La frontera "de arriba" chilena y el camino de Chiloé a Valdivia, 1786-1788

Abstract

Between Valdivia towards the north and Chiloé toward the south, -their head towns were 275 kms. apart- ran the huilliche frontier in southern Chile. The intendant of Chiloé, Francisco Hurtado, tried a military occupation, whereas the governor of Valdivia, Mariano Pusterla, put his hope in a peaceful assimilation of the Indians by the missionaries.