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captain of the new colony, as he had taken a great part in 

 its conquest. The Indian chief, Azaryboia, who had like- 

 wise distinguished himself in the expedition, was placed 

 with his people on the other side near Nichteroy, and- 

 Men de Sa, having arranged all these matters, returned to 

 his seat of government at Bahia. 



The city to this day keeps a religious octave in memory 

 of the triumph obtained on the 2Oth of January, 1567, 

 illuminating the public buildings, convents, churches, and 

 private houses, and firing salvos at 8 and 10 p.m. on the 

 1 7th, 1 8th, and ipth of January. On the 2Oth, the image 

 of the saint is carried in procession from the Imperial 

 Chapel to the church on the Castello Hill, the fortresses 

 firing a salvo at the departure and another at the arrival 

 of the procession, this ceremony being repeated on the 

 octave. 



In 1583 the mortal remains of Estacio de Sa were 

 removed from the neighbourhood of the Sugar-loaf to the 

 Church of St. Sebastian. In the centre of the chief chapel 

 of this church is a granite slab, bearing the arms of the 

 house of the De Sa's, with this inscription, " Here lies 

 Estacio de Sa, Captain and Conqueror of this land and 

 city. Salvador Correa de Sa, his first cousin, the second 

 Captain and Governor, erected this slab. The chapel was 

 finished 1583." On the i6th of November, 1862, the bones 

 of Estacio were taken from their ancient resting-place, in 

 the presence of his Majesty the Emperor and the members 

 of the Institute of History ; and on the 2Oth of January the 

 following year, were solemnly placed in an urn of brazil- 

 wood, which was put into a leaden coffer, this being 

 enclosed in a sarcophagus of stone, and with it the deed 

 of exhumation, daily papers, gold and silver coins, and 

 medals. The opening was closed by a stone bearing this 



