APPENDIX III. 



No. I. 



I he following proclamation I print, partly because it shows the views held 

 out by the revolutionary chiefs to the natives, partly because there are few 

 printed specimens of the ancient language of the Incas : — 



The Supreme Director of the State of Chile to tlie Natives of Peru. 



Brothers and Countrymen ! The day of the freedom of America is arrived ; 

 and from the Mississippi to Cape Horn, comprehending nearly half the globe, 

 the independence of the New World is proclaimed. Mexico is in arms ; 

 Caraccas triumphs ; Santa Fe is organising and receiving large armies ; Chile 

 and Buenos Ayres have reached the goal of their career, — they enjoy the 

 fruits of their liberty ; and are considered by the nations of the universe, who 

 emulously bring to them the products of their industry, their improvements, 

 their weapons, and even their hands ; giving worth to our fruits, and develop- 

 ing our talents. Employments, honours, and riches, are already distributed 

 among ourselves, and are no longer the patrimony of our oppressors. 



Meanwhile, though sweet liberty marches either in peace or in victory 

 through the regions of the South, she is obliged to suspend her beneficent 

 and majestic steps from the plains of Quito to Potosi, and to change her 

 double influence for the affliction and the grief occasioned by the ravages 

 of the Spaniards in Cochabamba, Puno, La Paz, Cuzco, Guamanga, Quito, 

 and other provinces of our delicious country. There remain the tombs and 

 the illustrious manes of Pumacagua, Angulo, Camargo, Cabezas, and so 

 many other heroes, who now, as tutelary angels, solicit your happiness and 

 independence before the throne of the Most High: — there offer up your 



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