A Bolivian tribe living between Santa Cruz de la Sierra and
Cochabamba in the wooded regions and plains adjoining the
mountains, on the Eastern slopes of the Andes, close to the Río
Beni and Rio Marmoré. They are tall, and the women are very
handsome. They have oval countenances, aquiline noses, very dark
eyes, while their skin is almost as white as that of the
Spaniards. The Yuracaré are excellent hunters and make good
warriors; they were of a roving disposition, but the Jesuits of
the Paraguayan Reductions succeeded in establishing a mission
among them, which flourished until the suppression of the
Society. The standard of morality among the Yuracaré was very
low. The marriage bond was readily dissolved, but polygamy was
not practised. They were distributed in families, living without
any form of government. Men and women were separated at meals,
but there was no subordination between husband and wife or
relatives, though the parents were generally treated as slaves
by the children. They were an extremely s