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barbarian, or hostile nation, from which Tapuijas has since been 

 formed ; Pajiacum, a large basket ; Tinga, M'hite ; Uossu, or Assu, 

 large ; Miri, small. The Portuguese have also adopted and re- 

 tained the old Indian appellations for the various edible plants, and 

 the food prepared from them. They eat, for instance, the mingau 

 of the ancient tribes on the coast. 



That this language was very much diffused in Brazil, and the ad- 

 jacent provinces of South America, is proved among other things by 

 the names of animals, which Azara mentions in his Natural History of 

 Paraguay. They are taken from the dialect of the Guaranis, but in 

 part exactly coincide with those of the general language. 



According to the division of Vasconcellos, the first class of the 

 Indians has wholly changed its way of life, and thereby lost its 

 original character. Not so the Tapuyas, or second class : they 

 still remain unchanged, in their primitive state of rudeness. Dwel- 

 ling in the recesses of the great forests, and thus withdrawn from 

 the observation and influence of Europeans, these rude barbarians 

 lived more securely and undisturbed than their brethren on the sea- 

 coast, with whom, as w ell as with the new settlers, they were engaged 

 in constant wars. They are divided into numerous tribes ; and it 

 must appear very remarkable to the curious enquirer, that all these 

 small hordes make use of languages totally different from each other. 

 One very savage branch of the Tapuyas, the Uetacas, or Goayta- 

 cases, as the Portuguese call them, lived indeed on the East coast, 

 among the tribes speakmg the Lingoa geral, but spoke a language 

 entirely different from theirs, lived in continual warfare with them, 

 and was feared by them, as well as by the Europeans, till the Jesuits, 

 who so well understood how to civilise these people, at length suc- 

 ceeded, by courage and perseverance, in taming their natural 

 ferocity. 



The village of St. Lourenzo was founded by Mendo do Sa in 1567, 



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