The return of the Malón

Unexpected and terrifiyng as the unexpected and terrifiyng things, that morning the raiders returned: the indian Malón.
It was the indian Malón, coming back from somewhere, in space, and it was now.


After the genocide of the tribes in Patagonia, the splendour of the Malón disappeared, it stayed suspended in time, like a horrid legend that nobody wanted to hear about: the huinca annihilated the last vestiges from the barbaric Patagonian steppes.


To attack the Europeans, the Malón consisted of a surprise raid by mounted indian warriors from different tribes, like Mapuche, Ranquel, Aonikenk or Puelches, warriors against the white, that they called "huinca", and against their farms, settlements and fortifications in Patagonia, with the aim of stealing horses, cattle, provisions and captives, often young women.

All that ended with the Conquest of the Desert, during the late 19th century, the conquest of Patagonia commanded by one General Julio A. Roca.
The huge and cold territory was taken by the pale hand of the huinca
the Araucanians and other indians were exterminated by force of Winchester rifles.

After the genocide of the tribes in Patagonia, the splendour of the Malón disappeared, it stayed suspended in time, like a horrid legend that nobody wanted to hear about: because the huinca annihilated the last vestiges... Notwithstanding, that morning, the Malón returned.
It could be seen from the distance, kilometers, it was like a black cloud, strange, without any order or discipline.

The screams could be heard for miles: one of the warriors, a cacique, he plays now irreverently with a silvery cross, from a crucified and bearded huinca God that he doesn't know; they bring naked huinca women, stolen huinca women: the scene, in general, is absolutely dantesque, incomprehensible, inhuman.

Or too human.

Hardboiled, the Malón raiders are very hard to be killed: they cure their diseases swallowing a burning egg of ñandu, without chewing it.

And stealing a huinca woman will be a honor for a cassique, so that he'll use her for sex or as a decorative figure.
Decorative figure like some Europeans and their kings and queens.

The Mapuche and the Ranquel taught the huinca to be wild in their apocalyptic raids: the Malón.

Which notwithstanding, died, the splendour of the Malón disappeared, it stayed suspended in time, like a horrid legend that nobody wanted to hear about: the huinca annihilated the last vestiges.


Notwithstanding
notwithstanding, unexpected and terrifiyng as the unexpected and terrifiyng things, this morning the raiders returned
the indian Malón.


It is the indian Malón, coming back from somewhere, in town

coming back from somewhere in space, in time, and it is now.