[52] It is sometimes said that one hundred families rule Chile.
[53] A distinguished Chilean officer whose presence added greatly to the pleasure of the trip was detailed to accompany us.
[54] Except when Spanish ships of war bombarded Valparaiso in 1866.
[55] The word roto seems originally to have been a term of disparagement; it meant 'a broken man.' Now it merely denotes one of the poorer class, and is opposed to pelucon, one of the upper class (literally a wig wearer).
[56] The Yaquis of Sonora in Northwestern Mexico have never been subdued, but they are a small tribe dwelling in mountain fastnesses difficult of access.
[57] This is the form of the name that was given to me at Temuco. Others call them Moluche or Maluche.
[58] First part written in Chile, where he was fighting, in 1558, and published in 1569.
Ἀλλ' ἀεὶ Ζεφυροῖο λιγυπνείοντας ἀήτας
Ὠκεανὸς ἀνίησιν ἀναψύχειν ἀνθρώπους.
—Odyss. IV.