Alianzas interétnicas en Cuyo a inicios del siglo XIX: el caso de las parcialidades mapuche-pehuenches y el gobierno sanmartiniano

The following paper deals with the diplomatic relations established between the different Mapuche-Pehuenche partialities of southern Cuyo and the criollo government of Mendoza during the governorship of José de San Martín (1814 to 1816). Its objective is to deepen in the identification and reconstruction of the spaces, forms and motives of the interethnic diplomatic articulation in the San Martín period. The hypothesis is that the diplomatic links established between the two sides transcended the space of the parliaments, manifesting themselves in different instances and moments. For this purpose, the visits of different indigenous contingents to the city of Mendoza during these years will be analyzed, which will be reconstructed from different documents associated with these trips. The conclusion reached on this occasion is that these visits were an important part, as well as constitutive, of the interethnic diplomatic links, showing that these types of links were very complex and were not restricted only to the moments of the parliaments.