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Notwithstanding several of these encounters were 

 favourable to the Araucanians, Caupolican re- 

 solved to protract the war, seeing that the number 

 of his troops vras daily diminished from their 

 being continually exposed to the fire-arms of their 

 enemies, while, on the contrary, the Spaniards 

 were constantly receiving recruits from Peru 

 and from Europe. With this intention he for- 

 tified himself between the cities of Canete and 

 Conception, in a place called Quipeo or Cuyapu, 

 which was capable of being defended by a few 

 men against any number of enemies unprovided 

 with artillery. 



Don Garcia, on being informed of this mea- 

 sure, marched thither immediately with all his 

 troops in order to dislodge him, but observing 

 the nature of the place, he delayed several days 

 makis'g a general attack, in hopes of being able 

 to draw him from his position, that his cavalry 

 might be enabled to act with more advantage. 

 In the meantime frequent skirmishes took place 

 between the parties. In one of these, the cele- 

 brated Millalauco was made prisoner, who, re- 

 gardless of his situation, reproached the Spanish 

 general so severely with his cruel manner of 

 making war, that, inflamed with the most vio- 

 lent passion, he ordered him instantly to be im- 

 paled. 



During the siege the traitor Andrew had the 

 temerity to go, by order of Don Garcia, to Cau- 



