Mapuche uprising of 1655

Mapuche uprising of 1655
Part of the Arauco War
Date February 14, 1655 – 1656 Location Araucanía and lands north up to Maule River Result Boroa permanently abandoned Lands between Bío Bío and Maule rivers ravaged Large numbers of Mapuche slaves liberated Governor Acuña Cabrera deposed twice
Belligerents
Mapuche rebels	Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Clentaru Alejo Chikawala Lebupillan	Antonio de Acuña Cabrera Juan de Salazar Fernández de Rebolledo Francisco de la Fuente Villalobos

The Mapuche uprising of 1655 (Spanish: alzamiento mapuche de 1655 or levantamiento mapuche de 1655) was a series of coordinated Mapuche attacks against Spanish settlements and forts in colonial Chile. It was the worst military crisis in Chile in decades, and contemporaries even considered the possibility of a civil war among the Spanish.^[1] The uprising marks the beginning of a ten-year period of warfare between the Spanish and the Mapuche.^[2]