Yuracare

The Yuracaré inhabit the forested eastern foothills of the Andes and the lowlands watered by tributaries of the Mamoré. In the sixteenth century their territory extended into the western plains of Grigotá, and they maintained alliances with neighbouring peoples. Their settlements were scattered along rivers including the Mamorecillo and Chimoré. Missionaries sought to establish settlements among the Yuracaré in the late eighteenth century; San Francisco on the Mamoré was founded in 1793.