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View of a modern reconstruction of theFort of Purénbuilt during the occupation.

TheOccupation of AraucaníaorPacification of Araucanía(1861–1883) was a series ofmilitary campaigns,agreementsand penetrations by theChilean armyandsettlersintoMapucheterritory which led to the incorporation ofAraucaníainto Chilean national territory.Pacification of Araucaníawas the expression used by the Chilean authorities for this process. The conflict was concurrent withArgentine campaigns against the Mapuche(1878–1885) andChile's warswith Spain(1865–1866) andwith Peru and Bolivia(1879–1883).

The Mapuche people had a history ofresistance to Spanish conquestwith the area known as Araucanía remainingde factoindependent through thecolonial era.Following Chile'sWar of IndependenceagainstSpain,relations between the nascent republic and the Mapuches of Araucanía remained mostly amicable. Howevereconomicalandgeopoliticalreasons together withincreasingly negative attitudestowards the Mapuche made Chilean authorities decide to seek an incorporation of Araucanía, by force if necessary. The Mapuche chiefdoms responded in different ways, some aligned with the central government, a substantial number followed the lead of the Arribanos in violently opposing the advance of Chilean settlers and soldiers into the region, while some others opted for neutrality. For the first ten years (1861−1871), the Mapuches were unable to prevent Chile from advancing its positions but at time were able todefeat in detailsmall detachments while avoiding large battles. Hostilities were minimal in the decade that followed, this period was mostly peaceful but ended when the Mapuches were unable to militarily oppose a large Chilean army that in March 1881 penetrated from the north toCautín River,putting most of the territory under Chilean rule or at least occupation. In November 1881, the Mapuches made a last-ditch effort to regain control of their territory, launchingcoordinated strikes against Chilean settlements across the region.With most of these attacks repelled and Mapuche forces defeated within a matter of days, Chile went on to consolidate its conquests in the years that followed.

The conflict led to the deaths of thousands of Mapuche by warfare and disease, primarilysmallpox.Many Mapuches faced hardship from the widespread pillaging of the Chilean army,banditsand inability to cultivate. Disruption of the Mapuche economy was further aggravated by having their lands reduced plunging many intopovertythat has persisted for generations.

Background[edit]

See also:Mapuche history

Beginning in the second half of the 18th century Mapuche-Spanish and later Mapuche-Chilean trade increased and hostilities decreased.[1]Mapuches obtainedgoodsfrom Chile and some dressed in "Spanish" clothing.[2]Despite close contacts Chileans and Mapuches remained socially, politically and economically distinct.[2]During Chile's first fifty years of independence (1810–1860) the government's relationship with the Araucanía territory was not a priority and the Chilean government prioritized the development ofCentral Chileover its relationship with indigenous groups.[3][4]

Domingo Faustino Sarmientostated:

Between two Chilean provinces (ConcepciónandValdivia) there is a piece of land that is not a province, its language is different, it is inhabited by other people and it can still be said that it is not part of Chile. Yes, Chile is the name of the country over where its flag waves and its laws are obeyed.[5]

Expansion of Chilean agriculture[edit]

See also:Chilean wheat cycle

The Chilean agricultural sector was badly affected by theChilean War of Independence.[6]Following theChilean silver rushthat began in 1832, agriculture expanded in theNorte Chico.[6]The next major expansion of agricultural activity occurred from 1848 onwards as a result of wheat demand during the colonization ofAustraliaand theCalifornia Gold Rush.[6]Despite the eventual vanishing of the Californian and Australian markets, wheat cultivation remained highly profitable.[6]In the 1850s, with theGerman colonization of Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihueand theonset of sheep farmingin the Chilean territory at theStrait of Magellan,Araucanía remained the sole place for agriculture to expand.[7]

Mapuche lands around the south of theBío-Bío Riverbegan to be bought by non-Mapuches in the late 18th century, and by 1860 land between Bío-Bío andMalleco Riverwas mostly under control of Chileans.[7][8]TheChilean wheat boomincreased pressure to acquire lands in Araucanía by Chileans and led to numerous scams and frauds against Mapuches.[9]A limited number ofspeculatorsobtained control over vast lands through frauds and maintained control over their assets with the aid of gunmen.[10]

A contrast appeared: while the Chilean economy had a booming agricultural sector, a large part of the Mapuche economy revolved around livestock operations in one of the largest territories any indigenous group had ever possessed in South America.[1]

Shipwreck ofJoven Daniel[edit]

Painting showingElisa Bravo Jaramillowho was said to have survived the wreck ofJoven Danielto be then kidnapped by Mapuches.

