Mapuche indians pictorial info needed 1500 onwards

[gringo]

Gents

wondering if anyone has any additional information on the Mapuche
Indians cicra 1500-1601..i have the Ian Heath book which is splendid
but am throwing my info-net wider...along with ancient columbians
im looking at various tribes in the mesoamerica period to do..these
guys were amazing..almost unconquered...they even had cavalry by the
late 1500....up to 3000!! any hints/tips requests appreciated

regards
Ged

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[Lowtardog]

Bowman is your man of choice he is a mind of info on the subject

[gringo]

thanks lowtardog.........

[carlos marighela]

Ged,

Ian Heath's Armies of the 16thC, the volume on the Americas has some line illustrations of the Mapuche. It's one of the Foundry titles, they are in the section on the Aracauna.

[gringo]

 Carlos my friend i was wondering when you would see the posting

i have the Ian Heath bool ( actually got all of them) as they are a

soperb reference point! thanks , i was wondering if there are ANY more

books/illutrations of these guys,,though to be honest theres probably

enough with the Ian Heath book to do a small range of them

best regards

Ged

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[carlos marighela]

A variety of images, some of a later period but no doubt still relevant:

http://www.todo-argentina.net/geografia/provincias/neuquen/historia.html

http://desdelaalcazaba.blogspot.com.au/2009_07_01_archive.html

http://hockeygods.com/images/10109-Mapuche_Indians_Playing_Pal_n___Chueca___1854___Chile

There was a French nutjob who proclaimed himself king of the  in the 19th C. Again, I doubt much of the traditional garb had changed greatly. If you flick through these pages you'll find some images, including 19th C photos and some interesting depictions of horse mounted warriors. The Mapuche were renowned for adapting to mounted warfare very quickly in the piece.

http://www.araucanie.com/araucania/KAP2_fichiers/Kap2eng.htm

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Or%C3%A9lie_Antoine_de_Tounens

[gringo]

thanks Carlos some fascinationg information there.........your right they dont appear to change much in their general appearance and they seem to
have become one with the horses they captured and became even better
cavalrymen then the Spanish...........a trully fomidabe enemy!
im still hunting for more images..........

thanks for your imput
Saludetes
Ged
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