Lientur was the

Mapuche The Mapuche ( , ) also known as Araucanians are a group of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging e ...

toqui Toqui (or Toki) (Mapudungun for ''axe'' or ''axe-bearer'') is a title conferred by the Mapuche (an indigenous Chilean and Argentines, Argentinian people) on those chosen as leaders during times of war. The toqui is chosen in an assembly or parl ...

from 1618 to 1625. He was the successor to Loncothegua. Lientur with his vice toqui Levipillan was famed for his rapid '' malóns'' or raids. Because of his ability to slip back and forth over the Spanish border between its fortresses and patrols and raid deep into Spanish territory north of the Bio-Bio River without losses he was called ''the Wizard'' by the Spanish. In 1625 his successor Butapichón was elected when he resigned his office when he felt himself to be too old and tired to continue as before. However a

cacique A cacique, sometimes spelled as cazique (; ; feminine form: ), was a tribal chieftain of the Taíno people, who were the Indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles at the time of European cont ...

named Lientur continued to lead troops in the field. He was present leading troops at the Battle of Las Cangrejeras.According to Rosales, Historia..., Tomo III, Libro VII, Cap. XII; and Francisco Nuñes de Piñeda y Bascuñan, in his Cautiverio Feliz. Nuñes de Piñeda was a participant in the battle, was captured and spent some time as a captive with the Mapuche. A cacique of that name also participated in the Parliament of Quillín in 1641.

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17th-century Mapuche people People of the Arauco War 17th-century indigenous leaders of the Americas Toquis {{Chile-hist-stub