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undoubtedly built to protect that part of the 

 frontier against the attacks of the imconquered 

 Promaucians. 



Thus Chili became divided into two parts, the 

 one free, and the other subject to foreign domi- 

 nation. The tribes, who had so readily sub- 

 mitted to the Peruvians, were subjected to an 

 annual tribute in gol(|, an imposition which they 

 liad never before experienced. But the conquer- 

 ors, whether they dared not hazard the attempt, 

 or were not able to effect it, never introduced 

 their form of government into these provinces^ 

 Of course, the subjected Chilians as well as the 

 free, preserved until the arrival of the Spaniards, 

 their original manners, which were by no mean$ 

 so rude as many are led to imagine. 



