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mouth of the Leubu ; and should the report of those of- 

 ficers confirm that of supernumerary Lieutenant Rothery 

 as to the before-mentioned capabilities of the mouth of 

 the Leubu, then that Lieutenant Collins should proceed 

 with all despatch to the port of Talcuhuano, there to 

 act upon the orders and instructions, a copy of which 

 is hereunto annexed under the No. I., and that the 

 master should return to the wreck to confirm its capabi- 

 lities for the objects in view. 



Sixthly, — In this stage of proceedings His Majesty's 

 Consul repeated what he had previously mentioned in 

 the course of discussion ; namely, that the government 

 of Chili was in actual state of warfare with a part of the 

 Araucano tribes, who occupy the central part of the 

 Indian territory, and that a great deal of disaffection 

 towards Chili prevailed amongst the southern tribes of 

 the coast about the rivers Tirua and Imperial ; a disaf- 

 fection which kept in a constant state of alarm the small 

 garrisons in the ruined fort of Arauco : that from the 

 most correct intelligence recently obtained, it appeared 

 that a Cacique, named Cadin, at the head of about 2000 

 Indians from Tirua and Imperial, had actually been on 

 his march to attack and plunder the wreck, when his pro- 

 gress was accidentally arrested by the march of the 

 friendly Cacique Colissi at the head of a formidable 

 party from the interior : that this accidental circum- 

 stance had certainly averted immediate danger ; but as 

 Colissi had retired to Puren after contenting himself with 

 the insignificant plunder of a small tribe of his enemies, 

 it would not be prudent to consider the encampment 

 as secure from attack : that true it was, the government 

 of Conception had directed the military commandant of 



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