The world: historical and actual . ->\ SOUTH AMERICA. 469 Paraguay ami Parana rivers. He was in the em-ploy f Spain at the time. In 1536 the countrywas settled, and early acquired very considerableprominence. The Spaniards freely intermarriedwith the natives, called Payaguas. The Jesuitsflocked thither as early as 1010 and acquiredalmost absolute sovereignty over the natives. In1767 they were expelled from there as from all theSpanish colonies. They had erected splendidchurches and lofty mansions which attest their van- Antonio Lopez finally succeeded to the dictatorship,holding it until 18
The world: historical and actual . ->\ SOUTH AMERICA. 469 Paraguay ami Parana rivers. He was in the em-ploy f Spain at the time. In 1536 the countrywas settled, and early acquired very considerableprominence. The Spaniards freely intermarriedwith the natives, called Payaguas. The Jesuitsflocked thither as early as 1010 and acquiredalmost absolute sovereignty over the natives. In1767 they were expelled from there as from all theSpanish colonies. They had erected splendidchurches and lofty mansions which attest their van- Antonio Lopez finally succeeded to the dictatorship,holding it until 1862, under the title of his death, his more illustrious son, FranciscoSolano Lopez, succeeded him. lie set up as pro-tector of the equilibrium of tiie La Plata soon inaugurated war with Brazil, the ArgentineRepublic and Uruguay. For live years (1865-1870)the war was waged. The country was nearly depopu-lated before Lopez was tilled and peace farther nortn, still on the east side of. ished dominion. In 1811 the foreign yoke wasthrown off, and for twenty-nine years the countrywas strangely and completely isolated. During thatperiod it was ruled by that unique character, JoseGaspar Rodriguez Francia. Speaking of his rule,Hon. C. A. Washhurne, Lite diplomatic representa-tive of tire United States at Paraguay, says, Thecountry being accessible only by way of the river,he stopped all ingress and egress, allowing duringall this time only some half a dozen foreigners toleave the country and none to enter it. The ship-ping then in the river stayed there, rotted, and fellto pieces. At the death of Francia the country waswithout even the form of a government. Carlos the Andes, we come to the one American monarchy,the Empire of Brazil. It occupies nearly one-halfof the entire continent, extending from latitude 4°23 north, to latitude 4° 44 south. Its area is3,242,000 square miles. The country lias some gold,but its especial wealth of a mineral na
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