Millalelmo

Millalelmo or Millarelmo [1] (died 1570) was a Mapuche military leader in the second great Mapuche rebellion that began in 1561 during the Arauco War. Probably the toqui of the Arauco region, he commanded the Mapuche army of that area at the siege of Arauco from May 20 to June 30, 1562.

Later in 1563, he led his army to defeat Captain Juan Perez de Zurita at a crossing of the Andalién River near Concepcion. This cut off reinforcements to the city of Concepcion and led to the 1564 Siege of Concepcion in cooperation with the Mapuche forces from north of the Bio Bio River under the vice toqui Loble.[2] In 1566, Millalemo led the attack on the recently rebuilt Cañete. In 1569, he was a leader under Llanganabal in the Battle of Catirai.[3]

He is said to have died in 1570 and ordered his body to be burned, so that he might rise up into the clouds and keep up the war against the dead Spaniards whom he expected to find there.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Diego de Rosales, Historia general de el Reyno de Chile, Flandes Indiano, Tomo II
  2. ↑ Guillermo Coz y Méndez, Historia de Concepción, Capítulo IV;
  3. ↑ Marmolejo, Historia..., Capítulo LXV
  4. ↑ Rosales, Historia general..., Tomo II, CAPÍTULO XLI. Pg. 181

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