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CHAP. VIII. 



COMPRISES A PERIOD OF FOURTEEN YEARS, 

 FROM 1618 TO 1632. 



Daring Enterprises of the Toquis Lientur and 

 PutapicJiion. 



LoNCOTHEGUA having resigned, the chief com- 

 mand of the Araucanian armies was conferred 

 upon Lientur. The military expeditions of this 

 Toqui were always so rapid and unexpected, 

 that the Spaniards gave him the appellation of 

 the wizard. He appointed Levipillan his lieu- 

 tenant-general, by whom he was perfectly se- 

 conded in the execution of all his designs. Not- 

 withstanding the Bio-bio was lined with sentinels 

 and fortresses, he always contrived some means 

 of passing and repassing it without experiencing 

 any loss. His first enterprise was the capture of 

 four hundred horses intended to remount the 

 Spanish cavalry. He next ravaged the province 

 of Chilian, and the Corregidor having marched 

 to meet him, he entirely defeated and slew him,^ 



