Attempted conquerors of this people included Alonso de Ercilla, whose sympathetic account of them is now their native country's national epic.
These people elected military leaders called  tokis in times of crisis. However, they were later ruled by Orelie-Antoine I, who promised to bring them French military aid. These people lived around the town of Temuco and the River Bio-Bio, and they speak a language (*)  isolate. Attempted conquerors of this people included Alonso de Ercilla, whose sympathetic account of them is now their native country's national epic. For ten points, name this notoriously hard-to-conquer tribe attacked b y Pedro de Valdivia, who were chronicled in  La Araucana, speak Mapudungun and live in modern Chile.
These people elected military leaders called  tokis in times of crisis.
Mapuche   (accept Araucanian or Mapudungun before mentioned).