El mutismo y el vértigo de Rosa Aimba de la Llave. Algunos datos para la historia de una niña que no conversó con Pascual Coña

Abstract

In 1885, Pascual Coña took part in a journey to Buenos Aires, as a member of a group of logko (mapuche political leaders). One of the main objectives of the group was to request the freedom of some women who had been captured by the Argentinian Army during the “Conquest of the Desert”. Before interviewing president Julio A. Roca, all the logko visited a house whose owner introduced them to a mapuche girl. In this article we present some newly found information about the protagonists’ identities. Finally, we add a reflection on the mapuche girl’s mutism.