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iards, by seeking peace, only wished to subdue them, that Loyola was struck by his patriotic sentiments and dismissed the Indian with many expressions of esteem. There was something in the Araucanian character that commanded the admiration of their foes; an enemy's cause has seldom been treated with so little prejudice as in the case of the Spanish historians who have depicted the Araucanian campaigns.
