Promaucae, also spelled as Promaucas or Purumaucas (from Quechua purum awqa: wild enemy), were an Indigenous pre-Columbian Mapuche tribal group that lived in the present territory of Chile, south of the Maipo River basin of Santiago, Chile and the Itata River. Those to the north were called Quillotanes and Mapochoes by the Spanish colonists). They spoke Mapudungun, like the Moluche to the south, and were part of the Picunche tribe that lived north of the Itata River.
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Itata River in the context of AraucanĂa (historic region)
AraucanĂa or Araucana was the Spanish name given to the region of Chile inhabited by the Mapuche peoples known as the Moluche (also known as Araucanos by the Spanish) in the 18th century. Prior to the Spanish conquest of Chile, the lands of the Moluche lay between the Itata River and ToltĂ©n River.
Itata River in the context of La Frontera, Chile
La Frontera in Chile is the region around the BĂo BĂo River, or the whole area between it and the ToltĂ©n River. The use of this latter definition is largely coterminous with the historical usage of AraucanĂa. The term was coined during the period when the region was the frontier of the Captaincy General of Chile, then a part of the Spanish Empire and later the Republic of Chile, with the Mapuche people inhabiting the AraucanĂa following their revolt in 1598. Subsequently, the Spanish Empire established a system of forts between the BĂo BĂo River and the Itata River, as well as some within the AraucanĂa. This system continued through the 18th century and into the 19th century.