The
Cuncos are a sedentary native Chilean people,
belonging to the southern group of Mapuche
peoples, and that inhabited the coasts of Chile
from
Valdivia
to the
Chacao
Channel
, including the inhabitants of the northern portion
of Chiloé
Island
and the bordering islands. They spoke the
mapudungun language, common to all the
Mapuche peoples. They had a developed
agriculture, specializing in the culture of
potatoes and
maize along
with
fishing and
hunting. In addition they used sturdy wooden boats,
calls
dalcas, with which they crossed their
coastal waters in search of fish and seafood.
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