Jerónimo Díaz de Mendoza led an expedition in 1674 that having failed to find any Europeans in Patagonia went back to Chiloé with Cristóbal Talcapillán and other indigenous Chono they encountered.
[3] In Chacao Cristóbal Talcapillán rapidly learned Veliche[3] which was the main language of Chiloé –including the Spanish settlements– at the time.
[3] Cristóbal Talcapillán was sent back to Chiloé and it was then decided that a major expedition should be sent to the verify the presence of Englishmen or other Europeans.
[8][3] The possibility of Talcapillán's reports being false was already considered when Antonio de Vea received his instructions in Peru.
[11] According to the Viceroy of Peru Baltasar de la Cueva Talcapillán was condemned to two hundred lashes in addition to a lifetime sentence of penal labour.