In 1849 a ship travelling betweenValdiviaandValparaíso,Joven Daniel,was wrecked at the coast between the mouths ofImperialandToltén River.[11]The shipwreck was looted by a local Mapuche tribe and some of the survivors were killed.[11]These events became first known in Valdivia and later in Santiago where they fuelled a strong anti-Mapuche sentiment and reaffirmed prejudiced views that the Mapuches were brutal barbarians.[11][12]PresidentManuel Bulnes's opposition called for apunitive expeditionand Mapuches prepared for a confrontation with the Chilean Army.[11]Bulnes however dismissed the calls for a punitive expedition in view of its irrelevance to the eventual conquest of Araucanía.[11]

1851 revolution[edit]

Further information:1851 Chilean Revolution

When Chilean liberals began the1851 RevolutionMapuche chiefMañiljoined the rebel army and fought withJosé María de la Cruz's army against the troops ofManuel Bulnesat theBattle of Loncomilla.[12]After defeat at Loncomilla Mañil returned south.[12]According to historianJosé BengoaMapuches saw the government in Santiago as their main enemy, explaining thus the participation of Mapuches on the side of José María de la CruzConcepción-based revolt.[12]

1859 uprising[edit]

Further information:Revolution of 1859

The encroachment over time of settlers advancing from the north across Bío Bío River into Mapuche territory and the appearance ofGerman settlersin the south of the Mapuche territory led chief Mañil in 1859 to call for an uprising to assert control over the territory.[13]Most Mapuches responded to the call, except the communities atPurén,Choll Choll,and the southern coastal Mapuches who had strong links withValdivia.[13]The towns ofAngol,NegreteandNacimientowere attacked.[13]A peace proposal made by settlers was accepted in 1860 during a meeting of several Mapuche chiefs.[13]The agreement established that land transfers could only be made with the approval of the chiefs.[13]

The 1859 uprising reinforced the Chilean view of Mapuches as a dangerous threat to the emerging settlements in Araucanía and influenced public opinion in Chile to push for the complete incorporation of Araucanía into Chile.[14][15]These events contributed to the Chilean authorities' decision of occupying Araucanía.[13]

Planning of the occupation[edit]

Photo ofCornelio Saavedra Rodríguez,the planner and military leader of the occupation until 1871.

In 1823, Chilean ministerMariano Egañahad a project approved by Congress to colonize the territory betweenImperial RiverandBío Bío River,establishing a series of forts on the northern shores of Imperial andCautín Riversin the middle of Araucanía.[16]Chilean presidentRamón Freireadopted the project initially but was later convinced to focus instead on the expulsion of the Spanish fromChiloé Archipelago,leaving the Araucanía issue pending.[16]

In 1849, Chilean ministerAntonio Varasdelivered a report to the Chilean congress analyzing the situation in Araucanía.[3][17]In his report, Varas recommended that a government regime distinct from the rest of the country should be designed for an eventual incorporation of Araucanía.[17]Varas expressed the view that the eventual mission was to be tocivilizethe indigenous inhabitants by increasing their material standard of living and "raise their spirit to the moral and religious truths".[17]

Manuel Montt,asPresident of Chile,passed a law on December 7 of 1852 that created the province of Arauco, a territory intended to administer all territories south of the Bío-Bío River and north of Valdivia Province.[14][18]In a letter to Manuel Montt Mapuche chiefMañildenounced the plunder of graves in search ofMapuche silver,arson ofMapuche housesand other abuses against Mapuches that were happening in the newly created province. Mañil further accused intendant Villalón con Salbo of becoming rich bycattle theft.[19]

The final planning of the occupation of Araucanía can be largely attributed to ColonelCornelio Saavedra Rodríguez.[18][20]The plan outlined by Saavedra envisaged a state-led colonization influenced by the developments of theUnited States frontierin sharp contrast to the old private enterprise-led Spanish colonization of Chile.[20] The plan included the following points:[21][20]

  1. The advancement of the Chilean Army toMalleco Riverand the establishment there of a defensive line.
  2. The subdivision of state land in plots and transfer of state titles of land in the territory between Malleco and Bío Bío River to privates.
  3. The colonization of Araucanía by Chilean and foreign settlers gathering in particular locations foreign settlers of different nationalities to ease their assimilation.
  4. Indigenous peoples were to "enter into reduction and civilization".

