Letters From Buenos Ayres And Chili With An Original History
Letters From Buenos Ayres And Chili With An Original History
Davie, John Constanse
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It has, also, wood for ship-building, and that which is es- teemed above all, the richest mines of the finest gold in Chili, nay, in all America, as there is not any can compare to it but the gold of Carabaya. This city was founded by the governor Valdi- via, in the year 1552, upon a rising ground, on the side of a hill, much above the rest of the coun- K 2 132 try. Historians say, that an Indian lady, named Roloina, was the principal means of procuring for Valdivia a quiet possession of this r...ich terri- tory. The story is thus related. The Spaniards had advanced as conquerors thus far into the fer- tile land of Chili, but, when arrived at this river, they found a most formidable army of Indians in battle array, covering the opposite shore with their numbers, and determined to oppose the passage of the river. The Spaniards had made several unsuccessful attempts, in all which they had been driven back with great loss, and any other than Valdivia would have relinquished the attempt ; but he ordered his men to renew their efforts, which, as they were about to execute, an Indian lady, of considerable power, came to the governor, and requested him not to think of again forcing the passage, " Stay here, '* she said, t; and go no further ; I will put all this province into thy hands, and make thee lord of all thy eyes can discover.
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