CONTENTS. 



BOOK I. 



PAOS 



(CHAPTER I. Of the Origin, Appearance, and Lan- 

 guage, of tlie Chilians, - - - - . i 



CHAP. n.--Conquest of the Peruvians, - - 8 



CHAP. nr.-.State of Chili before the arrival of the Spa- 

 niards; ItS^AgricuH nrf anil /^limpp t^ - . - J2 



CHAP. IV. Political Establishments; Government and 

 Arts, -.- - - - - - - -18 



CHAP, v. First Expedition of the Spaniards to Chili, 28 



CHAP. VI. The Spaniards return to Chili,- under the 

 Command of Pedro de Valdivia ; St. Jago the Capital 

 founded ; Various Encounters with the Natives; Con- 

 spiracy of the Soldiers against the General, - 36 



CHAP. VH.The Copiapins defeat a Body of Spa- 

 niards ; Successful Stratagem employed by the Quillo- 

 taiues; Valdivia receives Reinforcements from Peru; 

 He founds the City of Coquimbo, which is destroyed 

 by the Natives ; The Promaucians form an Alliance 

 with the Spaniards j Foundation of the City of Con- 

 ception, - - - - - 44 



BOOK II. 



CHAP. I.~.Local Situation, Character, iDress,_and Dwel- 

 lings, of the Araucanians, - - - _ 53 



pHAP. H.- Division of the Araucauian State ; Its poli- 

 tical Form and civil Institutions^ " - 6^ 



