The 'people' of the western Chaco thorn-forest, semi-nomadic fishers and honey-gatherers of the upper Bermejo and Pilcomayo who never took to the horse and never left their dry woodland home.
Drawn into Anglican and Franciscan missions and the sugar harvest after 1884, the Wichí remain one of the largest Chaco nations — 40,000 or more across Salta, Formosa, Chaco and Bolivia, their language officially recognized.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Wichí (Mataco) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1628 · 1884.
Surveys the Matacoan fisher-gatherers of the western Chaco thorn-forest, the Wichí/Mataco among the largest Chaco nations.
Background on the missions and sugar harvest that drew in the Wichí after 1884 (broad context).