Yaaucaniga

The Yaaucanigá were a group of the Abipón, a Guaycuruan-speaking people of the Gran Chaco. Their name was associated with water, distinguishing them from other Abipón groups of the forests and open plains. The Abipón adopted horses and ranged widely across the lowlands. In the eighteenth century Jesuit missionaries established settlements among Abipón communities on the colonial frontier, recording their distinct groups and leaders.