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AMERICA. 



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Chap. II. 



Dcfcription 

 of Arauco, 



the Fort in Tumi, where thofe in the Garrifon, unable to defend themfelves,' went 

 vaWvia ta- to TucapeL and from thence to Arauco, to Settle there. ValdiYia marching with three 



ken i nioner, * " .. ... ^, *? 



and cruciiy hundred Men to the Caftle in Tucapel, was fo fiercely aflaulted at the River Leto, 



put to death * ' ' 



by the indies chat all his Men were kill'd, and he himfelf being taken Prifoner, had melted Gold 

 pour'd down his Throat : One Boy onely efcaping, brought the news to thofe in 

 Garrifon in the Fort Arauco, who fled to La Conception, as thofe from Turen to Imperial.. 

 Not long after the Lieutenant Francifcode VxUagra went with a hundred and fixty 

 Soldiers to %acpuetta, a Promontory againft the South Sea in Arauco, to take Re- 

 venge for the Death of his General Valdma ; but he alfo had like to have followed 

 the fame fate, for he left ninety fix Men behind him, and with much ado recovered 

 La Conception : By which means the vi&orious Chilefes came to be fo much fear'd, 

 that the Spaniards forfook theTotirns %ica } St. Jagp, and Qmfines, and fortifi'd them- 

 felves ftrongly in hnperiaL 



Concerning Jrauco, it is a fmall County, twenty Leagues long and (even broad. 

 The Inhabitants thereof are ftrangcly valiant . thofe that inhabit the Mountains are 

 calPd Tulcbes, and are generally of a duller Spirit than thofe that dwell in the Val- 

 leys j all of them ufe long Pikes, Halberds, Bowes and Arrows, Helmets and 

 Breaftplates of Deer.skins, in the Wars 5 they know when to clofeand open their 

 Ranks, and (land in good order according to Martial Difcipline, which makes the 

 Spanijh King receive little benefit from Arauco, though it is full of rich Mines, be- 

 caufe thofe in Garrifon being five hundred in number, dare not come out of their 

 Fort. 



To Arauco belongs the I/land La Mocha, low on the North fid*, and rocky on the 

 South ; againft which the Ocean breaks its Billows : in the middle of it rifes a 

 fplit Mountain, out of whofe Gap flows a frefli Brook 5 the fruitful Soyl produces 

 abundance of Pumpeons, Maiz, Potato's, and all manner of delicious Fruit, as 

 alfo Oxen, Sheep, and other Cattel, tohich go grazing up and down in great 

 Herds ; the Village that is upon it boafts about fifty Huts, built long of Straw, 

 with a Door in the middle, and round like an Arch on the top. 



Sir Francis Drake and Candijh were formerly fomewhat roughly Entertain'd here 

 by the Inhabitants : but they fliew'd themfclves fomewhat more civil to the Dutch 

 van xom's Admirals, Oliver \an Import and Joris Spilbergen : The firft coming to an Anchor here 

 j»vKrT- Jnno 1 600. put one John Claefsyon (Condcmn'd for fome great Crime to be Landed 

 1 on fome ftrange Place) afliore on La Mocha, with a few Trifles . for which being 

 kindly Entertain'd, the Seamen refolv'd to go afliore the next day, who were like- 

 wife civilly Treated. The Governor of Mocha coming aboard, Lodg'd a Night in 

 the Ship, and afterwards conducted the Admiral through the Village, but forbad 

 the Seamen from entring any of the Huts ; out of which the Women upon the 

 hearing of a iudden noife, came running out, and kneel'd down on the Ground in 

 three Parties, whileftan old Matron came forth with a Pitcher full of Chica, and 

 gave each of the TS^etherlanders a Cup full to drink, fitting on Blocks in the Fields. 



A Man Marries as many Wives here as he can maintain. They all" live peacea- 

 bly one with another, and go Cloth'd with a pair of Breeches, and Frock without 

 Sleeves. The Women tie their Hair in Braids about their Heads, but the Men let 

 it hang down carelelly. 



Fifteen years after Spilbergen Landing here with four well Mann'd Boats, found 

 the Shore full of People, who had brought all manner of Provisions to barter 

 againft Axes and Knives. The Iflanders going aboard, wondred to fee the Soldiers 

 drawn out in order, and much more when a Gun was fir'd : They fumifVd the 

 Hollanders with a hundred Sheep, amongft which was one with an extraordinary 

 long Neck, and Legs, Hair, Mouth, and Back like a Cammel. The 



tain merit in 

 Mteba. 



