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bourliood of Imperial, Valdivia having at tliis 

 time sent back one of his sons,, who had been 

 taken in the late war, he was so highly gratified 

 that he came in person to visit him at the fort of 

 Arauco ; and in return for the civilities that he 

 experienced from him and the governor, offered 

 to receive the missionaries in his province, and to 

 persuade Ancanam.on to make peace with the 

 Spaniards. He observed, however, that it would 

 be necessary in the first place to return him his 

 "women, which could be done without exposing 

 them to any danger, by fiirst obtaining from him 

 a pass of safe conduct in their favour : this was 

 also the opinion of Valdivia. Utiflame took 

 upon himself the management of the business, 

 and departed, taking with him three missionaries, 

 Horatio Vecchio, of Sienna, cousin to Pope 

 Alexander VII. Martin Aranda, a native of 

 Chili, and Diego Montalban, a Mexican, the 

 friends and companions of his benefactor Valdivia. 

 No sooner had the exasperated Toqui learned 

 the arrival of the missionaries at liicura, than he 

 hastened thither with two hundred horse, and 

 without deigning to listen to their arguments, 

 slew them all, with their conductor Utiflame, 

 who endeavoured to defend them. Thus were 

 all the plans of pacification rendered abortive. 

 Valdivia in vain attempted several times to re- 

 yive the negotiation. The otTHcers and soldiers 

 who were interested in the continuance of the 



