Lautaro

Lautaro

▪ Mapuche leader
born before 1535
died April 29, 1557, Mataquito, Chile

      Mapuche Indian who led the native uprising against the Spanish conquerors in south-central Chile from 1553 to 1557.

      Lautaro was probably born in northern Chile; according to tradition, during his boyhood he was captured by the Spanish and forced to serve as a groom in the stables of the conquistador Pedro de Valdivia (Valdivia, Pedro de). Escaping southward into Araucanian Indian country soon after Valdivia began conquering it in 1550, Lautaro joined the Araucanians, unified their tribal organization, and with their chief, Caupolicán, led them in battle, further improving on the shrewd tactics and stratagems by which they had often defeated the Spaniards.

      In a battle in December 1553, near Tucapel, Lautaro captured Valdivia; he executed him the next month. Lautaro himself was killed in a battle at the Mataquito River in 1557. The Araucanians continued their resistance, and the region was not finally pacified until the 1880s.

      Now regarded by Chileans as a national hero, Lautaro is a protagonist of the epic poem La Araucana (1569–89), written by Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, one of Valdivia's officers.

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