Rukahe

The Rukahe, also recorded as Riicaheé, were a group of the Abipón people of the Gran Chaco. Eighteenth-century observers distinguished several Abipón groups by their country and ways of life. Speaking a Guaycuruan language, the Abipón hunted across the plains and became skilled horsemen after horses spread through the region. Jesuit missions later sought to settle Abipón communities along the Spanish colonial frontier.