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Malón (from the Mapudungun maleu, to inflict damage to the enemy[1]) is the name given to plunder raids carried out by Mapuche warriors, who rode horses into Spanish, Chilean and Argentine territories from the 17th to the 19th centuries, as well as to their attacks on rival Mapuche factions. Historian Juan Ignacio Molina said the Mapuche considered the malón to be a means of obtaining justice:
References
- ↑ "Malón". Etimologías de Chile - Diccionario que explica el origen de las palabras (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-05.
- ↑ Juan Ignatius Molina, The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1809, pp.66-67
- ↑ "Rebeca Alegria, Mujeres Cautivas en la Frontera Araucana". web.uchile.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ↑ Traverso, Juan Martin. PATAGONIA GEOPOLITICA Y MAPUCHES (in Spanish). Global Contents. ISBN 978-987-46824-3-7.
- ↑ Albizú Labbé, Francisco (2009-06-01). "Indígenas de Chile : entre el río, la ficción y la nación". Babel. Littératures Plurielles (in Spanish) (19): 93–120. doi:10.4000/babel.242. ISSN 1277-7897.
- ↑ "Adolfo Alsina La Zanja de La Conquista del Desierto Campañas de Alsina". historiaybiografias.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ↑ "Relics and Selves: Iconographies of the National in Argentina, Brazil and Chile, 1880-1890". www.bbk.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
Sources
- Juan Ignatius Molina, "The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili", Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1809
- Commandante Manuel Prado (1863-1932): La guerra al Malón (The war against the Malón), 1907
- New edition: Prado, Manuel (2010) La guerra al Malón, Editorial Claridad SA, Buenos Aires, ISBN 978-950-620-206-4
