 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupera kwa1868, Hondo yakadanazve mabasa ake maererano neKugara kweAraucanía, kupikisa kupandukira kwavagari vemo vaitungamirirwa naQuilapán nemamwe machinda eMapuche. Pasi pemirairo yaGeneral Jose Manuel Pinto, mukuru wemauto emuganhu, akatora chikamu mukukakavadzana kwakawanda muMalleco neRenaico, kubva muna Ndira kusvika Chivabvu 1869. Somugumisiro webasa rake ikoko, muna September wegore iroro akavimbiswa kutungamira kwe Cazadores a Caballo regiment yevatasvi vemabhiza - nzvimbo imwechete iyo baba vake vakanga vabata - uye vakatamira kuSantiago. Akasimuka kuva colonel muna July 1870, kuva colonel akazara muna April 1872, uye kuva brigadier-general muna June 1876. Mumakore gumi iwayo hurumende yaFederico Errázuriz Zañartu yakamugadza kuita muongorori mukuru weNational Guard, uye muna 1875 achiraira mukuru kuSantiago. Basa rake rehondo muAraucanía nounhu hwake zvakamupa mukurumbira muhurumende dzakasununguka uye pakati pevanhu veguta racho. 