Prehistory, Conquest and Colony
The valley that lay the communes of Quilpu� current and Villa Alemana was populated by pikunche, whom the Kichwa (Quechua) the Tawantinsuyu submitted. The pikunches under their rulers kichwas, sent to Inka Qosqo (Cuzco) a tribute consisting of gold that was extracted from auriferous sands of the Marga Marga . After the Spanish conquest, the gold mines of Marga-Marga surrendered so much that financed the beginning of the conquest of Chile. Legend attributes to Rodrigo de Araya , fellow conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, the land ownership of Quilpu�, who were delivered by grace at work in the Cabildo of Santiago. On that occasion the request Araya pronounce: "My lord governor, I did my duty, with no intention of receiving a favor, but because I want to do mercy of something, I prefer to be donated Quilpu� land, that beautiful hacienda near the sea I already know. I visited the land with yourself and I can not erase from my eyes the beauty of its landscapes, nor my spirit, so delicious climate, nor forget the magnet of light mountains and the splendor of his forests verdegueantes, birds that we trino captivate your every waking dawn. If this were possible, the Governor and friend, I would estimate, as the best of the awards. " Araya is said that time had to delay the holding of this event because of improvements that should be made to the access road. The ancient gold mines laid by the Indians in the Valley of the Marga-Marga were maintained by Araya who gave good treatment of indigenous origin. These settlements aboriginal hamlet shaped spread along the Camino Real de Quillota to Casablanca, which was known as San Jose de Marga-Marga, and that was the true and only town and administrative entire valley. In reality, the Cabildo of Santiago had to keep dictating guidelines for the proper administration of the laundry, and even appointed a Mayor of Mines, based in San Jose, Marga-Marga, which concentrated all the work of the
