Millalelmo or ''Millarelmo'' (died 1570) was a

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 ...

military leader in the second great Mapuche rebellion that began in 1561 during 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 ...

. Probably the

toqui Toqui (or Toki) (Mapudungun for ''axe'' or ''axe-bearer'') is a title conferred by the Mapuche (an indigenous Chilean and Argentinian people) on those chosen as leaders during times of war. The toqui is chosen in an assembly or parliament ('' c ...

of the Arauco region, he commanded the Mapuche army of that area at the siege of Arauco from May 20 to June 30, 1562. Later in 1563, he led his army to defeat Captain Juan Perez de Zurita at a crossing of the Andalién River near Concepcion. This cut off reinforcements to the city of Concepcion and led to the 1564 Siege of Concepcion in cooperation with the Mapuche forces from north of the Bio Bio River under the vice toqui

Loble Loble, also known as Lig-lemu or Lillemu,Juan Ignacio Molina, ''The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili'', pg. 211(d. ca. 1565) was the Mapuche vice-toqui of the Moluche north of the Bio-Bio River who led the second Mapuche revolt dur ...

. In 1566, Millalemo led the attack on the recently rebuilt Cañete. In 1569, he was a leader under Llanganabal in the Battle of Catirai. He is said to have died in 1570 and ordered his body to be burned, so that he might rise up into the clouds and keep up the war against the dead Spaniards whom he expected to find there.Rosales, Historia general..., Tomo II, CAPÍTULO XLI. Pg. 181

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Alonso de Góngora Marmolejo Alonso de Góngora Marmolejo (1523–1575) was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of the early conquest and settlement of the Captaincy General of Chile, and the start of the Arauco War. Biography Marmolejo was born in the town of Carmona, Anda ...

br> 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))
Edición digital a partir de Crónicas del Reino de Chile, Madrid, Atlas, 1960, pp. 75–224, (on line in Spanish) ** Cap. XXXVI. De cómo Francisco de Villagra envió su hijo Pedro de Villagra a desbaratar un fuerte en compañía del licenciado Altamirano, que era su maestre de campo, y de lo que en la jornada le sucedió ** Cap. XXXVII. De lo que hizo Francisco de Villagra después que tuvo nueva de la pérdida de Mereguano ** Cap. XXXIX. De cómo todos los caciques y señores principales de toda la provincia se conjuraron y vinieron sobre la casa fuerte de Arauco, y lo que sucedió ** Cap. XL. De cómo los indios de toda la provincia se juntaron y vinieron a poner cerco a los cristianos que estaban en el fuerte de Arauco, y de lo que sucedió ** Cap. LXVI. De lo que hizo el gobernador Saravia después de la pérdida de Catiray ** Cap. LXVII. De lo que hizo el general Martín Ruiz de Gamboa después que llegó a Cañete, y de lo que le sucedió *

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 ...

br> 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) *

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 1877 - 1878. *
Historia general de el Reyno de Chile: Flandes Indiano, Tomo II
(1554–1625) *** CAPÍTULO XLI. * Guillermo Coz y Méndez

* John Augustine Zahm
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Original from Harvard University, Digitized May 14, 2007 1570 deaths Captaincy General of Chile People of the Arauco War 16th-century Mapuche people Indigenous military personnel of the Americas Year of birth unknown