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the artillery, she saw herself obliged to provide 

 for her safety by flight. Her brother was taken in 

 attempting to escape, and obtained his life from the 

 victors on condition of promising on oath to keep 

 his sister quiet, and securing to them the friendship 

 of his vassals and adherents ; but while this proposal 

 was debated in a national council, he was killed by 

 the Ulmen Catipiuque, who abhorred any kind of 

 reconciliation. 



The old Toqui Guanoalca died at the close of 

 this year, and in 1591, Quintuguenu, an enterpris- 

 ing young man, and ambitious of glory, was ap- 

 pointed his successor. Having taken by assault the 

 fort of Mariguenu, he encamped with two thousand 

 men upon the top of that mountain, hoping, by some 

 important victory, to render himself as celebrated 

 there as Lautaro. The governor, undaunted by the 

 recollection of the misfortunes that had befallen his 

 countrymen in that ill-omened place, put him- 

 self at the head of one thousand Spaniards and a 

 large number of auxiliaries, and immediately march- 

 ed thither, "resolving to dislodge the enemy, or at 

 least to keep them besieged. 



After having given the necessary orders, he began 

 at day break to defile the difficult ascent of the moun- 

 tain, leading the advanced guard in person, in front 

 of which he had placed twenty half-pay officers, well 

 experienced in this kind of war. Scarcely had he 

 ascended half way, when he was attacked with such 

 fury by Quintuguenu, that a general of less talents 

 would have been driven headlong down with all his 

 troops ; but, animating his men by hi« voice and ex- 



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