Parliament of Las Canoas
The Parliament of Las Canoas (Spanish: Parlamento de Las Canoas) was a diplomatic meeting between Mapuche-Huilliches and Spanish authorities in 1793 held at the confluence of Rahue River and Damas River near what is today the city of Osorno.[1] The parliament was summoned by the Royal Governor of Chile Ambrosio O'Higgins after the Spanish had suppressed an uprising by the Mapuche-Huilliches of Ranco and Río Bueno in 1792.[2] The parliament is historically relevant since the treaty signed at the end of the meeting allowed the Spanish to reestablish the city of Osorno[note 1] and secure the transit rights between Valdivia and the Spanish mainland settlements near Chiloé Archipelago. The indigenous signatories recognized the king of Spain as their sovereign but they kept considerable autonomy in the lands they did not ceded.[1] The treaty is unique in that it was the first time Mapuches formally ceded territory to the Spanish.[1]
The caciques summoned by the Spanish to the parliament where those whose lands were to affected by the Spanish proposal. The caciques Juan Queipul and José Antitipay, who belonged to the area, were not present at the parliament since they were in Santiago where they held a small parliament with Ambrosio O'Higgins in person.[note 2] The issues to be dealt with were the same as in Las Canoas.[2]
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- ^ The city of Osorno had originally been founded by the Spanish in 1558 but was destroyed by Mapuche-Huilliches in 1602 during the destruction of the Seven Cities.
- ^ This meeting goes by the name Parliament of Santiago (1793).
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