Mapuche uprising of 1766
Mapuche uprising of 1766 | |
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Part of the La Frontera | |
Result | Spanish penetration into Araucanía reversed |
Pehuenche
The Mapuche uprising of 1766 was the last major Spanish–Mapuche conflict in Araucanía.
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Then on December 25, 1766, conspiring Mapuches launched a series of surprise attacks against Spanish settlements and property in general. Maestre de campo Salvador Cabrito was besieged in the town of Angol. On December 30 a relieving Spanish force arrived to Angol from Nacimiento breaking the siege and evacuating Angol which was abandoned as it was surrounded by hostile Mapuche.[4] On January 1767 Pehuenches, a tribe inhabiting the Andes, attacked the lowland Mapuche. Possibly the Spanish may had instigated this attack. As the Mapuche appeared to have been content with reversing the Spanish penetration of the previous years the uprising evolved into an inter-indigenous conflict.[5]
In February 1767, Guill y Gonzaga signed a peace agreement with revolting Mapuches.[6]
In the austral spring of 1769, the Pehuenches turned their attacks against the Spanish in Isla del Laja.[6]
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Bibliography
- Barros Arana, Diego (2000) [1886]. Historia General de Chile (in Spanish). Vol. VI (2 ed.). Santiago, Chile: Editorial Universitaria.