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Although the events that afterwards occurred 

 had convinced Don Garcia that he had deceived 

 himself in supposing, that the spirit of the Arau- 

 caniaus was entirely broken after the dreadful 

 massacre at Canete, he however on this occasion 

 thought he had good reason to believe the war 

 wholly at an end. The battle of Quipeo ap- 

 peared to him decisive in every point of view ; 

 the principal officers who supported the courage 

 of the enemy had all perished on that fatal day ; 

 their nation was without chiefs and without 

 troops, and appeared to be submissive to the will 

 of the conquerors. Under the influence of these 

 flattering ideas, he devoted his whole attention 

 to repair the losses occasioned by the war ; he 

 rebuilt the fortifications that had been destroyed, 

 particularly those of Arauco and of Angol ; he 

 restored Villarica, and re-established its inha- 

 bitants : the mines that had been abandoned he 

 caused to be opened anew, and others to be ex- 

 plored ; and obtained the establishment of a 

 bishopric in the capital, whither lie went himself 

 to receive the first bishop, ^Fernando Barrio- 

 nuevo, a monk of the Franciscan order. 



Finding himself provided with a good number 

 of veteran troops, he' sent a part of them, under 

 the command of Pedro Castillo, to complete the 

 conquest of Cujo, which had been commenced 

 by Francis De Aguirre. That prudent officer 

 subjected the Guftrpes, the ancient inhabitants of 



