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"Most of the Spanish chroniclers and eyewitness cited the Mapuche forces to 40,000 strong , but they fail to mention the native auxiliary friendly to the Spanish, and, that the Mapuches won many battles in numerical inferiority. In addition to this, the Spanish army at this time was the best of the world."
These are all the contemprary chroniclers and what they say:
Nothing like 40,000 men involved. Numbers like that only occured in the first battles when the Spanish arrived in the Battle of Andalien, Battle of Penco and prior to the effects of war, and plaugues that were visted on the population. Lautaro only had 300(Marmolejo), or 600 (Ercilla) or 8,000 men(Lobera) to invade Spanish territory because of the plaugue in Aruacania in 1555-56. Vivar seems to have the most reliable numbers but Lobera and Marmolejo are not that different except for Lobera numerating the Indians as 8,000 and 10,000 warriors. I am thinking this is the handywork of Lobera's Jesuit editor adding to his numbers years later. 22:56, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Ercilla Alonzo. La Araucana. 1993. Ediciones Cátedra. Madrid. Hereafter cited. Page 84 Chapter I: Alonso de Ercilla y Zuñiga (1533-1596) was a Spanish nobleman whose active life, was divided between war, diplomacy, life at court and poetry. The epic poem- La Araucana. Is used by Historian as a prime documentary source about the Araucanian war.
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