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    The Conquest of the Desert was a 1870s military campaign led by General Julio Roca to extend Argentine dominance over Patagonia. Argentine troops killed over 1,000 indigenous people and displaced 15,000 from their traditional lands, which were then used for agriculture. While this turned Argentina into an agricultural power, it was later seen as a genocide that removed the indigenous population.

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    Desert Campaign

    Indigenous persecution
    TheConquest of the DesertwasamilitarycampaigndirectedmainlybyGeneralJulio
    ArgentinoRocainthe1870swiththeintenttoestablishArgentinedominance
    overPatagonia,whichwasinhabitedbyindigenouspeople.UnderGeneralRoca,the
    ConquestoftheDesertextendedArgentinepowerintoPatagoniaandendedthe
    possibilityofChileanexpansionthere.
    ArgentinetroopskilledmorethanathousandIndiansanddisplacedover15,000more
    fromtheirtraditionallands.EthnicEuropeansettlersdevelopedthelandsforagriculture,
    turningitintoabreadbasketthatmadeArgentinaanagriculturalsuperpowerintheearly
    20thcentury.TheArgentiniangovernmentremovedtheimagesofRocaandhissoldiers
    becausetheyconsideredthecampaignwasagenocide.

    Introduction
    ThefrontierdividingthecolonialfarmsandtheIndianterritoriesgradually
    movedoutwardsfromBuenosAires;attheendofthe18thcentury,theSalado
    Riverwastheboundarybetweenthecivilizations.ManyIndianswereforcedto
    abandontheirtribestoworkonthefarms.Someassimilatedorintermarried
    withthewhitepopulation.Thegroupknownasgauchosdevelopedfrom
    workingontheranches.
    AfterArgentinaachievedindependencein1816,theprovinceshadnumerous
    conflictsastheystruggledoverhowtoorganize.Oncetheseweresettled,the
    governmentwantedtoquicklyoccupythelandsclaimedbytheyoungrepublic
    (inparttopreventChilefromencroachingonit).Italsowantedtoincreasethe
    nationalagriculturalproductionandoffernewlandstoprospectiveimmigrants.

    Background
    RocafollowedNicolsAvellanedaaspresident.Hethoughtitwas
    imperativetoconquertheterritorysouthoftheNegroRiverassoon
    aspossible,andorderedthe1881campaignunderthecontrolof
    ColonelConradoVillegas.
    WithinayearVillegasconqueredtheNeuqunProvince(hereached
    theLimayRiver).ThecampaigncontinuedtopushtheIndian
    resistancefurthersouth,tofightthelastbattleonOctober18,1884.
    Thelastrebelgroupofover3,000membersunderthecommandof
    chieftainsInacayalandFoyelsurrenderedtwomonthslaterin
    presentChubutProvince.

    The final campaign


    HistorianJensAndermannhasnotedthatcontemporarysourcesonthe
    campaignindicatethattheConquestwasintendedby
    theArgentinegovernmenttoexterminatetheindigenoustribes,anexampleof
    genocide.First-handaccountsstatedthatArgentinetroopskilledprisonersand
    committed"massexecutions".The15,000Indianstakencaptive"became
    servantsorprisonersandwerepreventedfromhavingchildren."
    Apologistsperceivethecampaignasintendingtoconquerspecificallythose
    groupsofIndiansthatrefusedtosubmittoArgentinelawandfrequentlycarried
    outbrutalattacksonfrontierciviliansettlements.Intheseattacks,Indiansstole
    manyhorsesandcattle,killedmendefendingtheirlivestock,andcaptured
    womenandchildrentobecometheslavesand/orforcedbridesofIndian
    warriors.

    Historical controversy
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    FINISHED.
    (Yes, its over, Eugenia)

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