sentences:  Cornelio Saavedra renounced to the command of the Army of Operations of Araucanía ("Ejército de Operaciones en la Araucanía") in 1871 due to political reasons.During the period following the war of 1871 Mapuches in the Chilean occupied parts suffered many abuses and even murder by settlers and Chilean military.Mapuches noticed the shrinking of Chilean garrisons as Chile sent troops northwards to fight Peru and Bolivia during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883).