Paillaeco
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Paillaeco was elected Toqui
in 1592 in place of Quintuguenu
after his defeat and death. He did not think his forces were now sufficient to oppose the Spanish in the open field and decided to draw them into an ambush. The Spanish turned the tables on them drawing his army out of their ambush and destroyed it killing Paillaeco. Paillamachu
was elected to succeed him later the same year 1592.
Toqui
Toqui is a title conferred by the Mapuche to those who are chosen as their leaders during times of war. The toqui is chosen in an assembly or parliament of the chieftains of the various clans or confederation of clans , allied during the war in question...
in 1592 in place of Quintuguenu
Quintuguenu
Quintuguenu the Mapuche Toqui in the Arauco War elected in 1591 following the death of the old toqui Guanoalca. He was killed in battle the same year. Paillaeco was elected as his successor in 1592.- Sources :* * List of Toquis, pg. 162-163, 498-500....
after his defeat and death. He did not think his forces were now sufficient to oppose the Spanish in the open field and decided to draw them into an ambush. The Spanish turned the tables on them drawing his army out of their ambush and destroyed it killing Paillaeco. Paillamachu
Paillamachu
Paillamachu was the Mapuche toqui from 1592 to 1603 in what is now Chile. He organized the great revolt of 1598 that expelled the Spanish from Araucanía south of the Bío Bío River.- Sources :* * List of Toquis, pg. 162-163, 498-500....
was elected to succeed him later the same year 1592.
Sources
- The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili By Don Juan Ignatius Molina, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row, London, 1809
- José Ignacio Víctor Eyzaguirre, Historia eclesiastica: Politica y literaria de Chile, IMPRENTA DEL COMERCIO, VALPARAISO, June 1830 List of Toquis, pg. 162-163, 498-500.