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1. We adjourned and I sought out the most astute-sounding of the spies, a Kakan who called himself Silpitocle, and asked him a few more questions
2. I had to bear in mind that Silpitocle’s people had been conquered and virtually wiped out a few years before
3. I called back Silpitocle and asked him about the Re Che
4. I asked her if I could trust Silpitocle
5. I explained that I felt confident that we could trust Silpitocle, so I had based my plan on his information
6. Also, he wasn’t at all sure Silpitocle could be trusted
7. The next morning, Silpitocle went ahead since we would be crossing one of the trade trails, and I made sure the men were rigged for silent marching
8. I sent Silpitocle back to keep the men coming while I kept an eye on the merchant
9. Silpitocle went out alone to find the enemy encampment
10. I sent Silpitocle and the best scouts out to find the enemy, and with scouts on all sides, we moved northward quickly
11. Early the next morning, Silpitocle roused me
12. That night I sent out Silpitocle and the other scouts to find the enemy
13. As I had hoped, Silpitocle was back
14. Silpitocle always returned, however
15. I was still concerned about the middle force, however, so I sent Silpitocle to find them while I set up the cannon in a semicircle to cover our western and southern flanks
16. Suddenly Silpitocle broke from the woods in the southwest riding hard toward our position
17. Silpitocle told me that he was rushing to warn me, but had been too late
18. Meanwhile I sent Silpitocle to find out what had happened on the western front
19. I sent Silpitocle to look for the eastern band
20. Silpitocle returned to report that the remains of the eastern band had crossed the Mataquito River along with a few stragglers from the central force and destroyed their bridge behind them
21. They were holding below the Maule River for the moment, but again Silpitocle reported that their women and children were still moving south and only the warriors remained behind
22. So we found a captive who had lost a leg and was thus unlikely to be of much use in future battles and, with Silpitocle interpreting, gave him a message to give to Waikiyaf
23. The head of the village approached us, and with some difficulty Silpitocle was able to communicate with him
24. I had Silpitocle ask them if they knew of a path over the mountains to the west, preferably at a point well south of here
25. Silpitocle told me that the Re Che called it “pehuen” and harvested the cones for the nuts
26. We spent the night in one of the two houses, which Silpitocle said were called “ruka
27. Besides Delco, I only took with me Sacook, Silpitocle, a jagun from the Maya tumen, and a man who could help us build a pier at our landing site
28. I could see that both Silpitocle and Delco were apprehensive about being out of sight of land, but I reassured them that our ships did not need to be in sight of land, since they navigated by the stars
29. I sent Silpitocle out again to see if any more Re Che were heading our way, and we continued work on the road
30. Eight days after our ambush we reached the shore of a long lake and Silpitocle caught up with us
31. Within three days, I had five tumen with me and best of all, Silpitocle, whom I sent out immediately to scout
32. The battle began with an artillery barrage from us into the area where Silpitocle had seen the cannon
33. Silpitocle had been sent out before dawn to look for any possible ambush
34. Silpitocle gave up his quest after a day, telling me he would try again some other time
35. About this time a soaking wet Silpitocle presented himself
36. I left Ah Uk in charge of the Ordu and returned to Theodorbalikh on the supply ship with Sacook and Silpitocle
37. Once they reached the Laha River, they turned east to follow the path Silpitocle and I had mapped out the previous winter
38. I reluctantly sent Silpitocle with him knowing how invaluable he would be to the enterprise
39. I kept Silpitocle with me
40. Once the Kawesqar were contacted, I felt the campaign was finished, and with Theodore, Cimnashote, and Silpitocle sailed north from Ignacebalikh to Theodorbalikh
41. I also brought Silpitocle’s invaluable service to his attention and urged him to consider a suitable office for him
