. The earth and its inhabitants .. . eo^o 25 Miles. easily crossed than in the upper and lower reaches. Hence this strategic posi- tion has been hotly contested in all the civil wars, and here Ilrquiza's army of 20,000 horse swam the current. Like Parana, Diamante is surrounded by Russo- German settlements. Lower down a lateral creek, communicating with the main stream during the floods, is occupied by the town of Victoria, so named from a victory gained in 1728 over the Minuan Indians, who were driven beyond the Uruguay to the Charma district. In the neighbourhood the archreologist Ramon List
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . eo^o 25 Miles. easily crossed than in the upper and lower reaches. Hence this strategic posi- tion has been hotly contested in all the civil wars, and here Ilrquiza's army of 20,000 horse swam the current. Like Parana, Diamante is surrounded by Russo- German settlements. Lower down a lateral creek, communicating with the main stream during the floods, is occupied by the town of Victoria, so named from a victory gained in 1728 over the Minuan Indians, who were driven beyond the Uruguay to the Charma district. In the neighbourhood the archreologist Ramon Lista has discovered some burial-places filled up with the remains of these Indians.
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