Occupation[edit]

Map showing the "old" and the "new" frontier established by 1870

Chilean advance to Malleco (1861–62)[edit]

In 1861Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguezordered majorPedro Lagosto advance into the confluence ofMulchén RiverwithBureo River.[22]A small fort was erected at the site between December 1861 and May 1862 after the local Mapuche chiefManuel Nampaihanded over the land. From this fort the town ofMulchéngrew.[22]Following a custom inherited from colonial times, Saavedra assigned salaries to friendly Mapuche chiefs in zones of Mulchén.[23]

Cornelio Saavedra attempted to pressure the Chilean government to approve his plans by presenting his renounce in December 1861 and again in February 1862.[24][25][26]

In 1862 Saavedra advanced with a group of 800 soldiers into the remnants of the town ofAngolwhile other troops reinforced the defenses ofLos Ángeles,Negrete,Nacimientoand Mulchén. An eventual defense ofPurénandSanta Bárbarawas to be made by groups of civilians.[27]

Mapuche response and Chilean coastal advance (1863–68)[edit]

Saavedra retired from the army in January 1864 after political pressures from the ministers of PresidentJosé Joaquín Pérez.[28]TheChincha Islands Warbetween Spain and an alliance between Chile and Peru made the government call Saavedra into the army again in 1866 in order to defend the coast of Araucanía against possible Spanish attacks.[29]Saavedra ordered a fort to be constructed in the coast betweenLebuandImperial River.[29]The government also granted Saavedra three steam ships toscoutthe coast.[30]In December 1866 the coastal locality ofQueulewas occupied by Chilean troops.[30]

In response to the Chilean advances, theArribanosdecided to go to war while theLafquenchesofBudi Lake,TolténandQueulehad a meeting where they declared themselves neutral in the conflict but still loyal to the Chilean government.[26]ThePehuenchesdid also declare themselves neutral.[26]The Pehuenche chief Pichiñán is reported to have spoken against theMoluches,who wanted war, claiming that they engaged in robbery and received for that just punishments by Chileans.[26]HistorianJosé Bengoaclaims Pehuenche neutrality was indebted to the fact that their lands in the Andes were not subject to colonization.[26]Nevertheless, the Pehuenches ended up aiding the Arribanos by providing access to cattle from thePampas.[31]

In 1867 Saavedra called the Mapuches to a "parliament" where he informed them of the Chilean decision of fortifying the Malleco River line.[32]The parliament was attended by around thousandAbajinos.[33]The Arribanos gathered around 2000 men near the parliament but refused to attend unless the Chileans sent some men ashostages.[33]Despite this incident the a parliament was held the next day.[33]Mapuches are reported to have been infuriated when they discovered the plans of Saavedra and that Mapuche chief Nahueltripai had allowed the Chileans to establish forts in his lands.[33]

These events lead to the formation of an alliance between the northern Abajinos and the Arribanos.[32]

Second Chilean campaign (April 1868 – March 1869)[edit]

As the Mapuches prepared for war many moved their families to safe sites south ofCautín River(according toEl Mercurio de Valparaíso) or toLonquimay(according toEl Ferrocarril).[34]The Abajino chiefs Catrileo and Pinolevi who had close ties with the Chilean government refused to join the Abajino-Arribano alliance and were in 1868 killed in amalóndirected at them.[35]

Painting of infantry about to face a cavalry charge
Painting of the Mapuchecavalry chargeat Quecherehuas.

