Ulmen(Mapuche)

Ulmen(Mapuche)

Ulmen a mapudungun word meaning "rich man". In Mapuche society the wealthy men usually were the lonco's and would often be the influencial leaders of their rehue and aillarehue and if skilled in war like Caupolicán were sometimes elected toqui.

Source
Juan Ignacio Molina, [http://books.google.com/books?id=Sm4eAAAAMAAJ The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1809.]


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