The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-01-05
HISTORY OF CHILL
A couatry with Nothing
but q war
accord


CkukL SPANISH AE-kULk
let the Counsry Once Produced Vast
Quantities Of saiser-Aiways w&s
Cruel Despot--The spanish Had
Mach Trouble In Trying To Coa-
trul and Coionlxe Cnlli-Ycs the
spirit OF Freedom Finally won
Out
Bilkinsyiile. y. C.. Jan. =. 1911.
Correspondence Of The Caucasian
Enterprise.
Little IL known respectin' the his
tory oV Chill. until lts INVASION By
Spanlards under Diego Alamagro Ii
1885.
The man named had conquered
Mexico and then he decided TO make
trip through Chill with $40 Span
iards and 1900 Peruvians he made
a dash for the land Of silver. for.
at that time the rich silver mines
were attractive, Spain bein' on a
silver basis. But the snow in the
mountains, even that far South.
proved disastrous 10 the DARN
Spaniard an hiz party. He soon
lost about 10000 ov the Peruvians
and $50 ov hiz own countrymen.
But they finally reached Capiapo
and air sed TO have received a warm
welcome. A large purse was made
up an given to Almagro, for the
natives suspected that he wuz up to
somethin' crooked. But that act re-
suited in disclosin' the vast riches
ov the country an made the Spen-
iards believe that silver grew on
trees.
Everything mite hev passed off
peaceably durin' the raid but for an
unfortunate circumstance. Two ov
The men with Almagro were killed
In some KIND Of a row and this led
to war. Almagro caused the arrest
ov about twenty citizens and they
were burned to avenge the death ov
| the two men. About this time AL
magro found that he had got into
a hornet nest.
Later the army under Alamagro
entered the country ov the Proman-
clans, whoever they are, and he got
into hit awl rite. The people thar
had been at war with Peon and they
knew how to fife. At the end ov the
first day the forces ov Alamagro held
their ground. The other people did
likewise. The Spanish finally took
to the woods, goin' back to a portion
ov the country whar the f1tin' wuz
not so brisk. Alamagro wuz finally
killed in a skirmish.
The next effort to get possession
Ov Chilli wuZ made by Pizarro who
had control ov Peru. He placed a
guide deal ov confidence in Pedro de
Valdivia, an Italian who held some
kind ov position in the Peruvian
army and who had served in Italy.
This colony contained about two
thou sand Spaniards and a large
nun Der ov Peruvians. The leader
had provided complete outfit and
he meant to stay. He reached a
Mapocho and planted hiz colony.
The natives objected. But the col
ony wuz too strong at first and the
opposition too badly disorganized to
accomplish much. The invaders
built strong fort, which wuz a
lucky move, for the invaders soon
had awl they could do to manage
the natives, for they were being
treated but very little better than
slaves. Valdivia seized and impris-
oned the chiefs; but the spirit of
freedom wuz strong in the hearts ov
the people. The colonists finally
had to shut themselves up in the
fort. With the advantage ov strong
walls they killed many ov the ma
tives, who finally retreated, but did
not cease f1tin'. For six years the
war continued. But IN the end the
natives were defeated and a small
number of survivors saved their lives
by fieein' to the mountains. This
gave Alamagros' followers a clear
field for time. But the opposition
received help and the Spaniards
were finally driven out of the coun-
try entirely.
But the war wuz started at later
date an the fitin' wuz desperate A
new hero now appeared. He WIZ a
mere boy, But hit wuz at a critical
period when he assumed the leader
ship and inspired new bravery. But
the smallpox now appeared and
caused greater disaster than war In
the final wind-up the Spaniards won,
though the Chi1ians never gave up