Resumen
The great Mapuche chiefs (ñidol-lonko) of the pre-Pacification war period accepted, and in some cases promoted, the installation of missionaries in their territories. Such consent is associated with ancient manners, like the interest in building alliances with the winka or exercising territorial control, that are present in the Franciscan-Pewenche relationship. From the end of the 1830s, the missionary situation unfolds in a scenario shaped by historical processes of varying rhythm and intensity where one can observe the efforts of the ñidol-lonko to validate and strengthen their power, using, among other things, the presence of the missionary and the symbols that are related to him. Upon this approach, this article proposes to analyze the reasons, the contexts, the disputes, and the ways in which Wakingpang, Kolüpi, and Mangiñ benefited politically in their approach to Franciscans and Capuchins.