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the Araiicanians in several places at the s^rac 

 time. Curignaocu^ being informed of their ap- 

 proach, fell upon them unexpectedly on their 

 leaving the Andes, took prisoners their general, 

 Coligura, with his son, >vhom he put to death, 

 and completely routed them. This disgrace, 

 which appeared calculated to embitter that 

 nation for ever towards the Araucanians, on the 

 contrary reconciled them so completely, that they 

 have ever since aided them in their expeditions,, 

 and have become the most implacable enemies of 

 the Spaniards. Curignancu availed himself of 

 the assistance of these mountaineers during the 

 war to harass the provinces in the vicinity of the 

 capital. Since that time they have made a prac- 

 tice of frequently attacking the Spanish caravans 

 from Buenos Ayres to Chili,' and every year fur- 

 nishes some melancholy information of that kind. 

 Gonzaga, whose sanguine expectations had led 

 him to be too hasty in giving information to the 

 court of the success of his grand project, could 

 not endujre the mortification of seeing it wholly 

 destroyed. A chronic complaint, to which he 

 was subject, was so much increased by this dis- 

 appointment, that it deprived him of life in the 

 second year of the war, to the great regret of 

 the inhabitants, to whom he was much endeared 

 by his estimable qualities. Don Francisco Xavier 

 de Morales succeeded him by the appointment of 

 the viceroy of Peru; The reutral provinces, as 



