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- noun A member of the
Wichí people.
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Examples
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In 1756 a number of Toba and Mataco were gathered into the Mission of San Ignacio de Ledesma, on the Rio Grande tributary of the Vermejo, where they numbered 600 souls at the time of the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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The best work upon the language of the Mataco tribes is the grammar and dictionary of the Jesuit missionary, Father
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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At present the names in most general use are Mataco in Argentina and Nocten (corrupted from the Chiriguano name) in Bolivia.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Mataco is quoted by Quevedo from a letter by Father Alejandro
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Of the Matacoan group, the principle tribes were the Mataco, Mataguayo, and Vejoz.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Nueva Pompeya on the Río Bermejo, with a school for the Mataco
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The more noted species are known by different names -- as the Tatou Poyou, the Giant Tatou, the Peba, the Pichiciago, the Pichey, the Hairy Tatou, the Mataco, the Apara, and such like designations.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Mayne Reid 1850
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