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of meeting, the village of Qviillin in the province 

 of Purcn. 



At the time prefixed the Marquis appeared at the 

 appointed place, with a retinue of about ten thou- 

 sand persons, from all parts of the kingdom, who in- 

 sisted on accompanying him. Lincopichion, who 

 also came there at the head of the four hereditary 

 Toquis, and a great number of Ulmenes and other 

 natives, opened the conference with a very eloquent 

 speech. He then, according to the Chilian custom, 

 killed a camel, and, sprinkling some of the blood 

 on a branch of cinnamon, presented it in token of 

 peace to the governor. The articles of the treaty 

 were next proposed and ratified ; they were sim- 

 ilar to those which had been accepted by Ancana- 

 mon, except that the Marquis required that the 

 Araucanians should not permit the landing of any 

 strangers upon their coast, or furnish supplies to any 

 foreign nation whatever ; this being conformable to 

 the political maxims of the nation, was readily 

 granted. Thus was a period put to a war of ninety 

 years, and this grand négociation was terminated by 

 the sacrifice of twenty-eight camels, and an eloquent 

 harangue from Antiguenu, chief of the district, upon 

 the mutual advantages which both nations would 

 derive from the peace. After this the two chiefs- 

 cordially embraced, and congratulated each other on 

 the happy termination of their exertions ; they then 

 dined together, and made each other mutual pre- 

 sents, and the three days succeeding were past by 

 both nations in feasting and rejoi>«ing. 



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