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âftacked the enemy's works with such vigour, that 

 after a dreadful combat of about four hours, they 

 forced them, and put the Araucanians to flight. Ca- 

 yancura, extremely mortified at the ill success of hi$ 

 enterprise, retired to his Ulmenate, leaving the com- 

 mand of the army to his son Nangoniel, a youth of 

 great hopes, and much beloved by th^ nation» 



The young commander immediately collected 

 some companies of infantry and a hundred and fifty 

 horse, which from hence forward began to form a 

 part of the Araucanian force, and returned to invest 

 the same fortress, whose environs he so closely 

 guarded^ that the Spaniards, unable to procure a 

 supply of provisions, were at length compelled to 

 evacuate it. Encouraged by this good fortune, he 

 proceeded against the fort of Trinidad which protect- 

 ed the passage of the enemy-s supplies by the Bio- 

 bio ; but having fallen in on the road with a divi- 

 sion of Spanish troops, under the command of Fran- 

 cisco Hernandez, he lost an arm in the contest, af- 

 ter having received several other dangerous wounds. 

 This misfortune obliged him to retire to a neigh- 

 bouring mountain, where he was drawn into an am- 

 bush by the sergeant-major, and slain with fifty of 

 his soldiers, notwithstanding the great valour with 

 which they defended themselves for à long time. 

 The same day Cadeguala, who had obtained great 

 reputation in the army for his courage and military 

 ^ill, was proclaimed Toqui by his officers. 



Whilst the Araucanians endeavoured to oppose 

 the progress of the Spaniards in their country, the 

 English also planned an expedition against them in 



