Qualla: Battle of Curalaba https://qualla.com/battle-of-curalaba en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Curalaba https://qualla.com/battle-of-curalaba Battle of Curalaba: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-curalaba/ Spain had conquered the Inca. It had toppled the Aztec. Its empire stretched from California to Patagonia, the largest the world had yet seen. And on a night in December 1598, near a creek in southern Chile, three hundred Mapuche warriors on horseback brought that empire to a wall it would not cross for nearly three centuries. The place is called Curalaba, and what happened here was not just a battle. It was the moment the conquest of Chile ended.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/k/0/battle-of-curalaba-wp/63k0-battle-of-curalaba-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Curalaba: The Governor's Last March https://qualla.com/battle-of-curalaba/ Martín García Óñez de Loyola was no minor officer. A grand-nephew of the founder of the Jesuits, he had once captured the last Inca emperor, Túpac Amaru, in the jungles of Peru. Now he governed Chile. In late December 1598 he rode south toward Purén at the head of some fifty sold...

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