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of meeting, the village of Qiiilliii in the province 

 of Puren. 



At the time prefixed the Marquis appeared at the 

 appointed place, with a retinue of about ten thou- 

 sand persons, from all parts of the kingdom, who in- 

 sisted , on accompanying him. Lincopichion, who 

 also came there at the head of the four hereditary 

 Toquis, and a great number of Ulmenes and other 

 natives, opened the conference with a very eloquent 

 speech. He then, according to the Chilian custom, 

 killed a camel, and, sprinkling some of the blood 

 on a branch of cinnamon, presented it in token of 

 peace to the governor. The articles of the treaty 

 were next proposed and ratified ; they were sim- 

 ilar to those which had been accepted by Ancana- 

 ttion, except that the Marquis required that the 

 Araucanians should not permit the landing of any 

 strangers upon their coast, or furnish supplies to any 

 foreign nation whatever ; this being conformable to 

 the political maxims of the nation, was readily 

 granted. Thus was a period put to a war of ninety 

 years, and this grand négociation was terminated by 

 the sacrifice of twenty- eight camels, and an eloquent 

 harangue from Antiguenu, chief of the district, upon 

 the mutual advantages which both nations would 

 derive from the peace. After this the two chiefs 

 cordially embraced, and congratulated each other on 

 the happy termination of their exertions ; they then 

 dined together, and made each other mutual pre- 

 sents, and the three days succeeding were past by 

 both nations in fearing and rejoicing. ' 

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