Araucan
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Origin of Araucan
< Spanish araucano, equivalent to Arauc ( o ) province in central Chile + -ano -an
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In Peru and Quito it is sufficient to know the Quichua, or the Inca language; in Chile, the Araucan; and in Paraguay, the Guarany; in order to be understood by most of the population.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
In Terra Firma and on the Orinoco, the Caribbean and the Tamanac alone would now be spoken; and in the south and south-west, the Quichua, the Guarano, the Omagua, and the Araucan.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina
Our third great Brazilian division, the Gesan family, takes its name from the syllable ges which, like the Araucan che, forms the final element of several tribal names in East Brazil.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
Though Magellan called the natives Patagonians, the Fuegians called them Tiremenen, the Chilians Caucalhues, the colonists of Carmen Tehuelches, the Araucans Huiliches; Bougainville gives them the name of Chauha, and Falkner that of Tehuelhets.
From In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Verne, Jules
These nomads were a hybrid type of Araucans, Pehu-enches, and Aucas.
From In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Verne, Jules
News having arrived that the Araucans, a tribe of Indians in Chili, had revolted against the Spanish authority, Ercilla joined the adventurous expedition that was sent out to subdue them.
From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Botta, Anne C. Lynch
On the present occasion, mistaking the English for Spaniards, these brave and desperate Araucans gave Candish a hostile welcome.
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