Parliament of Tapihue

The Parliament of Tapihue of 1825 was a diplomatic agreement between fourteen Mapuche reductions and the newly established Republic of Chile.

[1]: 180 : 184–185  The Mapuche reductions were represented by the lonko Juan Mariluán and the republic by Colonel Pedro Barnachea.

[1]: 169 [2] The agreement was aimed to end the Guerra a muerte conflict that had grown out from the Chilean War of Independence.

[2] It was also a means for the Chilean government to establish relations with Mapuches.

[2] The parliament did not prosper for a long time, since Mariluán himself rebelled against Chile in the fall of 1826, contravening several of the provisions of the agreement.