- Source: Ulmen (Mapuche)
Ulmen is a Mapudungun word meaning "rich man". In Mapuche society, the wealthy men were usually the loncos and would often be the influential leaders of their rehue and aillarehue. If skilled in war, like the military leader Caupolicán, they were sometimes elected toqui.
Sources
Juan Ignacio Molina (1809). The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili Volume 2. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme.
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- Ulmen (Mapuche)
- Mapuche
- Mapuche conflict
- Mapuche religion
- Mapuche language
- Origin of the Mapuche
- Arauco War
- Mapuche textiles
- Flag of the Mapuches
- Occupation of Araucanía
