An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian people of Paraguay, (3 of 3)Front matterReading editionChapter navigation48 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterAN ACCOUNT OF THE ABIPONES, AN EQUESTRIAN PEOPLE OF PARAGUAY.Chapter I · OF THE DEADLY HATRED OF THE ABIPONES, AND THEIR ALLIES THE MOCOBIOS, TOWARDS THE SPANIARDS.Chapter II · BY WHAT MEANS THE ABIPONES POSSESSED THEMSELVES OF HORSES, AND HOW FORMIDABLE THIS ATTAINMENT RENDERED THEM TO THEIR NEIGHBOURS.Chapter III · OF THE VIOLENCES COMMITTED UPON THE CITIES STA. FÈ AND ASUMPCION.Chapter IV · HOW MUCH THE GUARANY TOWNS WERE ANNOYED BY THE ABIPONES.Chapter V · OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ABIPONES IN THE LANDS BELONGING TO THE CITY OF CORRIENTES.Chapter VI · OF THE EXCURSIONS OF THE ABIPONES AGAINST THE COLONIES OF ST. IAGO DEL ESTERO.Chapter VII · OF THE EXPEDITIONS OF FRANCISCO BARREDA, GENERAL OF THE ST. IAGANS, AGAINST THE ABIPONES AND MOCOBIOS.Chapter VIII · OF CERTAIN DEFECTS IN THE SOLDIERS OF ST. IAGO, OF THEIR COMPANIES, AND OF THE DEGREES OF MILITARY RANK AMONGST THEM.Chapter IX · OF THE ATROCITIES OF THE ABIPONES TOWARDS THE PEOPLE OF CORDOBA.Chapter X · OF THE FRUITLESS EXCURSIONS OF THE CORDOBANS AGAINST THE ABIPONES.Chapter XI · OF THE FREQUENT ENDEAVOURS OF THE JESUITS IN REDUCING THE ABIPONES TO OBEDIENCE UNDER THE KING OF SPAIN AND CONVERTING THEM TO THE CATHOLIC RELIGION.Chapter XII · A COLONY FOUNDED FOR THE MOCOBIOS AFTERWARDS THE OCCASION OF ABIPONIAN COLONIES.Chapter XIII · THE FIRST COLONY OF ST. JERONYMO, FOUNDED FOR THE ABIPONES RIIKAHÉS.Chapter XIV · SOME THINGS WORTHY OF NOTE RESPECTING YCHOALAY AND OAHERKAIKIN.Chapter XV · FURTHER PRAISES OF YCHOALAY.Chapter XVI · CONCERNING THE HOSTILE INCURSION ATTEMPTED BY DEBAYAKAIKIN AND HIS SAVAGE CONFEDERATES AGAINST THE TOWN OF ST. JERONYMO.Chapter XVII · CONCERNING REPEATED EXPEDITIONS UNDERTAKEN BY YCHOALAY AGAINST OAHERKAIKIN, AND THE OTHER ABIPONES NAKAIKETERGEHES.Chapter XVIII · OF FRESH DISTURBANCES OF THE TOWN, ARISING FROM THE VICTORY GAINED BY THE INHABITANTS.Chapter XIX · YCHOALAY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SPANIARDS, TAKES A COMPANY OF HOSTILE ABIPONES, AND, ON ANOTHER OCCASION, FIGHTS SUCCESSFULLY WITH OAHERKAIKIN.Chapter XX · THE WHOLE NATION OF ABIPONES ARE ASSEMBLED IN THREE COLONIES, BUT ARE AGAIN UNLUCKILY DISTURBED BY A WAR OF THE SPANIARDS AGAINST THE GUARANIES.Chapter XXI · AN INEFFECTUAL EXPEDITION OF THE SPANIARDS AGAINST THE ABIPONES.Chapter XXII · THE CACIQUE DEBAYAKAIKIN SLAIN BY YCHOALAY IN BATTLE, AND HIS HEAD