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Caupolicán (kou'pōlĭkän`), d. 1558, leader of the Araucanian who fiercely resisted the Spanish conquest of Chile. He attempted to carry on the reconquest begun by Lautaro Lautaro , c.1533–57, leader of the Araucanians in their nearly successful attempt to reconquer S central Chile from the Spanish. He was captured by the Spanish conquistador, Pedro de Valdivia, but escaped and returned to his people in 1553, when they began the
..... Click the link for more information. and won a victory over the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia. After a heroic but futile battle to keep the Spanish from recapturing Concepción, Caupolicán was forced to retreat into the forest. There he was surprised, captured, tortured, and killed. His fame rests partly on La Araucana, the epic poem of Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga.

Caupolicán

Date of birth unknown; died 1558 in Cañete. A military leader of the Araucanians.

In 1552, Caupolicán united separate groups of Indians in southern Chile in the struggle against the Spanish colonizers. The Araucanians, under the leadership of their chiefs, Caupolicán and Lautaro, staunchly resisted the colonialists. In 1558, Caupolicán was taken captive in the battle of Cañete and brutally killed. The Spanish poet Alonso de Ercilla y Zuñiga (1533–94), a participant in the subjugation of Chile, immortalized the heroic exploits and courage of Caupolicán in the epic poem La Araucana.

REFERENCE

Ercilla y Zuñiga, Alonso de. La Araucana. New York, 1902.

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