APPENDIX. 



No. II. 



Account of the Native Triles who inhabit the Southern Extre- 

 mity of South America, extracted chiejiy from Falkners 

 Description of Patagonia, 



lliRGILLA has made the name of Araucauo so celebrated, 

 that it must not be changed. But it properly belongs only to 

 those hordes of the Picunches who possessed the country of 

 Arauco. 



The nations who inhabit this extremity of South America 

 are known among themselves by the general names of Mo- 

 luchcs and Puelches. The Moluches, or warlike people, as 

 the word impl es, are divided into the Picunches, or people of 

 the north, Pehuenches, people of the fine country, and Huil- 

 liclies, people of the south. The first of these inhabit the 

 mountains from Coquimbo to somewhat below Santiago, in 

 Chili. The second border upon them to the north, and extend 

 from the parallel of Valdivia to 35 degrees south latitude. 

 Both these are included in history under the name of Arau- 

 canos. The long and obstinate wars with the Spaniards, with 

 the Puelches, and with one another, have greatly diminished 

 their numbers ; but they have been still more diminished by 

 the havoc which brandy has made among them. For this 

 accursed liquori as it may well be called by the American 



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