SUSPENDED FROM A GIBBET.Chapter XXIII · THE ORIGIN AND COMMENCEMENT OF A COLONY OF ABIPONES, NAMED FROM THE CONCEPTION OF THE DIVINE MOTHER.Chapter XXIV · THE FLIGHT OF THE ABIPONES FROM THE TOWN OF CONCEPCION AND THEIR RETURN TO IT.Chapter XXV · THE VICISSITUDES AND DISTURBANCES OF THE COLONY.Chapter XXVI · MY JOURNEY TO ST. IAGO ON BUSINESS PERTAINING TO THE COLONY.Chapter XXVII · MY STAY AT THE CITY OF ST. IAGO. THE VISIT OF OUR CACIQUE, ALAYKIN, TO THE GOVERNOR OF SALTA.Chapter XXVIII · MY DISASTROUS RETURN TO OUR COLONY.Chapter XXIX · THE PERPETUAL DISTURBANCES OF THE TOWN OF CONCEPCION.Chapter XXX · THE ARRIVAL OF BARREDA, AND THE REMOVAL OF THE TOWN TO THE BANKS OF THE SALADO.Chapter XXXI · THE CALAMITIES AND PERPETUAL MUTATIONS OF THE NEW COLONY AT THE RIVER SALADO.Chapter XXXII · A COLONY INHABITED BY THE YAAUKANIGA ABIPONES, AND DISTINGUISHED BY THE NAME OF ST. FERDINAND AND ST. FRANCIS.Chapter XXXIII · PROGRESS OF THE TOWN OF ST. FERDINAND, WHICH WAS RETARDED BY DEBAYAKAIKIN.Chapter XXXIV · FRESH DISTURBANCES, CAUSED BOTH BY STRANGERS, AND BY THE INHABITANTS THEMSELVES.Chapter XXXV · THE ORIGIN AND SITUATION OF A COLONY OF ABIPONES NAMED FROM S. CARLOS AND THE ROSARY.Chapter XXXVI · COMMENCEMENT OF THE COLONY.Chapter XXXVII · EXTREME INDIGENCE OF THE COLONY, AND ITS VARIOUS CALAMITIES.Chapter XXXVIII · CONTINUAL TUMULTS OF WAR.Chapter XXXIX · VARIOUS INCURSIONS OF THE MOCOBIOS AND TOBAS.Chapter XL · SMALL-POX THE ORIGIN OF MANY CALAMITIES AND BLOODY ATTACKS.Chapter XLI · FOUR HUNDRED SPANISH HORSEMEN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ABIPONES, OVERCOME A NUMEROUS HORDE OF TOBAS.Chapter XLII · ANXIETY OF THE ABIPONES CONCERNING THE REVENGE OF THE TOBAS. CONTAGION OF THE TERTIAN FEVER.Chapter XLIII · AN ASSAULT OF SIX HUNDRED SAVAGES ON THE SECOND OF AUGUST.Chapter XLIV · COROLLARY TO THE EVENTS DETAILED IN THE PRECEDING CHAPTER.Chapter XLV · HOW ARDUOUS A TASK IT IS TO PERSUADE THE ABIPONES TO ENTER COLONIES, AND TO EMBRACE THE RELIGION OF CHRIST.Chapter LXVI · NO TRIFLING ADVANTAGES DERIVED FROM THE ABIPONIAN COLONIES, THOUGH FEWER THAN WERE EXPECTED.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →AN ACCOUNT OF THE ABIPONES, AN EQUESTRIAN PEOPLE OF PARAGUAY.All chapters and sections (48)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsAN ACCOUNT OF THE ABIPONES, AN EQUESTRIAN PEOPLE OF PARAGUAY.Volume 3 / Part 3 · Chapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444566The cover was produced by the transcriber and is in the public domain.◇I◇AN ACCOUNT OF THE ABIPONES, AN EQUESTRIAN PEOPLE OF PARAGUAY. →