Colocolo ( Spanish: Colocolo ) ("bell" means in Mapuche language " mountain cat ") - leader of the Mapuche ("Cacique Lonco") in the early period of the Araucan War . He is the central figure in the epic poem " Araucan " by Alonso de Hercilla y Zunigi . In the poem, Colokolo was the one who offered contests between rival candidates for the place of currents, the result of which was the choice of Kaupolikan . As a historical figure, about Kolokolo a number of contemporary testimonies have been preserved. The stories of his life were written much later than his death and contain a large number of facts doubtful from a historical point of view.
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Mentions of the Bell by Contemporaries
Pedro Marinho de Lobera mentions Colocolo, listing the cacics who were represented by Pedro de Valdivia after the Battle of Penco . [1] Jeronimo de Vivar, in his Chronicle of the Kingdom of Chile (1558), describes Colokolo as one of the Araucan leaders with 6,000 warriors and one of the contenders for the currents of all Araucans after the Battle of Tucapeli . Millarapue , who was also the leader of 6,000 soldiers, but old and not claiming leadership, convinced his rivals to resolve the dispute over the place of currents in the competition in force between them, the result of which was the victory of Kaupolikan, which became the currents of Araucans. [2]
Lauber further reports that Colokolo and Peterguélen were leaders who discovered the advance of the army of Francisco de Villagra and convened all the men who could fight from the surrounding provinces to confront the Spaniards at the battle of Marihueno . [3] Colocolo was among the generals under the command of Lautaro during the second destruction of Concepcion on December 4, 1555. [4] He was also one of the commanders in the Kaupolikan army at the Battle of Milarup , who fought against the troops of Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza . [5] Lobera also reports that Colokolo was one of the strongest leaders of the Araucan territory in Mendoza after the Battle of Chiapo . [6]
Modern Symbol
The image of Kolokolo serves as a symbol of heroic courage, courage and wisdom, which fought and never surrendered to the Spaniards. The most popular Chilean football club " Colo-Colo " was named after him.
Notes
- ↑ Pedro Mariño de Lobera, Crónica del Reino de Chile , Libro Primero, Cap. Xxxiii
- ↑ Jerónimo de Vivar , Crónica y relación copiosa y verdadera de los reinos de Chile , Capítulo CXVII . It is Millarapue that may have been the inspiration for Ercilla's Colocolo.
- ↑ Lobera, Crónica ... , Libro Primero, Cap. Xlvii
- ↑ Lobera, Crónica ... , Libro Primero, Cap. Liii
- ↑ Lobera, Crónica ... , Libro Segundo, Cap. IV
- ↑ Lobera, Crónica ... , Libro Segundo, Segundo, Capítulo XII
Sources
- Jerónimo de Vivar, Crónica y relación copiosa y verdadera de los reinos de Chile (Chronicle and abundant and true relation of the kingdoms of Chile) ARTEHISTORIA REVISTA DIGITAL; Crónicas de América (on line in Spanish) (History of Chile 1535–1558)
- Alonso de Góngora Marmolejo , Historia de Todas las Cosas que han Acaecido en el Reino de Chile y de los que lo han gobernado (1536-1575) (History of All the Things that Have happened in the Kingdom of Chile and of they that have governed it (1536-1575)) , Edición digital a partir de Crónicas del Reino de Chile, Madrid, Atlas, 1960, pp. 75-224, (on line in Spanish)
- Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga , La Araucana , eswikisource.
- Pedro Mariño de Lobera , Crónica del Reino de Chile, escrita por el capitán Pedro Mariño de Lobera ... .reducido a nuevo método y estilo por el Padre Bartolomé de Escobar . Edición digital a partir de Crónicas del Reino de Chile Madrid, Atlas, 1960, pp. 227-562, (Biblioteca de Autores Españoles; 569-575). Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (on line in Spanish)
- The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili by Don Juan Ignatius Molina, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row, London, 1809]
See also
- History of Chile
- Araucan War
- Mapuche