This page needs to be proofread.
72 A HISTORY OF CHILE east of the mountains, we may add, were subsequently transferred to the Argentine Republic. Hearing of the arrival of Francisco de Villagran at Buenos Ayres, who had been appointed to succeed to the governorship of Chile, Don Garcia de Men- doza turned over the charge of Chilean affairs tem- porarily to Rodrigo de Quiroga and returned to Peru. The appointment of Villagran as captain-general of Chile is usually considered as marking the close of the period of the conquest.
