The guerra defensiva of Chile (1612-1625)

For thirteen years the Spanish crown tried to end the Arauco war by giving it up: a fixed frontier, no offensive campaigns, missionaries instead of soldiers, and a Jesuit granted authority equal to the governor's over pacification. A despatch of April 1625 ended it and restored the enslavement of captives of both sexes. What the other side wanted in the meantime survives in print, down to the size of the branding iron.