In 1868 the Arribano chiefQuilapán,son ofMañil,attacked a Chilean outpost atChihuaihue.[34]A group of Chileans led byPedro Lagoscame under attack while moving toQuechereguas.[34]Yet another party of Mapuches defeated a Chilean Army group killing 23 of 28 soldiers.[34]In response to the initial failure commandant José Manuel Pinto launched ascorched earthstrategy in Mapuche lands in the summer of 1869.[34]In these incursions by the Chilean Armies houses and crop fields were looted and more than 2 million livestock animals stolen from Mapuches.[36]Part of the Mapuche civil population, including women and children, were either killed or held captive.[36][37]In addition to the pillaging by the Chilean Army, bandits looted Mapuche property with consent of Chilean authorities.[38]The Mapuches refused to engage in battles allowing the Chilean armies cross all over their territory.[39]The differences in war materiel between Mapuches and the Chilean Army was huge, while Chileans usedrepeating riflesMapuches had few firearms and usedbolas,spearsandslings.[36][40]

The war provoked a famine among Mapuches in the winter of 1869, with the situation being worsened by asmallpoxepidemic.[41]Some Mapuches sold their few remaining livestock andtheir silver adornmentsin the towns ofLa Fronterato obtain food.[41]

Parliaments of Toltén and Ipilco (December 1869 – January 1870)[edit]

Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguezin a meeting with some of the mainlonkosof Araucania in 1869

In late 1869 and early 1870 Saavedra arranged two parliaments; one at Toltén and another at Ipinco.[42]At Toltén Saavedra attempted to make agreements with the southern chiefs in order to isolate Quilapán. The chiefs attending the meeting could not agree on whether Saavedra should be allowed to establish a town in southern Araucanía or not.[42]At Toltén Mapuche chiefs revealed to Saavedra thatOrélie-Antoine de Tounenswas once again at Araucanía.[42]Upon hearing that his presence in Araucanía had been revealed Orélie-Antoine de Tounens fled to Argentina, having however promisedQuilapánto obtain arms.[42]There are some reports that a shipment of arms seized by Argentine authorities at Buenos Aires in 1871 were ordered by Orélie-Antoine de Tounens.[43]A French battleship,d'Entrecasteaux,that anchored in 1870 atCorraldrew suspicions from Saavedra of some sort of French interference.[42]Accordingly, there may have been substance to these fears as information given toAbdón Cifuentesin 1870 an intervention in favour of theKingdom of Araucanía and Patagoniaagainst Chile was discussed inNapoleon III's Conseil d'État.[44]

At the parliament of Ipinco the Abajinos rejected all the points proposed by Saavedra. The parliament did nevertheless serve to weaken the Abajino–Arribano alliance.[42]

Declared war (May 1870 – March 1871)[edit]

In 1870 the Chilean Army resumed its operations against the Mapuches. José Manuel Pinto formally declared war to the Mapuches on behalf of Chile in May 1870.[45]In the 1870-1871 period the Mapuches tended to evacuate their families in advance prior to the arrivals of the looting Chilean Army.[46]During the winter of 1870 the Chilean Army continued to burnrukasand steal livestock.[46]These inconclusive operations were subject of ridicule in some Santiago newspapers.[46]Despite this the situation of many Mapuche worsened; newspaperEl Meteororeported scarcity of food, livestock numbers had declined and harvest or sowing had not been possible for many Mapuches for almost three years.[47]Domingo Melín,who went on behalf ofQuilapán,sought unsuccessfully in 1870 a peace agreement with Chile.[48]

Portrait ofQuilapánc. 1870.

In the summer of 1871 Quilapán amassed an army that included reinforcement of Mapuches coming from Argentina and launched a campaign against the fortified Malleco Line and the settlers around it.[48]This attack was repulsed by the Chilean Army whose cavalry had recently changed itsMinié riflesbySpencer repeating riflegiving them a distinct advantage against the Mapuches.[48]

Quilapán sent a letter in March 1871 toOrozimbo Barbosaseeking for a peace agreement.[48]No agreement took place but hostilities ceased for 10 years (1871–1881).[49][50]Cornelio Saavedrarenounced to the command of the Army of Operations of Araucanía (Ejército de Operaciones en la Araucanía) in 1871 due to political reasons.[51]

Informal truce (1871–1881)[edit]

