Led in battle by toquis like CaupolicÃ¡n and Lautaro, this people is perhaps most famous for resisting Pedro de Valdivia.
After being captured in battle, a warrior of this people had both of his hands chopped off, but upon being released, continued to fight with swords tied to his stumps. Hundreds of years of eastward migration and cultural influence put this people in the path of the Conquest of the Desert. The Zanja de Alsina was a trench built to protect against the malones, or raids, this people conducted against their neighbors. This people carried out the Destruction of the Seven Cities, eliminating foreign settlements south of the BÃ­o-BÃ­o river, and fought with the losing royalists in the (*) Guerra a muerte. Led in battle by toquis like CaupolicÃ¡n and Lautaro, this people is perhaps most famous for resisting Pedro de Valdivia. For 10 points, name these indigenous people of central Chile who successfully remained independent until the late 19th century
After being captured in battle, a warrior of this people had both of his hands chopped off, but upon being released, continued to fight with swords tied to his stumps.
Mapuche (prompt on Araucanians)