XVI. Concerning the Hostile Incursion attempted by Debayakaikin and his savage Confederates against the Town of St. Jeronymo 163 XVII. Concerning repeated Expeditions undertaken by Ychoalay against Oaherkaikin, and the other Abipones Nakaiketergehes 170 XVIII. Of fresh Disturbances of the Town arising from the Victory gained by the Inhabitants 177 XIX. Ychoalay, in Conjunction with the Spaniards, takes a Company of hostile Abipones, and on another occasion, fights successfully with Oaherkaikin 183 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 194 XXI. An ineffectual Expedition of the Spaniards against the Abipones 202 XXII. The Cacique Debayakaikin slain by Ychoalay in battle, and his Head suspended from a Gibbet 207 XXIII. The Origin and Commencement of a Colony of Abipones, named from the Conception of the Divine Mother 213 XXIV. The Flight of the Abipones from the Town of Conception and their Return to it 220 XXV. The Vicissitudes and Disturbances of the Colony 227 XXVI. My Journey to St. Iago on business pertaining to the Colony 235 XXVII. My Stay at the City of St. Iago. The Visit of our Cacique, Alaykin, to the Governor of Salta 240 XXVIII. My disastrous Return to our Colony 245 XXIX. The perpetual Disturbances of the Town of Conception 254 XXX. The Arrival of Barreda, and the removal of the Town to the banks of the Salado 262 XXXI. The Calamities and perpetual Mutations of the New Colony at the River Salado 271 XXXII. A Colony inhabited by the Yaaukaniga Abipones, and distinguished by the Name of St. Ferdinand and St. Francis 278 XXXIII. Progress of the Town of St. Ferdinand, which was retarded by Debayakaikin 285 XXXIV. Fresh Disturbances, caused both by Strangers, and by the Inhabitants themselves 292 XXXV. The Origin and Situation of a Colony of Abipones named from S. Carlos and the Rosary 303 XXXVI. Commencement of the Colony 309 XXXVII. Extreme Indigence of the Colony, and its various Calamities 316