[CHAPTER IX.]

History of the Discovery and Conquest of Chili,

SECTION I. Geographical View of the Kingdom of Chili,

SECTION II. Of the Origin, Manners, and Language of the Chilese,

SECTION III. State of Chili, and Conquests made in that Country by the Peruvians, before the arrival of the Spaniards,

SECTION IV. First Expedition of the Spaniards into Chili under Almagro,

SECTION V. Second Expedition into Chili, under Pedro de Valdivia, to the commencement of the War between the Spaniards and Araucanians,

SECTION VI. Narrative of the War between the Spaniards and Araucanians, from the year 1550, to the Defeat and Death of Pedro de Valdivia on the 3d of December 1553,

SECTION VII. Continuation of the War between the Spaniards and Araucanians, from the death of Valdivia, to that of Caupolican,

SECTION VIII. Continuation of the Araucanian War, after the Death of Caupolican, to the Reduction of the Archipelago of Chiloe by the Spaniards,