Janequeo (lonco)

Janequeo or Yanequén, was a woman lonco and heroine of the Mapuche-Pehuenche people. She was the wife of the lonco Huepotaén, chief of Llifén, that was killed after being tortured by order of Governor Alonso de Sotomayor. She succeeded him as lonco, in command of the struggle against the Spanish.[1][2]

References
  1. Alonso de Ovalle, Histórica relación del Reyno de Chile y de las missiones y ministerios que exercita en él la Compañía de Jesus, lib VI cap 6 i 7
  2. Diego de Rosales, Historia General del Reino de Chile, lib IV, cap 56
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