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polican, and threaten him with the most dreadful 

 punishment if he did not immediately submit to 

 the royal authority. The Araucanian, who was 

 extremely enraged at the sight of the betrayer of 

 his father, ordered him to retire immediately, 

 telling him that were it not for the character of 

 an ambassador with which he was invested, he 

 would put him to death with the most cruel tor- 

 tures. The following day, however, that traitor 

 being taken as a spy, was suspended by his feet 

 from a tree and suffocated with smoke. 



Don Garcia at length commenced his attack 

 upon the Araucanian encampment, by a violent 

 cannonade from all his artillery. Caupolican, 

 instigated by his soldiers, who were eager to 

 make a vigorous sally, fell with such fury upon 

 the Spaniards, that, at the first charge, the 

 Araucanians killed about forty, and continued 

 slaughtering them until, by a skillful evolution, 

 the Spanish general cut off their retreat, and sur- 

 rounded them upon all sides. Caupolican, never- 

 theless, valiantly seconded by his intrepid band, 

 for the space of six hours rendered the issue of 

 the battle doubtful, till, seeing Tucapel, Colo- 

 colo, Renco, Lincoyan, Mariantu, Ongolmo, and 

 several others of hisi most valiant ojQ^cers slain, 

 he attempted to retreat with the small remnant of 

 his army, but being overtaken by a detachment 

 of horse, slew himself to avoid the melanpholy 

 fate of his father. 



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