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fore had been appointed governor by Ihc Audi- 

 ence of Lima, was again reinstated in that office 

 bj order of Philip II. 



That experienced officer, having assembled all 

 the troops that he could raise in the present cir- 

 cumstances, proceeded in 1 576 to the frontiers to 

 oppose the progress of Pajnenancu, who, not- 

 withstanding he had been twice defeated, con- 

 tinued constantly to harass the Spanish settle- 

 ments ; but not being able to meet him, he con- 

 tented himself with ravaging the country. 



In the meantime, having received a reinforce- 

 ment of two thousand men from Spain, he gave 

 directions to his father-in-law, Ruiz Gamboa, to 

 found a new colony at the foot of the Cordilleras,, 

 between the cities of Santiago and Conception, 

 which has since received the appellation of Chil- 

 ian, from the river on whose shore it stands, and 

 has become the capital of the fertile province of 

 that name. Shortly after the establishment of 

 this settlement, in 1580, the governor died at a 

 very advanced age, havin|^ nominated Gamboa 

 as his successor. The three years of Gamboa's 

 government were'occupied on one side in opposing 

 the attempts of Paynenancu, and on the ouier in 

 repelling the Pchuenches and Chiquiilanians, 

 who, instigated by the Araucanians, had begun 

 'to molest the Spanish settlements. 



The Pehufenclies form a numerous tribe, and 

 inhabit that part of the Chilian Andes lying be- 

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