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A DIARY OF THE 



murderous warfare with the tribes who were dis- 

 affected towards the government : the small 

 force they were about to send was merely to act 

 as scouts, to make known the position of the hos- 

 tile, and to prevent treachery on the part of the 

 friendly tribes, the place of the shipwreck being 

 on the extreme verge where they acknowledged 

 the government of Chili, and where their des- 

 perate battles are fought. We took this oppor- 

 tunity of informing Captain Seymour how far we 

 had advanced on our journey; and Major Don 

 Jos6 Sylva availed himself of our going to Con- 

 cep9ion for communicating to their government 

 what he had done for the protection of the 

 wreck. 



At f2 p. M. we bade a reluctant adieu to 

 these hospitable fellows, deeply impressed with 

 a sense of their kindness and our obligation. 

 We rode along the marsh, observing here and 

 there a rancho, with a spot of cultivated ground, 

 till we arrived at a cluster of ranches (scarcely 

 deserving the name of a pueblo) about three 

 miles from Lianco, called Caremfranque, after 

 the river which runs near it. Here we were in- 

 troduced to the family of our guide, who all ran 

 and embraced their parent with affection, and 



