neither side left their own camp, both of which had been fortified, as they hoped to defend them if their opponents attacked. The fifth and sixth days were passed in the same manner but by the seventh, the Purumauca and their allies retired and returned home claiming victory. The Inca later considered chasing them, on which some chiefs agreed; but they decided to secure only what they had already conquered, with which Túpac Inca Yupanqui agreed. Due to their proximity to the Inca Empire, the Promaucae learned the new technology that the Inca displayed in their new domains. Among the peoples the Spanish called the Promaucae, adopting the term from the Inca, were particularly the people of the Rapel River valley. Those of the Mataquito River valley were called the Cure, for which the province of Curico is named. The people in the Maule River valley and to the south were distinguished as Maule. Those to the south of the Maule and north of the Itata River were known as Cauqui by the Inca or Cauquene. The Spanish named the Cauquenes River after them. References Sources Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Comentarios reales, Segunda Parte : Libro VII, Cap. 19, 20. Juan Ignacio Molina Compendio de la historia civil del reyno de Chile, Cervantes Virtual Larrain, Etnogeografía, Geography of Chile, Geographic Military Institute, Stgo. 1987; the XVIth: 147. External links Los Promaucaes, por Eduardo Téllez Lúgaro. The promaucaes in O'Higgins's Region, brief relation of the cultural and natural patrimony ", Carmen Del Río and Blanca Tagle. Marta Blanco, The Inca Garcilaso of the Vega, an Antarctic Indian (1539-1616) _ 2da_VII_18 Inca Garcilaso of the Vega, Royal (Real) Commentaries. The second Part, I Free the VIIth, Chapter 18 _ 2da_VII_19 Inca Garcilaso of the Vega, Royal (Real) Commentaries. The second Part, I Free the VIIth, Chapter 19 Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Comentarios Reales. Segunda Parte, Libro VII, Capítulo 20 Alonso de Ercilla, La Araucana Ethnic groups in Chile Mapuche groups Social history of Chile Indigenous peoples in Chile Pre-Columbian cultures