Un testimonio a múltiples voces. La rendición de los malbalaes según la Descripción Corográfica del Gran Chaco Gualamba, de Pedro Lozano

Abstract

Through the analysis of a fragment of Pedro Lozano’ chronicle, dealing with the campaign of the colonial army on the Chaco’s border in 1710, we try to think about the production of a "indigenous" source in a context of war and borders contacts. Lozano’s narrative on the capitulations celebrated between the malbalaes and the colonial forces, reproduces a brief phrase written by the cacique of the group, for which this one announced his offer of peace. Along these following notes, we expose several considerations that lead us to advancing the first conclusion: the singular character of the source, in which mixed Hispanic traditions and indigenous agency. In this sense, the writing of the cacique may be considered as the result of the Hispanic-indigenous interactions on the boundaries.

Keywords

• Frontiers
• jesuit chronicles
• indigenous writing