Battle of Quilacura was a battle in the

Arauco War The Arauco War was a long-running conflict between colonial Spaniards and the Mapuche people, mostly fought in the Araucanía. The conflict began at first as a reaction to the Spanish conquerors attempting to establish cities and force Mapuche ...

, fought at night, four leagues from the Bio-Bio River,Valdivia, Carta, 15 de octubre de 1550 Valdivia says they traveled four leagues to the Bio-Bio River the day following the battle. Vivar, Crónica, Capítulo LXV, says his expedition was coming from the north having crossed the Itata River and Valdivia says they had traveled 10 leagues beyond when the battle occurred. Vivar says the following day they moved four leagues to the Andalien River valley and the bank of the Bio-Bio River, so presumably the battle site was north and east of the Bio-Bio. Lobera, Crónica del reino de Chile, Cap. XVII, says that Quilacura, is thirteen leagues from the modern seaport of

Penco Penco ( Mapudungun: See (''Pen''), Water (''Ko'')), is a Chilean city and commune in Concepción Province, Bío Bío Region on the Bay of Concepción. Founded as the city of Concepción del Nuevo Extremo ('beginning of the new extreme') on Febr ...

. between the

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expedition of

Pedro de Valdivia Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva (; April 17, 1497 – December 25, 1553) was a Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1534, wh ...

and a force of

Mapuche The Mapuche ( (Mapuche & Spanish: )) are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who s ...

warriors led by

Malloquete MalloqueteJerónimo de Vivar, Crónica y relación copiosa y verdadera de los reinos de Chile, Capítulo LXVI (died February 11, 1546) was a Mapuche toqui that led an army of Moluche from the region north of the Bio Bio River against Pedro de Valdiv ...

on February 11, 1546.

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Cartas de Pedro de Valdivia (Letters of Pedro Valdivia),Carta, Al emperador Carlos V, Concepción, 15 de octubre de 1550
University of Chile: Diarios, Memorias y Relatos Testimoniales: (on line in Spanish) *

Jerónimo de Vivar Jerónimo de Vivar was a Spanish historian of the early conquest and settlement of the Kingdom of Chile, and author of ''Crónica y relación copiosa y verdadera de los reinos de Chile''. Little is known about his life except that according to his ...

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) *

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20080524101807/http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/cronicas/contextos/10826.htm Capítulo LXVI, Que trata de lo que le sucedió al general Pedro de Valdivia junto al río de Andalién] * 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 those that have governed it (1536–1575)), University of Chile: Document Collections in complete texts: Cronicles (on line in Spanish) *
Capítulo VI. De las cosas que hizo Valdivia después que llegó el capitán Alonso de Monroy a Santiago
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Pedro Mariño de Lobera Pedro Mariño de Lobera (1528–1594) was a Galician soldier, conquistador and chronicler of the Arauco War in the Captaincy General of Chile. Biography A professional soldier who served in the war between Spain and France, he went to the Americ ...

, 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) *
Capítulo XVII, De la batalla que hubo en Penco entre los indios y los españoles, habiendo Valdivia conquistado los Paramocaes
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Diego de Rosales Diego de Rosales (Madrid, 1601 - Santiago, 1677) was a Spanish chronicler and author of ''Historia General del Reino de Chile''. He studied in his hometown, where he also joined the Society of Jesus. He came to Chile in the year 1629, without ha ...

, “Historia General del Reino de Chile”, Flandes Indiano, 3 tomos. Valparaíso, IMPRENTA DEL MERCURIO 1877 - 1878. *
Tomo I, CAPÍTULO XVII. Con la paz saca Valdivia sesenta mil pesos de oro en ocho meses. Embia con ellos al Perú por socorro de gente y ropa. Conquista a los Promocaes. Puebla la ciudad de la Serena y socórrela. Encomienda los indios hasta Maule, y passa venciendo y conquistando hasta Penco y Biobio.
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