Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán (1607–1682) was a Chilean writer and soldier. He was born in

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. In 1629 he participated in an expedition to defeat the

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, but, during the

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, he was taken prisoner by the cacique Maulicán, who kept him captive for seven months. After being released, he rose through the ranks to become commander of the fort of

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in 1654, and he was eventually appointed

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in 1656 by

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and had an important role in the Spanish victory in Conuco and the relief of the fort of

. From his experiences among the Mapuches, he wrote in 1673, the chronicle ''Cautiverio feliz y razón individual de las guerras dilatadas del reino de Chile'' (''Happy Captivity and Reason for the Prolonged Wars of the Kingdom of Chile''), which constitutes one of the most important and realistic descriptions of the customs of the Mapuche people, as well as containing a defense of their rights. This helped later when

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tried to get along with

Sources

José Toribio Medina José Toribio Medina Zavala (; October 21, 1852 - December 11, 1930) was a Chilean bibliographer, prolific writer, and historian. He is renowned for his study of colonial literature in Chile, printing in Spanish America and large bibliographies su ...

Diccionario biográfico colonial de Chile, Impr. Elziviriana, Santiago, 1906
Pg. 577–586. * Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán
CAUTIVERIO FELIZ, Y RAZÓN DE LAS GUERRAS DILATADAS DE CHILE, Coleccíon de historiadores de Chile y documentos relativos a la historia nacional, Tomo III, Sociedad Chilena de Historia y Geografía, Instituto Chileno de Cultura Hispánica, Academia Chilena de la Historia, Imprenta del Ferrocarril, Santiago, 1863. Original from Harvard University, Digitized May 19, 2007
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