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HISTORICAL SKETCH. 



CHAPTER V. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ABORIGINAL 

 INDIANS. 



Previously to entering upon a sketch of 

 the history of Spanish America, it may be as 

 well to observe, that, under that term, are 

 comprehended the whole of the late domi- 

 nions of Spain upon the American Conti- 

 nent; comprising Buenos- Ayres, Peru, Chili, 

 the territories now forming the Republic of 

 Colombia, &c. ; the Peninsula of North 

 America, together with the Isthmus of Pa- 

 nama, which connects North and South 

 America; and likewise the Viceroyalty of 



