(Huilliche, Cuncos, etc.) from the mainland in the 13th century. Colonial era The Chono people met Europeans for the first time when the naval expedition of Francisco de Ulloa arrived at their lands in 1553. In the late 16th-century and early 17th-century there were various Spanish incursions aimed to bring Chonos to the Spanish dominions of Chiloé. These incursions turned into outright slave raids following the 1608 decree of King Philip III of Spain that legalized slavery of "indigenous rebels". This was an abuse of the law since the Chonos, in contrast to the Mapuche that had destroyed seven Spanish cities in their 1598–1604 uprising, had never rebelled. The Chono people were not the only ones to suffer from the slave raids organized by the Spanish from Chiloé; so did also the Huilliche of Valdivia, Osorno and indigenous groups from Nahuel Huapi Lake across the Andes. Some Chono slaves may have been exported north to the Spanish settlements of Central Chile which was becoming a melting pot for uprooted indigenous peoples. The Spanish not only obtained the Chono people as slaves during raids but also from other Chono people who sold their own people. While some Chono people were turned into outright slaves other ended up in the encomienda system of servitude. Spanish interest in the lands of the Chono appear to have declined after the 1675 Antonio de Vea expedition. Nevertheless, in 1710 a large group of Chonos arrived voluntarily to the Spanish settlement of Calbuco escaping from internal conflicts. The Spanish decided to settle this group in Guar Island. Interest in the Chono lands arose again in the 1740s when the Spanish learned about the wreckage of HMS Wager in the coasts of Patagonia. As a result of a corsair and pirate menace the Spanish authorities ordered to depopulate the archipelagos of Chonos and Guaitecas to deprive their enemies of any eventual support from the native populations. This then led to the transfer of population to Chiloé Archipelago in the north while some Chonos moved south of Taitao Peninsula effectively depopulating the territory. The Chonos in Chiloé ended up being absorbed by the mestizo and indigenous Huilliche population there. Chonos served as maritime pilots in many of the expeditions undertaken by the Spanish to the Patagonian archipelagoes. Yet it was noted by some Spanish like José de Moraleda y Montero that the Chonos did not always tell the