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CHAP. VII. 



The Copiapins defeat a hody of Spaniards; Suc- 

 cessful stratagem employed by the Quillotanes ; 

 Valdivia receives reinforcements from Peru; 

 He founds the city of Coquimbo, "which is 

 destroyed by the natives; The Promaucians 

 form an alliance uith the Spaniards ; Founda-r 

 Hon of the city of Conception. 



In the meantime, as the state of affairs was 

 urgent, Valdivia resolved to send to Peru bj 

 land two of his captains, Alonzo Monroy and 

 Pedro Miranda, with six companions, whose 

 ipurs, bits, and stirrups he directed lo be made 

 of gold, hoping to entice, by this proof of the 

 opulence of the country, his fellow-citizens to 

 come to his assistance. These messengers, al- 

 though escorted by thirty men on horseback, 

 who were ordered to accompany them to the 

 borders of Chili, were attacked and defeated by 

 a hundred archer's of Copiapo, commanded by 

 Coteo, an officer of the ulmen of that province. 

 Of the whole band none escaped with life but 

 the two officers, Monroy and Miranda, wh^ 



