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CHAP. VII. 



COMPRISING A PERIOD OF THIRTEEN YEAR*, 

 FROM 1604 TO 1617. 



Second unfortunate Government of Garcia Ra^ 

 mon ; Restoration of the Court of Royal Audi- 

 ence ; Ineffectual Negotiation for Peace, 



Whilst Alonzo Rivera was wholly intent upon 

 checking the progress of the victorious Arauca- 

 nianSj he was removed from the government of 

 Chili to that of Tucuman, in consequence of 

 having married the daughter of the celebrated 

 Aguilera without obtaining the rojal permission. 

 Garcia Ramon, his predecessor, was appointed to 

 succeed him, and received at the same time with 

 his commission, a thousand soldiers from Europe, 

 and two hundred and fifty from Mexico. As 

 he was now at the head of an army of three 

 thousand regular troops, besides auxiliaries, he 

 returned to invade the Araucanian territories, 

 and penetrated without much opposition as far as 

 the province of Boroa, where he erected a fort, 

 which he furnished with a good number of 



