Mateo Pumacahua

Mateo Pumacahua
Portrait now at the Museo Inka, Cuzco
Personal details
BornSeptember 21, 1740
Chinchero, Cusco
DiedMarch 17, 1815(1815-03-17) (aged 74)
Sicuani, Cusco
NationalityPeruvian
ProfessionSoldier
Military service
Years of service1780–1814
Battles/warsRebellion of Túpac Amaru II
Bolivian War of Independence
Cuzco Rebellion of 1814

Mateo García Pumacahua (September 21, 1740 – March 17, 1815) simply known as Pumacahua, modern spelling variants Pumakawa or Pumaqawa (meaning "he who stalks with the stealth of a puma", from Quechua Puma cougar, puma, Qawa sentinel, serene, "he who observes or monitors shrewdly") was a Royalist commander later turned into a Peruvian revolutionary who led the Cuzco Rebellion of 1814 in the War of Independence.