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SPANISH AMERICA. 



To this recognition of the authority of the 

 Central Junta, there were, as I have just 

 stated, some exceptions. The inhabitants 

 of La Paz, the capital of one of the districts 

 under the dominion of the audiencia of 

 Charcas, in the beginning of 1809, formed 

 a government for themselves, by means of 

 an assembly, comprising many respectable 

 individuals, which was styled the Junta 

 Intuitiva, This measure, which was not 

 opposed by the magistrates of Chuquisaca, 

 the capital of the audiencia of Charcas, ex- 

 cited the hostility of the Viceroy of Buenos- 

 Ayres, who sent an army to destroy the 

 new government. The Viceroy of Peru, 

 also, sent a numerous body of troops, under 

 the orders of General Gayeneche, against 

 La Paz. Gayeneche, who had the com- 

 mand of the whole force, defeated the troops 

 of La Paz, commanded by Generals Lanza, 

 Castro, and Granburu, in the Alto de la 

 Paz, and afterwards in Grupana. The last 



