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CHAPTER VII. 



COMPRISING A PERIOD OF THIRTEEN YEARS, 

 FROM 1604 TO 1617. 



Second unfortunate Government of Garcia Ramon ; 

 Restoration of the Court of Royal Audience ; In- 

 effectual Négociation for Peace. 



WHILST Alonzo Rivera was wholly intent upon 

 checking the progress of the victorious Araucanians, 

 he was removed from the government of Chili to 

 that of Tucuman, in consequence of having married 

 the daughter of the celebrated Aguilera without ob- 

 taining the royal permission. Garcia Ramon, his 

 predecessor, was appointed to succeed him, and re- 

 ceived, at the same time with his commission, a 

 thousand soldiers from Europe, and two hundred and 

 fifty from Mexico. As he was now at the head of 

 an army of three thousand regular troops, besides 

 auxiliaries, he returned to invade the Araucanian 

 territories, and penetrated ^vithout much opposi- 

 tion as far as the province of Boroa, v/here he 

 erected a fort, which he furnished with a good num- 

 ber of cannon, and a garrison of three hundred men, 

 under the command of Lisperger. 

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