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tacked the post of Quinel, which was defended 

 by a garrison of six hundred men ; but failing 

 also in this attempt, he turned against the de- 

 voted province of Chilian, from whence he 

 brought off a great number of peasants and of 

 cattle, notwithstanding the exertions of the ser- 

 geant-major to stop his rapid march. In the 

 following year, 16^, the governor, eager for re- 

 taliation, determined to invade the Araucaniau 

 provinces in three directions ; to the quarter- 

 master he assigned the maritime country, and to 

 'the sergeant-major that of the Andes, reserving 

 the intermediate for himself. In pursuance of 

 this plan, at the head of twelve hundred regular 

 troops, and a correspondent number of auxili- 

 aries, he traversed the provinces of Encol and 

 Puren, captured a great, number of men and 

 cattle, and having passed the river Cauten, ra- 

 vaged in a similar manner the rich district ot 

 Maquegua. 



Whilst he was returning, well pleased with the 

 success of his expedition, Putapichion presented 

 himself with three thousand men in order of 

 battle. The first encounter was so violent that 

 many of the Spaniards having fallen, the rest 

 were compleatly broken ; but being at length 

 rallied by the exertions of tlieir valiant officers, 

 they maintained their ground, so that the battle 

 became more regular, and the slaughter was 

 equal on both sides. Putapichion, however. 



