On the death of Paillataru, which occurred about this time, the office of _Toqui_ was conferred upon Alonzo Diaz, or Paynenancu, one of the mixed race of Spaniards and Chilians called _Mustees_, who had multiplied greatly. By this appointment the Araucanians desired to attach these to their cause, showing the confidence they reposed in them. Paynenancu had for ten years fought in their armies, distinguishing himself greatly. He was as rash as his predecessor had been cautious, but he was not fortunate in the enterprises which he undertook as a commander, being defeated on two occasions. On one of these, amongst the prisoners taken were several women found in arms, the greater number of whom destroyed themselves the same night. [Sidenote: 1575.] The licentiate Calderon, having arrived in _Chili_ with a commission from the court of Spain as examiner, took the step of suppressing the Court of Audience on the very proper principle of economy. The auditors were sent back to _Peru_, and Quiroga was once more appointed governor. Having received a force of two thousand men from Spain, he despatched his father-in-law, Ruiz Gamboa, to found a colony at the foot of the _Cordilleras_, between the cities of _St. Iago_ and _Conception_. _Chillan_, so called from the river on which it stands, is now the capital of the fertile province of the same name. Quiroga died in 1580, leaving Gamboa as his successor. The three years of his government were occupied in opposing the attempts of Paynenancu, and in repelling other tribes of the Chilian _Andes_, who were instigated by the Araucanians to molest the Spanish settlements.