. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOPOGRAPHY OF MINAS GERAES. 219 Itahoaté of the Guayanas, takes the first place from the historic standpoint. The natives who inhabited the district on the arrival of the Portuguese in the sixteenth century were at war with the people of Piratininga, the colony which gave birth to S. Paulo, and the rivalries of these Indian tribes were perpetuated by their half-caste descendants. Conflicts frequently took place between the miners of S. Paulo and those of Taubate, and at the beginning of the eighteenth century the very children fought on both side
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOPOGRAPHY OF MINAS GERAES. 219 Itahoaté of the Guayanas, takes the first place from the historic standpoint. The natives who inhabited the district on the arrival of the Portuguese in the sixteenth century were at war with the people of Piratininga, the colony which gave birth to S. Paulo, and the rivalries of these Indian tribes were perpetuated by their half-caste descendants. Conflicts frequently took place between the miners of S. Paulo and those of Taubate, and at the beginning of the eighteenth century the very children fought on both sides during the sanguinary war of the Emboabas, which dyed red the waters of the Rio das Mortes. At present Taubate has been greatly distanced by S. Paulo, although it is still Fig. 92.âRegion of the Minas G-eeaes Theemal Waters. Scale 1 : 2,000,000. 22 7 \' â " V^ "K, 7" X ''^V^ rCa>3mb> 5. 4S° ⢠West oF ureenwich. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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