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peace. The Toqui was not long in repairing to the 

 pLTce appointed, with a small guard of forty soldiers 

 and several Ulmenes. In his train were also a num- 

 ber of Spanish prisoners of the fjrst families, to 

 whom he had given their liberty. The governor, 

 Valdivia, and the principal officers of the govern- 

 ment came out to receive him, and conducted him 

 to his lodgings under the discharge of artillery. 

 They then proceeded to discuss the articles of peace, 

 which were, that the river Bio-bio should serve as 

 a barrier to both nations, so that neither should be 

 permitted to pass it with an army ; that all deserters 

 in future should be mutually returned, and that the- 

 missionaries should be perniitted to preach the doc- 

 trines of Christianity in the Araucanian territories. 



The Araucanian general required as a preliminary 

 the evacuation of the forts of Paicavi and Arauco, 

 which had been lately erected upon the sea- coast. 

 The governor abandoned the first, and agreed im- 

 mediately on the conclusion of peace to quit the 

 other. As the consent of the chiefs of the four 

 Uthalmapus was however requisite to ratify the 

 treaty, Ancanamon proposed to go and seek them 

 in person, and bring them to the Spanish camp. 



The négociation was in this state of forwardness, 

 when an unexpected event rendered abortive all the 

 mieasures that had been taken. Among the wives 

 of Ancanamon was a Spanish lady, Avho, taking ad- 

 vantage of Itis absence, fied for refuge to the go- 

 vernor, with two small children, and four Avomcn, 

 whom she had persuaded to become christians, two 

 of whom uere the wives, and the others the daugh» 



