Battle of Quiapo
37°26′22.92″S 73°35′9.50″W / 37.4397000°S 73.5859722°W
| Battle of Quiapo | |||||||
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| Part of Arauco War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Spanish Empire |
 Mapuche | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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García Hurtado de Mendoza |
Lemucaguin[2] or Caupolicán the younger[3] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 200[4] | 7,000 - 8,000[5] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| ? | 300 killed many captured [6] | ||||||
Battle of Quiapo in the Arauco War was the final battle in the campaign of García Hurtado de Mendoza against the Mapuche under the toqui known as Lemucaguin or Caupolicán the younger. It was fought in Quiapo, in the region nowadays known as Arauco Province, Chile on December 13, 1558. The importance of this battle was the first time that the Mapuche fought using a squad that carried firearms.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Jerónimo de Vivar, Crónica del Reino de Chile, Capítulo CXLII
- ^ Rosales, Historia general ..., Tomo II, CAPÍTULO XXI
- ^ Juan Ignatius Molina, The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili, Vol II, Book III, Chap. VIII
- ^ Vivar, Crónica ..., Capítulo CXLII
- ^ "siete mil indios" Vivar, Crónica ..., Capítulo CXLII; "más número de ocho mil indios" Marmolejo, Historia..., Capítulo XXX
- ^ Vivar, Crónica ..., Capítulo CXLII; Seven hundred of those captured were executed Marmolejo, Historia..., Capítulo XXX
- ^ Diego de Rosales, “Historia General del Reino de Chile”, Flandes Indiano, Tomo II, Capitulo XXI.
Sources
[edit]- Jerónimo de Vivar, Crónica y relación copiosa y verdadera de los reinos de Chile (Chronicle and abundant and true relation of the kingdoms of Chile) ARTEHISTORIA REVISTA DIGITAL; Crónicas de América (on line in Spanish)
- de Góngora Marmolejo, Alonso,Historia de Todas las Cosas que han Acaecido en el Reino de Chile y de los que lo han gobernado (1536-1575) (History of All the Things that Have happened in the Kingdom of Chile and of those that have governed it (1536-1575)), Edición digital a partir de Crónicas del Reino de Chile, Madrid, Atlas, 1960, pp. 75–224, (Biblioteca de Autores Españoles ; 565-568).
- Mariño de Lobera, Pedro,Crónica del Reino de Chile , escrita por el capitán Pedro Mariño de Lobera....reducido a nuevo método y estilo por el Padre Bartolomé de Escobar. Edición digital a partir de Crónicas del Reino de Chile Madrid, Atlas, 1960, pp. 227-562, (Biblioteca de Autores Españoles ; 569-575). Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (on line in Spanish)
- Diego de Rosales Historia general de el Reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano, Tomo II, Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna, Impr. del Mercurio, Valparaiso, 1878.
- The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili By Don Juan Ignatius Molina, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row, London, 1809