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1100: 1094: 343: 60: 421:, where he also placed a small detachment. He raised these forts with the goal of cutting communications among the Mapuches and hoped to quickly establish towns in each of these places, which would attract enough people to bring reinforcements to Chile persuaded that this was the best method of reducing the tribes for the definitive conquest. 339:, which is to say, by building a series of forts which would protect each other and the cities. However, carrying out this project required a professional army, and requests for such were turned down by the Spanish authorities, due to the general scarcity of resources in the area and of the Crown. 448:
However, his actions did not really weaken the Mapuches. The capture of Diaz didn't change the situation, and the establishment of the forts did not have any of their intended consequences. Instead, the Aracanians were every day better aqainted with the Spanish horses and weapons. The
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on April 9, 1587. There he was defeated by the Spanish, losing 10 men. Additionally, he had to deal with revolts by soldiers in the south, motivated by the poverty that they suffered on account of not being paid in either gold or
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opposed the establishment of these forts, eventually forcing the abandonment of Purén in 1586. In 1589 Sotomayor reoccupied and expanded the fort of Puren and built a fort near the sea on the heights of
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continued and reinforcements were needed. The king subsequently decided to name Sotomayor governor of the district and send him there with a large contingent of soldiers to resolve the situation.
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Tomo I History 1542 - 1626, Tomo 8 de Colección de historiadores de Chile y de documentos relativos a la historia nacional. Santiago : Imprenta del Ferrocarril, 1861.
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Upon his return to Spain he was again named governor of Chile in 1604. However, due to his bitter frustrations there he declined the post. He joined the
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Sotomayor arrived in Chile in 1583 and found himself required to play the role of judge, hearing innumerable accusations against the previous governor
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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 (1593)
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Sotomayor also put in action his plan of fortifications with the few men that he had. In 1584, he founded the fort of
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With these antecedents, Sotomayor's first decision was reestablishing the old system of labor levies, abolishing the
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was their only problem, as they did not know how to use it and in any case did not have any source of
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on July 30, 1592 to petition the viceroy there for more men. He left the old and circumspect lawyer
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Amidst these problems with the insurgency, Sotomayor also had to confront the attacks of
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Alarmed by the situation and by the lack of reinforcements, Sotomayor went to
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Sotomayor wanted to extend the conquest of Chile in the style of
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Descripcion Histórica y Geografía del Reino de Chile (1542-1788)
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Instead he launched a number of campaigns against the resisting
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Historia general de el Reyno de Chile, el Flandes Indiano
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He succeeded in capturing the mestizo 341: 1112: 700: 536:and in 1609 and was charged with the 499: 346:Alonso de Ovalle's 1646 engraving of 224: 504:In August, Sotomayor disembarked in 295: 280:and sent him on a campaign against 13: 14: 1176: 330: 229:; 1545–1610) was a Spanish 1098: 1092: 218:Alonso de Sotomayor y Valmediano 319:and reinstituting the previous 261:until 1567, and then moving to 1130:People from Tierra de Trujillo 268:In 1580 he was called back to 1: 527: 244: 226:[aˈlonsoðesotomaˈʝoɾ] 606:Vicente Carvallo y Goyeneche 510:Martín García Óñez de Loyola 203:1610 (aged 64–65) 23:, the first or paternal 7: 1160:17th-century Spanish people 1155:16th-century Spanish people 564:Crónicas del Reino de Chile 417:and raised another fort at 10: 1181: 1150:Extremaduran conquistadors 548: 461:Problems of the government 409:and another at a place in 18: 1165:Characters in La Araucana 1140:Royal governors of Panama 1090: 734: 685: 676: 668: 658: 649: 641: 636: 538:expulsion of the Moriscos 211: 199: 183: 178: 174: 162: 150: 140: 129: 122: 110: 98: 88: 77: 70: 66: 57: 40: 1135:Royal governors of Chile 728:Royal Governors of Chile 679:Royal Governor of Panama 593:Felipe Gomez De Vidaurre 415:San Jerónimo de Millapoa 272:by his official duties. 124:Royal Governor of Panama 924:Henríquez de Villalobos 652:Royal Governor of Chile 239:Royal Governor of Chile 72:Royal Governor of Chile 556:Pedro Mariño de Lobera 544:Additional information 387:Santo Arbol de la Cruz 355: 222:Spanish pronunciation: 1064:Rodríguez Ballesteros 959:Sánchez de la Barreda 645:Martín Ruiz de Gamboa 586:Volume II (1554-1625) 534:Council of the Indies 441:and in 1590 he moved 374:on January 16, 1585. 345: 327:against the Indians. 302:Martín Ruiz de Gamboa 253:, in the province of 105:Martín Ruiz de Gamboa 51:Caballero de Santiago 864:Fernández de Córdoba 379:San Fabián de Conueo 637:Government offices 424:The Mapuche Toquis 47:Alonso de Sotomayor 1024:Álvarez de Acevedo 1014:Álvarez de Acevedo 824:Merlo de la Fuente 749:Hurtado de Mendoza 689:Hernando de Añazco 616:, Santiago, 1876; 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Index

Spanish name
surname
Don
Caballero de Santiago

Royal Governor of Chile
King Philip II
Martín Ruiz de Gamboa
Pedro de Viscarra
Royal Governor of Panama
King Philip II
Juan del Barrio
Hernando de Añazco
Trujillo
Spain
Spain
[aˈlonsoðesotomaˈʝoɾ]
conquistador
Extremadura
Royal Governor of Chile
Trujillo
Extremadura
Italy
Flanders
Madrid
King Philip II
Order of Santiago
Portugal
Chile
Arauco War

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