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A DIARY OF THE 



wife; but, not having it in his power to satisfy 

 the cacique, he was forced to fly from his lands, 

 his property of cattle becoming the prey of 

 Pinoleo. Such is the present state of justice be- 

 tween man and man in the province of Arauco. 



Our worthy shipmate, Mr. Sarjeant, the purser, 

 with his intimate knowledge of the Spanish lan- 

 guage, was the source of all our communication 

 with the Chilinos, and, through an interpreter, 

 with the Indians : his valuable assistance was of 

 vital importance to all ; but his patience was 

 sadly tried, from the unceasing calls made on his 

 attention as spokesman. 



A tent was erected outside our line of camp 

 for our new force of Chilinos ; who zealously 

 commenced the important service of establishing 

 a line of scouts, in the direction of the hostile 

 Indians, amongst the hills to the southward. 

 Don Bernardino liked not the vicinity of our 

 Indian look-out, aware, as he stated he was to us, 

 of their frequent acts of treachery. To his party 

 we spared a daily proportion of our provisions, 

 which, in addition to an occasional forage to the 

 northward, which some of them made, fully satis- 

 fied their wants. Through Don Bernardino we 

 were enabled to obtain, from some one of the 



