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Ainavillo was the toqui of the Mapuche army that tried to stop Pedro de Valdivia from invading their lands in 1550. He lead about twenty thousand warriors in the the surprise night attack on Valdivia's camp in the Battle of Andalien. After his defeat in that battle he gathered more warriors for an attack on Valdivia's newly constucted fort of Concepcion at Penco. Leading an army of forty to sixty thousand warriors in three bodies against the fort in the Battle of Penco. Ainavillo's command that had been previously defeated at Andalien, was recognized by Valdivia and picked out for a vigorous charge by all their cavalry following a softening up by volleys of their firearms. It was broken at the first onslaught and fled with the Spanish in pursuit, followed by the commands of the other Mapuche upon seeing the spectacle.
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