During the period following the war of 1871 Mapuches in the Chilean occupied parts suffered many abuses and even murder by settlers and Chilean military.[52][53]

Mapuches noticed the shrinking of Chilean garrisons as Chile sent troops northwards to fight Peru and Bolivia during theWar of the Pacific(1879–1883). The apparent weakening of Chilean military presence in Araucanía and the many abuses caused the Mapuches to start planning rebellion.[52]

A case of horse theft in 1880 caused chiefDomingo Melínto be escorted by Chilean troops toAngolin order to stand trial. Before reaching Angol Domingo Melín and some of his relatives werekilledby the Chilean military.[53]The Mapuches responded to this by attacking the fort and village ofTraiguénin September 1880.[53]Almost thousand warriors participated in the retribution, evidence that according toJosé Bengoathe Mapuches had been preparing for war.[53]

Thecampaigns of the Argentine Armyagainst the Mapuches in the other side of the Andes pushed in 1880 many Mapuches into Araucanía.[54]PehuenchechiefPurránwas taken prisoner by the Argentine Army and the Argentine Army penetrated in the valley ofLonquimaywhich Chile considered part of its legal territory.[54]The fast Argentine advance alarmed Chilean authorities and contributed to the Chilean-Mapuche confrontations of 1881.[54]

Chilean advance to Cautín (1881)[edit]

See also:Chilean occupation of Peru

In January 1881 the Mapuches of theMalleco zonerose against the Chilean occupation.[54]The town and forts ofTraiguén,LumacoandCollipulliwere attacked.[55]

Having decisively defeated Peru in thebattles of ChorrillosandMirafloresin January 1881 Chilean authorities turned their attention to Araucanía seeking to defend the previous advances that had been so difficult to establish.[55][56][57]The idea was not only to defend forts and settlements but also to advance the frontier all the way fromMalleco RivertoCautín River.[55][57]Interior ministerManuel Recabarrenwas appointed by presidentAníbal Pintoto oversee the process from the town ofAngol.[56][57]ColonelGregorio Urrutiawas summoned fromChilean-occupied Limato Araucanía to take charge of the Army of the South.[56]

On March 28 Gregorio Urrutia founded the town ofVictoriaat the shores of Traiguén River.[58]Recabarren personally led a largecolumnthat established the forts ofQuillem,LautaroandPillalelbún.[59]In this last place Recabarren was approached by some Mapuche chiefs who asked him to not advance beyond Cautín River.[59]Recabarren answered by telling them that the whole territory was being occupied.[59]At the founding of Temuco in the northern shores of Cautín River Recabarren met chiefVenacio Coñoepánand other chiefs from Choll-Choll who asked him to not advance further.[59]

With the Chilean advance to Cautín River a small mountain range called Cadena de Ñielol remained a focus of Mapuche resistance from where warriors conducted pillaging raids or attacks against vulnerable targets.[60]To end this activity Gregorio Urrutia established a fort in the range.[60]

Initially Mapuches offered little resistance to Chilean advance to Cautín River.[59]Recabarren believed that Mapuches had not reacted because they expected the foundation of new forts and towns to be preceded by parliaments with Chilean authorities.[59]

Communes grouped by dates in which they were founded, 19th century communes were founded as forts. And those ofCurarrehueandTeodoro Schmidtwere organized from previous populations as late as 1981.

Mapuche uprising of 1881[edit]

Main article:Mapuche uprising of 1881
Mapuche uprising of 1881
DateNovember 3, 1881 – November 12, 1881
Location
Araucanía
Result

Chilean victory

Belligerents
Mapuche rebels
Commanders and leaders
Casualties and losses
  • 700+ dead*
  • 300+ wounded*
  • c. 400 dead or wounded#
  • *Between November 3 and 9
  • #November 10 atTemuco

