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. In forty days he constructed a large fort, surrounded by a wide ditch, defended by a solid and thick wood palisade, and provided with extensive buildings to hold a large garrison. He intended the following year to turn it into a city. However, the garrison, under its commander

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, and most of his garrison were ambushed and annihilated that same year and the fort was abandoned.

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Populated places established in 1606 Colonial fortifications in Chile 1606 establishments in the Spanish Empire {{Araucanía-geo-stub

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