Cadeguala

Cadeguala

Cadeguala, a Mapuche toqui elected in 1585 following the death in battle of the previous toqui Nongoniel. Killed in a duel with the garrison commander of the Spanish fort at Puren in 1586. Cadeguala was a noted warrior and the first Mapuche toqui known to have used cavalry successfully in battle.

Following his election Cadeguala began operations against the Spanish and then attacked Angol breaking into the city with the aid of sympathetic Indians that set fires within the town. However the arrival of the governor Alonso de Sotomayor inspired a counterattack by the residents that had fled to the citadel driving the Mapuche back out of the town. Deprived of success there he followed with a siege of the Spanish fort at Puren the following year with 4,000 warriors. After driving off a releif force led by Governor Sotomayor with his 150 lancers he offered the garrison a chance to withdraw or join his army which was refused by all but one. He next challenged the commander of the fort, Alonso García de Ramón, to single combat to decide the fate of the fortress. The two leaders fought on horseback with lances, and Cadeguala fell, killed by his opponents weapon in the first tilt. His army raised the seige but after electing Guanoalca as toqui returned to successfully drive the poorly supplied Spanish from Puren.

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