Posted on 11/30/2022 10:49:16 AM PST by CheshireTheCat
On this date in 1557, the handless Mapuche cacique Galvarino was executed by the Spanish during the Arauco War.
The Mapuche people, still extant today, inhabited present-day Chile and Argentina; Spanish explorers pushing south from the wreck of the Inca Empire encountered them, and naturally antagonized them.
Rebellion broke out among the Mapuche in 1553, led by Caupolican and his able commander Lautaro; they won some signal victories but the conflict was never decisively finished by either side. The Arauco War — encompassing many distinct rebellions and campaigns punctuated by relative calm — ran until the early 19th century....
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Just think: the descendants of the brutal and cruel executioners are deemed by our government to be Victims deserving of Affirmative Action in preference to....their victims
Cool how they turned the tables
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