CONTENTS. 
IX 
THEIR SITUATION— TRANSPORTATION OF ORES— WAGES-TEMPERANCE REGULATIONS- 
LAKE ON THE HIGH CORDILLERAS— COPPER ORES-RETURN TO SAN FELIPE-KINDNESS 
OF MR. NEWMAN AND LADY— CELIDONO— QUILLOTA— RETURN TO VALPARAISO-EARTH- 
QUAKES—PROTESTANT CHURCH— LIBERALITY OF PRIESTHOOD— ORACION— COMMERCE- 
EXPORTS— IMPORTS— FOREIGN VESSELS— POPULATION— COLLEGES— CONGRESS— IMPROVE- 
MENTS IN PROGRESS-REVENUE— NATIONAL DEBT— CLIMATE— FRUITS-ADMINISTRATION 
— EXECUTIVE — SENATE — HOUSE OF DEPUTIES— MILITIA— ARMY— NAVY— G. G. HOBSON. 
ESQ., U. S. CONSUL -LIEUTENANT CRAVEN — HIS GALLANT CONDUCT— CAPTAIN ISAAC 
M'KEEVER— U. S. SHIP FALMOUTH— FLYING-FISH— GALE— SEAGULL LAST SEEN— HER LOSS 
—PASSED MIDSHIPMAN JAMES W. E. REID— PASSED MIDSHIPMAN FREDERICK A. BACON- 
ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT OF CHILI 181—214 
CHAPTER XL 
WANT OF CORRECT HISTORICAL RECORDS-O'HIGGINS DECLARED SUPREME DICTATOR- 
RESIGNS IN 1823— COUNCIL OF STATE APPOINTED-GENERAL FREYRE LANDS AT VALPA- 
RAISO—ARREST OF O'HIGGINS-HIS RELEASE — GENERAL RAMON FREYRE ASSUMES 
THE GOVERNMENT— RETIRES TO PRIVATE LIFE— ADMIRAL BLANCO PRESIDENT— BLANCO 
RESIGNS— SUCCEEDED BY VICE-PRESIDENT— HIS RESIGNATION— FREYRE AGAIN CHOSEN 
PRESIDENT— FREYRE RESIGNS— PRIETO BECOMES PRESIDENT— RESIGNS— PRESIDENT OF 
THE SENATE ACTS— ELECTION HELD— PRIETO ELECTED-REFUSES TO SERVE— VICUNEA 
PRESIDENT OF SENATE — TROUBLES — JUNTA APPOINTED— CIVIL WAR— ABANDONMENT 
OF THE CAPITAL— FREYRE CALLED IN— JOINS THE PRESIDENT'S PARTY — BATTLE OF 
LIRCAI, APRIL, 1830— DEFEAT OF FREYRE— HIS BANISHMENT TO PERU— NEW ELECTION- 
DON FRANCISCO TAGLE RETURNED AS PRESIDENT— OVALLE AS VICE-PRESIDENT— BOTH 
RESIGN — PRESIDENT OF SENATE AGAIN ACTS — NEW ELECTION — GENERAL PRIETO 
ELECTED, JULY, 1831— STATE OF THE COUNTRY— HIS ADMINISTRATION— DIEGO PORTALES 
—SYSTEM OF REFORM— MILITIA SYSTEM— ESTABLISHES PUBLIC CREDIT— CIVIL RULE- 
TRANSACTIONS WITH PERU— RATIFICATION OF TREATY, AND RECEPTION OF MINISTER 
— CrVIL WAR IN PERU— DEFEAT OF SALAVERRY— NEW ORGANIZATION OF PERUVIAN 
GOVERNMENT — RUPTURE BETWEEN CHILI AND PERU — SECRET EXPEDITION UNDER 
GENERAL FREYRE— INTELLIGENCE OF IT RECEIVED IN CHILI— ACTIVITY OF GOVERN- 
MENT-CAPTURE OF FREYRE — HIS SECOND BANISHMENT — POPULARITY OF THE 
ADMINISTRATION — SEIZURE OF PERUVIAN VESSELS — SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES — 
CONVENTION-CHILI REFUSES TO RATIFY THE PROCEEDINGS-CHILI SENDS HER FLEET 
—CHILI DECLARES WAR — EXPEDITION ORGANIZED— DECREE OF PRESIDENT PRIETO— 
EXPEDITION FITTED OUT UNDER ADMIRAL BLANCO— TROOPS QUARTERED AT QUILLOTA 
—PORTALES' INSPECTION OF TROOPS — HIS ARREST — VIDAURRE'S MUTINY— ACTA OF 
OFFICERS — NEWS REACHES VALPARAISO — CONSTERNATION — CONDUCT OF MILITIA— 
VIDAURRE'S DEMANDS-PORTALES' NOBLE CONDUCT— VIDAURRE'S ATTACK ON VALPA- 
VOL. I. 
