CONTENTS. 



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Archbishop Gongora. Narino. Letter of Sir Thomas 

 Picton. Miranda. Treaty with England. War with 

 Spain and Great Britain. Exiles. Expedition to Ca- 

 raccas in 1806. Hostility to the French. Letter to Sir 

 Alexander Cochrane from Captain Beaver. Attach- 

 ment of the natives to Old Spain. Insults. Impolicy. 

 Capitulation of La Guayra, &c. War of emancipation. 

 The Viceroy Liniers. Feelings of the Spanish Ame- 

 ricans towards the Mother-Country evinced on hearing 

 the declaration of war between France and Spain. Se- 

 parate governments. Central Junta in Spain. Juntas 

 established. Iturrigary. The Regency of Spain. Ab- 

 surd decree. The Cortes. Sanguinary war. Motives of 

 civil war. Act of Independence. Policy of the Cortes. 

 Claims of the Spanish Americans. Proffer of mediation 

 from England rejected by the Cortes - 256 — S26 



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CHAPTER VII. 



HISTORY CONTINUED. 



Bolivar's career. Valencia. Venezuela. Earthquake. 

 Evacuation of Valencia. Miranda's retreat. Puerto 

 Cabello. Imprisonment of the patriots. Tyrannical 

 conduct. Exasperation of the natives. Successes of 

 the patriots. Bolivar's success at Cucuta. His entry 

 into Caraccas. Barbarity of Salomon. Siege of Puerto 

 Cabello. Battle of Araure. Commands to Bolivar 

 from the Congress of New Grenada. Insurrection of 

 Slaves. Massacre of the inhabitants. Victory of La 

 Vittoria. Victory of Carabobo. Temporary unpo- 

 pularity of Bolivar. Raising of the Siege of Puerto 



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