Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Temuco Foundation Author: Ivan Caro Recabarren
El Fuerte was founded on February 24, 1881, between the hill and the river Ñielol Cautín at a place called Temuco by the Mapuche. Was given by Minister Manuel Recabarren, with the Army of Chile and immigrants English, to pursue what is called the "Pacification of Araucania" Temuco was a place where the Mapuche exchange their products, Pewenche, the Lafkenche, the Nagche and Wenteche. So Temuco is a very old, and it was a wasteland as presented by official history.
. In November 1883 took place last Recabarren strong attack, where the Mapuche were defeated and killed in their surroundings, by the military that came to finish off the wounded. The triumph of the army in 1870 had already had changed the Minie rifles and carbines that were refills Spencer.
"The Mapuche Temuco besieging were organized into three forces. TROM came a contingent led by Huentelao, Epule, Catrileo, Melillan ... The second column, the Mapuche Maquehue, Toltén Quepe and was directed by Melivilu, Painevilu, Manquilef, Epuñam and Millanes, they had to enter through the south of Temuco. The third pillar was formed by groups of Truf-Truf, drawer and took part of the Llaima. Their principal chief was Esteban Romero and Manuel Truf-Truf COTAR of Llaima, all of them were located at the foot of the hill Conunhuenu ...".
José Bengoa, "Historia del Pueblo Mapuche." 1985.
This was the last battle of the Mapuche. Allowing the passage of strong Recabarren to people with the arrival of other settlers and then to the city of Temuco was quick. The plans had the Chilean government were to incorporate the lands inhabited by the Mapuche, from the Bio Bio river Toltén.
This stage looked at the total occupation of the Araucanía and consolidation. Thus, the Chilean government finally took out one of its major state projects, even longed for since the time of the English, who in the colonial period failed to settle or explore the Araucanía.
The Mapuche were forced to live in "reductions" in the land less productive in the coast and the foothills, where living conditions were strongly affected.
Agency hired European colonization, including English, Italian, Swiss, Germans, French and the rest of Europe, reaching 24,000 by the year 1901, plus 12,000 for their own, which the government distributed land belonging to the Mapuche people .
No doubt this is one of the reason for their present poverty
With the arrival of the railroad in 1895 to Temuco, the city became a major center of distribution and transportation of goods, both timber and agricultural products, was the union more quickly to the center of the country. Temuco
currently has about 300,000 inhabitants. Its name in Mapuche language (Mapudungun) means "temu water ', a medicinal plant used by natives to their diseases. Temuco
Today is an important commercial center in the south and also a great college town. Have their headquarters here, the Universidad de la Frontera, Catholic, Mayor, Independent, etc. Celebrating
130 of its foundation, with great strides as the capital of the ninth region, but also great weaknesses, such as unemployment, low wages, lack of development in populations that have emerged around and today with the persecution of street traders, which they have been brutally expelled from school. The Mayor's pledge is that from here three years they will build a sales center and what do you do when?
hope that the great inequalities that exist today, especially in education, may decrease if the new government puts more resources for schools and teachers
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