A wave of Mapuche attacks began in late February 1881, just a few days after the founding ofTemucoin the middle of Mapuche territory.[61]The first major attack was against a caravan of carts carrying injured soldiers from Temuco toFuerte Ñielol.[61]The whole escort of over 40 soldiers and the 96 injured and sick soldiers were killed.[62]In response to these attacksGregorio Urrutialaunched an attack on the Mapuche warriors of Cadena Ñielol burning in his way over 500rukasand captured over 800 cattle and horses.[63]On the other side of the AndesPehuenchesassaulted on March the Argentine outpost ofChos Malalkilling the whole garrison of 25-30 soldiers.[64]In mid-March Mapuche chiefs met to discuss the situation. They rejected the establishment of new Chilean settlements and decided to go to war.[62]They set 5 November as the date for their uprising.[65]

A group of Arribanos attacked by mistake on wrong date, November 3, the fort ofQuillem.[65]This attack put on alert all Chilean garrisons in Araucanía, settlers took refuge in the forts.[65]On November 5 Mapuches unsuccessfully attackedLumaco,Puerto SaavedraandToltén.[66][67][68]AroundTirúaCostino warriors suffered heavy casualties in two engagements with a group of more than 400 armed settlers,campesinosand some soldiers.[69]OnlyImperialwas effectively overrun.[68]

The most important engagements were held at the fort of Ñielol andTemucolocated at the heart of Araucanía.[70]In these localities revolting Mapuches were unsuccessful in dislodging Chileans and their allies from fortified positions.[70][71]

The uprising was not unanimous as a number of Mapuche leaders and communities sided with Chile.[68][70]After defeat uprising Mapuche chiefs were severely punished. Therukasof Ancamilla and other revolting chiefs were razed.[72]

Occupation of peripheral areas (1882–83)[edit]

Chilean army during the Occupation of Araucanía.

Cornelio Saavedrahad considered the ability to cross the Andes one of the Mapuche's principal military strengths. To block Mapuches from freely crossing the Andes and to assert sovereignty over the Andean valleys several expeditions were organized in the summer of 1882.[73]One expedition founded the fort ofNitritoin the Andeanvalley of Lonquimay,another foundedCunconearLlaima Volcanoand yet another expedition foundedCuracautínin the upper course ofCautín River.[73]

On January 1, 1883, Chile re-founded the old city ofVillarricaending thus formally the process of occupation of Araucanía.[9][74]Six months later, on June 1, presidentDomingo Santa Maríadeclared:[75]

The country has with satisfaction seen the problem of the reduction of the whole Araucanía solved. This event, so important to our social and political life, and so significant for the future of the republic, has ended, happily and with costly and painful sacrifices. Today the whole Araucanía is subjugated, more than to the material forces, to the moral and civilizing force of the republic...

Aftermath[edit]

Further information:Mapuche conflict
Map of land ownership in western Araucanía in 1916.

Historian Ward Churchill has claimed that the Mapuche population dropped from a total of half a million to 25,000 within a generation as result of the occupation and its associated disease and famine.[76]The conquest of Araucanía caused numerous Mapuches to be displaced and forced to roam in search of shelter and food.[77]Some Chilean forts responded by providing food rations.[77]Until around 1900 the Chilean state provided almost 10,000 food rations monthly to displaced Mapuches.[77]Mapuche poverty was recurring theme in Chilean Armymemoirsfrom the 1880s to around 1900.[77]

The Chilean government confined the Mapuche to nearly three thousand reductions (called "títulos de merced" ), comprising 500,000hectaresof land.[70]

The forts established in coast became nuclei for the formation of new towns.[78]

In the years following the occupation the economy of Araucanía changed from being based on sheep and cattle herding to one based onagricultureandwood extraction.[79]The loss of land by Mapuches following the occupation caused severeerosionsince Mapuches continued to practise a massive livestock herding in limited areas.[80]

Chilean and foreign settlers[edit]

Photo of anItalian immigrantfamily inCapitán Pastene,Araucanía.

