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Valley in today's

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from 1735 to 1757.''Los padres de la laguna''
by Carlos Rodríguez.

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, 22 January 2012 Born in 1670, he was the chieftain of the

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Leuvuche people, who moved through a huge area from the Negro River to the Vulcan hills, today known as Tandilia hills, between the modern cities of

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and Mar del Plata. The Leuvuches were in fact called ''Serranos'' (people from the hills) by the Spaniards. In 1751, Cangapol and his warriors expelled the

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from Laguna de los Padres and destroyed the settlement built by them five years before. In 1753, he became an allied of the Spaniards against the

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s, who used to take profit of the Leuvuches' plunder raids north of the Salado river and then sought safe haven in

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, leaving the Leuvuches to face the Spanish retaliation alone. He died in 1757 and was succeeded by his son Nicolás.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cangapol 1670 births 1757 deaths Governorate of the Río de la Plata Indigenous leaders of the Americas