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The same writer gives us the derivation of the names of 

 several of the rivers : — Parana,resembling the sea ; Paraguay, 

 from the Payaguas, a tribe of Indians who were met with by 

 the discoverers navigating the river ; and Uruguay, from a 

 bird— the urn — which is found on the banks of that stream. 



LANGUAG E. 



With regard to the two prevailing Indian languages spoken 

 in the southern part of the continent, it is remarkable that 

 the Quichua, the language of the Peruvians, is still used by the 

 natives found on the banks of the River Salado, in the province 

 of Santiago del Estero, though far distant, from the Andes, in 

 the centre of the Argentine territory; while it is not in use in 

 the intermediate provinces. This proves, either the distance to 

 which the Incas extended their conquests, or perhaps the fact 

 that the natives of Santiago are descendants of a Peruvian 

 colony. The Guarani language is still spoken in Entre Rios 

 and Corrientes, while in the Republic of Paraguay it is more 

 generally used than the Spanish ; indeed, paragraphs printed 

 in it appear in one of the papers published in that province. 

 The Jesuits compiled a number of grammatical and other 

 works in the Guarani, for the purpose of teaching the novi- 

 tiates in their establishments at Paraguay. 



The Guarani nation occupied the whole sea-coast, from 

 Uruguay northwards through Brazil, Cayenne, and even into 

 Venezuela. 



