sentences:  Assaults and robbery were common.Because of this until the 1920s carbines, revolvers and other firearms were common in the households of Araucanía.In 1896 a police force called Cuerpo de Gendarmes de las Colonias was created to improve law and order in the provinces of Arauco, Malleco, Cautín, Valdivia, Llanquihue and Chiloé.