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Title: The history of America, from its discovery by Columbus to the conclusion of the late war : with an appendix, containing an account of the rise and progress of the present unhappy contest between Great Britain and her colonies
Year: 1778 (1770s)
Authors: Russell, William, 1741-1793 Fielding and Walker
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Publisher: London: : Printed for Fielding and Walker, No. 20, Pater-Noster-Row
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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by the defire of revenge •, and they had befides overcome tlie confterna-tion and terror which had feized them on the firft fight of the fire arms andhorfes. What they formerly conceived to be the tliunder of heaven, they werefenfible was no nwre than the contrivance of human genius-, and they had takenfeveral horfes wliich they ventured to ufe againft the Spaniards, demonftrating bythis and other improvements in the art of war, that they were extremely ingeniousand imitative. They defeated their enemies in feveral engagements-, foughtthem with their own weapons ; and were not even afraid or ignorant of the ufeof mufkets, fome of which they had taken in different rencounters. This refiftance was chiefiy experienced in the province of Charcas, whereGonzalo Pizarro commanded a confiderable body of troops. In Chili theSpaniards did not meet with lefs oppofition. Pedro de Valdivia, who had • Garcilaffo, lib. ii. c. 3. Zara:e, lib. iii. c. 11. f Her/era, dec. IV. Jib. iv. c. 3. learned
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Ot^Lijr JcuA) THE HISTORY OF AMERICA. 301 learned the rudiments of war in Italy, and was deemed one of the bed Spanifh CHAP. )X.officers in America, was fent thither immediately after the battle of Salinas. ^/~-~^The Chiltfc difputed every inch of ground ; but they could not after all theirefforts prevent him from penetrating as far as the valley of Guafco, which hefound to be incredibly fertile and populous. Here he founded the city of St. A. D. 1540.Jago, and built a caftle for the defence of the new colony, and the fecurity ofthe gold mines in the neighbourhood, in which he forced the natives to labour.Greatly exalperated at this impofuion of fervitude, the Chilefe flew to arms.Valdivia took the field againft them, and defeated them in fevcral obflinate en-gagements ; but, though he received a confidcrable reinforcement from Peru,his army \v;i3 at lull cut off, and himfelf taken prilbner. The conquerors, ac-cording to the cuftom of America, condemned him to a cruel death ; and many

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