Abstract

CUTRERA, MARÍA LAURA. "To Think about Peace". About the Negotiations between some Governors of Tucumán and several Caciques of Chaco in the 1770s. Front. hist. [online]. 2019, vol.24, n.1, pp.100-131. ISSN 2027-4688.  https://doi.org/10.22380/20274688.527.

The objective of this investigation is to reflect on the peace agreed between some governors of Tucumán and several autonomous caciques of the interior of the Chaco -tobas, mocovi and vilelas- at the end of the 18th century. It focuses on the historical evolution of the negotiations established between them; also on the political, economical and relational context that led to conceive the idea of peace on both sides and on the reasons that each of them had to agree on it. In addition, the treaty signed between Gerónimo de Matorras and the cacique Paikín is critically analyzed; specially what it establishes in contrast to the events that followed it. Finally, it is explained why the negotiations started in Salta and concluded ten years later, with the construction of two reductions in the heart of the Chaco, but in the jurisdiction of Buenos Aires.

Keywords : peace; governors of Tucuman; free Indians; Chaco.

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