Voyage to South America: Performed by Order of the American Government, in the Years 1817 and 1818, in the Frigate Congress, Том 2author, John D. Toy, printer, 1819 |
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... river ; but after having expelled them , they were suc- ceeded by an enemy scarcely less troublesome , in the very man who was now urging a war with the Por- tuguese . Independently of these considerations , it * The roving bands , or ...
... river ; but after having expelled them , they were suc- ceeded by an enemy scarcely less troublesome , in the very man who was now urging a war with the Por- tuguese . Independently of these considerations , it * The roving bands , or ...
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... river , and who had command of the waters of La Plata , so as to bar her communication with the sea ; her first step was to prevail upon those provinces , which at present compose the union , to assist in expelling the Spanish ...
... river , and who had command of the waters of La Plata , so as to bar her communication with the sea ; her first step was to prevail upon those provinces , which at present compose the union , to assist in expelling the Spanish ...
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... river Maule , which separates San- tiago from Conception . The latter being destitute of resources , was forced to submit to the capital . A cir- cumstance took place shortly afterwards , which places the conduct of the Carreras , in a ...
... river Maule , which separates San- tiago from Conception . The latter being destitute of resources , was forced to submit to the capital . A cir- cumstance took place shortly afterwards , which places the conduct of the Carreras , in a ...
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... river in the night time , and surprised the enemy's camp at Yuerbas Buenas , on which they retreated to- wards Conception , but were overtaken by the Chili- ans at St. Carlos , and an obstinate engagement en- sued , in which both ...
... river in the night time , and surprised the enemy's camp at Yuerbas Buenas , on which they retreated to- wards Conception , but were overtaken by the Chili- ans at St. Carlos , and an obstinate engagement en- sued , in which both ...
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... river Desaguadera , or drain of lake Titicaca ; on the east it is washed by the Atlan- tic , and on the west divided from Chili by the Cor- dilleras . The only portion of this vast territory which is generally believed to be unfavorable ...
... river Desaguadera , or drain of lake Titicaca ; on the east it is washed by the Atlan- tic , and on the west divided from Chili by the Cor- dilleras . The only portion of this vast territory which is generally believed to be unfavorable ...
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army army of Peru Artigas audiencia authority Banda Oriental Belgrano Brazil Buenos Ayres cabildo called capital Carrera cause character Charcas Chili circumstance citizens civil Cochabamba colonies command commerce compelled congress considerable Cordillera Cordova coun creoles Cusco Cuyo declared despotism districts effect enemies established Europe European Spaniards executive favor feelings force habits hundred important independence Indians inhabitants Jesuits junta La Paz La Plata liberty Liniers ment miles military mines Monte Video mountains nations native nature neighboring O'Higgins officers pampas Paraguay Parana party patriots persons plains Plata political population possession Potosi present prevailed principal produce provinces of Peru Pueyrredon render republic respect revolution river royalists Salta San Martin Santa Fee situation South America Spain Spaniards Spanish success thing thousand tion town trade troops Tucuman United Provinces Upper Peru vernment viceroy viceroyalty vinces
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Страница 117 - Art thou, too, fallen, Iberia ? Do we see The robber and the murderer weak as we ? Thou ! that has wasted earth and dared despise Alike the wrath and mercy of the skies, Thy pomp is in the grave ; thy glory laid Low in the pit thine avarice has made.
Страница 326 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil...
Страница 106 - The plan in my opinion ought to be — a fleet of Great Britain, an army of the United States, a government for the liberated territory agreeable to both the co-operators, about which there will be no difficulty. To arrange the plan a competent authority from Great Britain to some person here, is the best expedient. Your presence here will, in this case, be extremely essential. We are raising an army of about twelve thousand men. General Washington has resumed his station at the head of our armies....
Страница 369 - They have chased our vessels, sacked our sea-coasts, murdered defenceless inhabitants,without sparing clergymen, and those in extreme old age ; by the order of General Pezuela, they burnt the town of Puno, and meeting with no others, they put to the sword old men, women, and children. They have excited atrocious conspiracies among the Spaniards residing in the midst of us, imposing upon us the painful necessity of putting to death the fathers of numerous families. They have compelled our brothers...
Страница 371 - ... pardon. It is in the name of Ferdinand of Bourbon that the heads of patriot officers, prisoners, are fixed up in the highways, that they beat and stoned to death a commandant of light troops, and that, after having killed Colonel...
Страница 106 - But this can now scarcely be the case. The winter, however, may mature the project, and an effectual co-operation by the United States may take place. In this case I shall be happy, in my official station, to be an instrument of so good a work.
Страница 367 - Antesana to be shot, and, observing with complacency, from the balcony of his house, this iniquitous assassination, ferociously cried out to his troops not to shoot the victim in the head, as it was wanted to be stuck upon a pike.
Страница 362 - All public offices and employments belonged exclusively to the Spaniards; and although Americans were equally called to them by the laws, they were appointed only in rare instances, and even then not without satiating the cupidity of the Court by enormous sums of money. Of one hundred and seventy Viceroys that have governed in this country, but four of them have been.