Chapter IX: (p. 237) [After negotiations, lasting many years, in 1758 a treaty was signed] changed to: [After negotiations, lasting many years, in 1750 a treaty was signed] 15 January 1750, to be exact. Chapter X: (pp. 263-264) (footnote) [Ibañez rarely spoke he truth, not even when it would] changed to: [Ibañez rarely spoke the truth, not even when it would] (p. 268) (footnote) [The war commenced in 1868 and finished in 1870,] changed to: [The war commenced in 1865 and finished in 1870,] (the dates generally given for this war, though the opening stages arguably occurred late in 1864.) (p. 275) [signed by the celebrated Nicolas Ñeengiurú and other Indians,] changed to: [signed by the celebrated Nicolas Ñeenguirú and other Indians,] and: [the family of the Ñeengiurú had been well known] changed to: [the family of the Ñeenguirú had been well known] (as it appears elsewhere in the text) (p. 276) [the flattering of Nicolas Ñeengiuru] changed to: [the flattering of Nicolas Ñeenguiru] This wrong spelling is given throughout Chapter X, but Chapter X only. Elsewhere, the accents are occasionally missing from a name that seems to be the same. The original Index has been omitted as unnecessary in a searchable text. This etext was transcribed from the edition published in London in 1901. The excellent film, “The Mission” (1986), was based on events apparently related to the ‘Jesuit War’ referred to in Chapter IX. HTML 4.0, the current standard at the time this file was created, does not recognize the breve accent for the letter i, but following the standard for (a breve), I have gone ahead and coded i breve, as there are only two instances, and it may yet become a standard. Footnotes: [1] The doctrine of the ‘Ciencia Media’ occurs in the celebrated ‘Concordia gratiæ et liberi arbitrii’, by Luis de Molina (1588). The concilium de Auxiliis was held to determine whether or not _concordia_ was possible between freewill and grace. As the Jesuits stuck by Molina and his doctrines in despite of councils and of popes, the common saying arose in Spain: ‘Pasteles en la pasteleria y ciencia media en la Compañia.’ [2] Dean Funes, ‘Ensayo de la Historia Civil del Paraguay’, etc., Buenos Aires, 1816. [3] _Idem._ The letter is dated 1771 and the Jesuits were expelled in 1767. As the writer of the letter was on the spot in an official position, and nominated by the very Viceroy who had been the expeller of the Jesuits, his testimony would seem to be as valuable as that of the ablest theorist on government, Catholic or Protestant, who ever wrote. [4] This, of course, applies to the possessions of all European States in America equally with Spain. [5] Madrid, 1770.