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were accompanied by several lay brothers, and three soldiers. Havhig to pass on 

 foot over a very extensive and rugged traiSl of country, the Indians of Caxarnar- 

 quilla, who fonned their suite, were so exhausted by fatigues, that it was deemed 

 expedient not to risk the sacrifice of the lives of this civilized race, for the pre- 

 carious benefit of the savage nations whose conversion the expedition had in view. 



An ancient map, found in the archives of the college of Ocopa, having pointed 

 out that, by the route of Pozuzu, it was possible to navigate, by the Pachitea, to the 

 Ucayali and Manoa, after having, in the first instance, embarked at the jundlion of 

 the river Pozuzu with the Mayro, two expeditions were undertaken on this very 

 ^lender information. In consequence of an error in the map, the first did not reach 

 tlie Manoa river within the limited time ; and tbeefFe£t of this delay was, that fa- 

 ther Francis fell into the hands of the Casivos, a wandering tribe, by whom he was 

 slain. The second expedition, which was under the direction of friar Manuel Gil, 

 commissary of the missions, was undertaken in 1767. Notwithstanding it was more 

 prudently managed than the preceding one, the only consequence which resulted 

 from it was, that the missionaries colledted the melancholy information of the death 

 of all the fathers belonging to the conversions. Rungato, the Indian who, as has. 

 been already mentioned, was met with on a former occasion at the entrance into 

 Manoa, had instigated the three nations of Setebos, Sipibos, and Conivos, ta cut off 

 all the missionaries distributed among the different tribes. 



The loss of the Manoa missions has been sensibly felt, not only by the reverend fa- 

 thers missionaries, but likewise by Peru, and by the monarch himself. The possessiort 

 of Manoa secured to the latter a vast and fertile territory. The peregrinations of fa- 

 ther Sobreviela, and those which just have been concluded, under his authority, by 

 father GIrbal, hold out the prospeft of its being speedily restored to us. Under an 

 enlightened governor, who is aware of all the importance of such an enterprise, the 

 above fathers have been supplied v/Ith whatever was necessary to its accomphsh- 

 ment. It is with much pleasure that we engage In the task of publishing their travels, 

 entertaining, as we do. In common with every feeling breast, a profound sense of 

 gratitude for the benefits conferred on any portion of the human race. 



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