When the territory of Araucanía was subdued the Chilean government issued calls for immigration in Europe.[81]

Some Chilean intellectuals had by 1883 became critical of theGerman settlers in Southern Chile.Chilean ministerLuis Aldunateconsidered that Germans integrated poorly and that the country should avoid "exclusive and dominant races to monopolize the colonization".[82]For this reason after the Occupation of Araucanía was accomplished settlers of nationalities other than Germans were preferred in colonization programs.[82]

The most numerous groups of settlers were theItalianswho settled mainly aroundLumaco,theSwisswho colonizedTraiguénandBoerswho settled mainly aroundFreireandPitrufquén.Other settler nationalities includedEnglishmen,French peopleand Germans.[81]There are estimates that by 1886 there were 3,501 foreign settlers in Araucanía, another investigation points out that 5,657 foreign settlers arrived to Araucanía in the 1883–90 period.[81]According to Chile'sAgencia General de Colonizaciónin the 1882-1897 period German settlers made up only 6% of the foreign immigrants that arrived to Chile, ranking behind those of Spanish, French, Italian, Swiss and English origin.[83]

At first Chilean settlers arrived to Araucanía by their own initiative. Later the government begun to stimulate the settlement of Chileans in Araucanía. Chilean settlers were mostly poor and largely remained so in their new lands.[84]

Education in Araucanía[edit]

In 1858 there were 22 public schools in the province of Arauco. This number increased as with each new town established in Araucanía a school was built.[85]Public education definitely overshadowed the older and tiny missionary school system in Araucanía during the conquest.[85]During the conquest many Mapuche chiefs were forced to send their sons to study inChillánorConcepción.[86]In 1888 the provinces firsthigh schoolwas established inTemuco.[87]Scholar Pablo Miramán claims the introduction of state education had detrimental effects on traditional Mapuche education in Araucanía.[86]The sons of Mapuche chiefs were the key targets of public education.[86]

Violence and lawlessness[edit]

Further information:Banditry in Chile

After the Mapuche resistance had been crushed Araucanía suffered a sudden rise in violence and continued to be an insecure zone for many years.[88]Assaultsandrobberywere common.[89]Because of this until the 1920scarbines,revolversand other firearms were common in the households of Araucanía.[89]

In 1896 a police force called Cuerpo de Gendarmes de las Colonias was created to improve law and order in the provinces of Arauco, Malleco, Cautín, Valdivia, Llanquihue and Chiloé.[90]This institution was until 1905 led by captainHernán Trizano.[90]Later Cuerpo de Gendarmes de las Colonias would be fused with other policing bodies to formCarabineros de Chile,Chile's current national police force.[90]

Military analysis[edit]

The Mapuche had prior to the 19th century been able to adapt to Spanish warfare. However the 19th century Mapuche proved unable to keep up the Chilean Army's modernization and change in tactics. The Chilean Army benefited greatly from the advances of theindustrial revolution,as it incorporatedmachine guns,new types ofcannons,rifles and revolvers.[91]Machine guns were incorporated to the Chilean Army in the 1870s and by 1879 Chile had fourteen.[92][93]Prior to theWar of the Pacificthe Chilean Army had equipped itself with the most modern weaponry available in Europe and standardised ammunitions.[93][91]Chile also improved its logistics with the use ofsteamshipsin the rivers of Araucanía from the 1860s onward.[94]The expansion of railroads in the 1870s also helped Chilean logistics and communications making it possible for authorities in Santiago to quickly send reinforcements to Araucanía.[31]

Mapuche's had historically few firearms but were able to deal with gunpowder armed enemies whoserate of firewas low. The usual tactic was to awaitvolley fireand then rush before enemies were able to recharge.[91]Analysis ofQuilapán's tactics in the 1860s and 1870s reveal they were similar to the ones employed byLautaroin the 1550s.[31][91][95]An example of the technological changes favouring the Chilean Army was when Quilapán's warriors attack on Chilean cavalry on January 25, 1871. In this confrontation mounted Mapuche warriors were armed withspearsandbolasas they assaulted Chilean cavalry that had recently changed itsMinié riflestoSpencer repeating rifles.Mapuches panicked as they did not expect a second round of shots, and casualties among them were high.[48][96]Despite the success of some Mapuches to arm themselves with firearms there was usually a shortage ofammunition.[97]

Another factor was the lack of a cooperative defense against Chilean advances among the Mapuche tribes.[31]Many Mapuche only reacted once Chilean advance reached their territory, for example the Abajinos.[31]In contrast, 17th century Mapuches who successfully repelled repeated Spanish invasions had a "supra-local level of military solidarity" despite lacking state organization.[98]

See also[edit]

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