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 THE COLONIAL PERIOD 89 government to Pedro Viscarra, the quartermaster. He never came back. Don Martin Onez de Loyola was soon after this named his successor by the court of Spain. Loyola had won renown in Peru, as the con- queror of the rebellious Inca Tupac Amaru, who made a most stubborn resistance to the Spaniards and re- vived much of the ancient martial spirit of his race before he was finally overthrown. This brilliant con- quest had obtained for Loyola not only the govern- ment of Chile, but the Princess Clara Beatrix, or Clara Beatrix Coya, daughter and heiress of the Inca Syri Tupac. The new governor assumed his office at San- tiago in 1593. But Loyola was soon to find that conquering Tupac Amaru and subduing the Araucanians were different matters. Paillamachu had been elevated to the chief toquiship, and to him was reserved the honor of ac- complishing what his predecessors had attempted in vain, the destruction of the Spanish settlements in Araucania and the recovery of the ancient independ- ence of the race. He was an old man, wise as Colo- colo, and his first act was to appoint two of his best officers vice-toquis, Pelantaru and Millacolquin. Next he withdrew to the marshes of Lumaco to discipline an army with which he might hope to cope with the Spaniards, led by so renowned a leader as Loyola. Loyola, that he might carry on the war from a nearer base than Santiago, had proceeded to Concepcion. Paillamachu sent to him there an officer named Anti- pillan, ostensibly to compliment him, but in reality to obtain information. Acting as his predecessors had often done, Loyola sought to impress the envoy with an idea of the extent of his resources, and intimated that the Araucanians would do well to treat with him. The politic Antipillan replied so truly, that the Span-