CHARRUA

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CHARRUA , a tribe of

South

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

American Indians, wild and warlike, formerly ranging over

Uruguay

URUGUAY (officially the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, and
long
- LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
- LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )
locally called the
Banda
- BANDA
Oriental, meaning the
land
- LAND
on the eastern side of the river Uruguay, from which the country takes its name)

and

part

PART

of S. Brazil. They were dark and heavily built, fought on horses and used the bolas or weighted lasso. They were always at war with the Spaniards, and Juan Diaz de

Solis

SOLIS, ANTONIO DE (1610-16S6)

was killed by them in 1516. As a tribe they are now almost

extinct

EXTINCT

, but the

modern

MODERN

Gauchos of

Uruguay

URUGUAY (officially the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, and
long
- LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
- LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )
locally called the
Banda
- BANDA
Oriental, meaning the
land
- LAND
on the eastern side of the river Uruguay, from which the country takes its name)

have much Charrua blood in them.

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