Se considera el caso de los renegados, un conjunto poco numeroso de criollos, mestizos, negros y mulatos voluntariamente instalados entre los grupos indígenas de la región pampeana centro-oriental. Acogidos con flexibilidad por estos últimos, que los incorporaban a su vida y proyectos, los renegados representaron, en cambio, para la administración colonial la figura del traidor por antonomasia, totalmente volcados a auxiliar a los infieles para lo cual previamente debieron apartarse de dios y abandonar al rey, convirtiéndose en seres irredimibles y peligrosos. Una serie de diacríticos que revelaban su singular condición transcultural contribuyeron a aumentar el grado de exposición al riesgoimplicado por su actividad como espías y baqueanos, y al tiempo que facilitaron su identificación y castigo, les confirieron una visibilidad documental que permite reflexionar sobre el contexto de mixegenación cultural 1 en el que sus presencias cobran sentido.

The subject matter is the renegadoes, a small group of criollos, mestizos, black men and mulattoes, voluntarily settled among the indigenous groups of the central-west region of the pampas. Received with flexibility by the latter, who incorporated them into their lives and projects, the renegadoes were seen as absolute traitors by the colonial administration since, after abandoning the Christian god and king, they dedicated themselves to helping the unfaithful becoming irredeemable and dangerous beings. A series of diacritics, that revealed their unique transcultural condition, contributed to increase the risk exposure implied by their activities as spies and scouts (baqueanos), facilitating their identification and punishment and also granting them a documentary visibility that allows us to think about the cultural miscegenation context in which their presence became significant.