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This victory, which was gained in the evening, 

 was celebrated the day following with all kind 

 of games and diversions, in a meadow surrounded 

 with large trees, to which were suspended as 

 trophies the heads of their enemies. An immense 

 crowd of people from the neighbouring country 

 flocked thither to witness with their own eyes the 

 destruction of an army which they had till then 

 considered as invincible, and to join in the diver- 

 sions of the festival. The officers, in token of 

 victory, wore the clothes of their slain enemies, 

 and Caupolican himself put on the armour and 

 surcoat of Valdivia, which was embroidered 

 with gold. 



