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building of Nininco, and captain Burgoa with 

 that of the other city, which was to be erected 

 on the shore of the Bio-bio ; while the quarter- 

 master directed the operations from his head> 

 quarters at Angol. 



The Araucanians, however, instead of pick-^ 

 axes seized their lances, slew the superintendants, 

 and having united to the number of five hundred 

 under the standard of their Toqui, proceeded to 

 besiege Cabrito in his camp. Burgoa, after 

 having been very roughly treated, was set at 

 liberty, in consequence of his being said to be 

 an enemy of the quarter-master. The sergeant- 

 major, escorted by a missionary, crossed the Bio- 

 bio in sight of the enemy, who were in search of 

 him to kill him, and afterwards returned at the 

 head of four hundred men to relieve Cabrito. 

 Another missionary, Don Pedro Sanchez, re- 

 quested the Araucanian officer sent to escort him 

 to forgive a Spaniard by whom he had been 

 grievously offended a short time before ; the 

 Araucanian replied, that he had nothing to fear 

 while in his company; besides, that the present 

 was no time to think of revenging private in- 

 juries. Such was the attention paid to the se- 

 curity of these characters, that not a Spaniard 

 was slain who was able to avail himself of their 

 protection. 



In the meantime the governor entered into an 

 alliance with the Pchuenches, in order to attack 



