Waching daily Sep 28 2018

It could be said that the conquest of Chile

started with the expedition of Diego de Almagro

in the year 1536

when he decided to travel from Cuzco across the Andes mountain

with a host of more than 10.000 people

looking for a rich place

But his hopes were destroyed

once he arrived to his destiny

talking about that land

as a poor place

and because of his hostile native people

in fact of his new knowledge

Almagro decided to return to Peru

that meant the failure of his expedition

and leaving the name of Chile

like a synonym of a poor country

without potential

the second part of this story

Begins with the arrival of the military Pedro de Valdivia

I am sure Ines, there is no way

that this plan could fail

First I will travel and found a city near to Peru

The natives will attack us

But we will fortify the city

I will make my way to the narrow of Todos los Santos

from there I will set up a commercial route with Spain

that's how I will get fame and memory

Your intentions look so promising

but tell me my dear, how would you finance that company?

I have some money of my collaboration in the conquest of Peru

I will get partners

and if it's necessary I would ask for loans

at the end of the day I´m sure that it will be successful

In 1540 Valdivia arrived to the central valley

with a little host of 150 Spanish people and 1500 yanaconas

among all these people there was one woman

the lover of Pedro de Valdivia, Miss Ines de Suarez

In 1541 was founded The city of Santiago of new Extremadura

using the labor of the native people

that the Spanish people had summited

The city was destroyed seven months after its foundation

by the indigenous

that is the beginning of a conflict

that would last almost 300 years

One of the resources that the indigenous used

were the knowledge in battle of Lautaro

a young man of mapuche origin

who served the Spanish people and learned his battle tactics to then imitate them

because of that they could capture Pedro De Valdivia and kill him

The war lasted almost three hundred years

and was divided into three stages

The offensive one that is distinguished because of being the first century of battle

it is extended since 1550 to 1656

the beginning of the conquer of the Spanish to the south of Chile

Then there was the defensive war

that starts with the request of the jesuita Luis de Valdivia

to fix the border in the river Biobío

and to stop the attacks of the army

to submit the native people in a pacific way in 1612

At the end of the defensive war

starts the final stage of the battle, the parliaments

they are the denominated meetings between the Spanish and indigenous authorities

in order to keep the sovereignty in the zones not incorporate

and to establish agreements of coexistence and alliance

Today we are going to tell you with drawings a small fragment of the Arauco war

most specifically the battles of Quilicura and Tucapel

*music*

All the knowledge that we have today about the past of our native people

was transmitted by the Spanish Alonso de Arcilla

in his book La Araucana

which, apart from to describing the war

speaks about the mapuche like brave and intelligent people

because of their capacity to fight with the Spanish conquer

His legacy today is part of the identity of the Chilean people, which make us very proud.