fury, that the 

 first stroke decided the battle, Cadeguala falling to 

 the'ground, pierced through and through by the lance 

 of his adversary ; notwithstanding which, refusing 

 to acknowledge himself vanquished, he endeavoured 

 to remount his horse, but life failed him in the at- 

 tempt. His soldiers ran to raise him, and carried off 

 the body, after a sharp contest with the Spaniards. 

 The army then retired from the place, determined to 

 return when they had elected a new chief. 



