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CHAPTER II. 



Paillataru elected Toqui; Government of Rodrigo de 

 Quiroga ; Conquest of the Archipelago of Chiloe ; 

 Description of its inhabitants, 



ANTIGUENU had for successor in the Toqui- 

 ate Paillataru, the brother or cousin of the celebrat- 

 ed Lautaro, but his character was of a very different 

 stamp. Slow and extremely circumspect in his ope- 

 rations, he contented himself during the first years 

 of his command in maintaining undiminished the 

 love of liberty in the bosoms of his countrymen, and 

 in leading them from time to time to ravage the 

 enemy's country. During the same time a change 

 was made of the Spanish governor : Rodrigo de Qui- 

 roga, who had been appointed to that office by the 

 Royal Audience of Lima, began his administration 

 by arresting his predecessor, and sending him pri- 

 soner to Peru. 



Having received a reinforcement of three hun- 

 dred soldiers in 1665, he entered the Araucanian 

 territory, rebuilt the fort of Arauco and the city of 

 Cañete, constructed a new fortress at the celebrated 

 post of Quipeo, and ravaged the neighbouring pro- 

 vinces. Towards the end of the following year he 

 sent the Marshal Ruiz Gamboa with sixty men to 

 subject the inhabitants of the Archipelago of Chi- 

 loe I that officer encountered no resistance, and 



