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regulations^ and to have every thing in readiness 

 to take the field as soon as circumstances should 

 require it. 



In compliance with this last article they pro- 

 ceeded to the election that very day. The suf- 

 frages w^ere unanimous in favor of Antivilu, 

 Arch-Ulmen of the province of Maquegua, who 

 possessed great influence in the assembly ; but 

 he having declined, on account of the neutrality 

 which it had been agreed his province should 

 maintain, the choice fell upon Curignancu, 

 brother to the Ulmen of Encol, who combined 

 all the qualities necessary at such a crisis. 



At the first conference the governor proposed 

 his plan under every aspect that could render it 

 agreeable. The Araucaniaiis, agreeably to their 

 previous agreement, objected, appeared to con- 

 sent, equivocated, and ended by requesting the 

 necessary assistance for beginning the work. 

 Having pointed out the situations which appeared 

 the most eligible for the erection of the new 

 cities, a great quantity of wrought iron was sent 

 them by the governor, together with provisions 

 and cattle for the transportation of the timber. 

 The w^ork, nevertheless, made no progress. In 

 consequence of this, the quarter-master Cabrito 

 repaired thither with several companies of sol- 

 diers, in order to stimulate the operations, and 

 placed superintendants in every quarter. The 

 sergeant-major Rivera was charged with the 



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