RHETOR 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: French Brazilians, Tupiniquim People, Proxy War
21 Apr 2017
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In 1594, the french and portuguese are utilizing the natives to carry out a proxy war to establish control over the land. The tupinambas are allied with the french men while the tupiniquins are allied with the portuguese. A frenchman who is captured by the portuguese is then captured by the. Tupinambas after they launch an attack on a group of portuguese men. The man tries to convince the natives that he is french by speaking the. The natives argue whether he is french or portuguese. Some think that no frenchmen would fire at the tupinamas and claimed that french carry certain weapons such as knife, objects that there were not found on the frenchman. The women mourn for the death of the chief"s brother tapirucu who was killed by a portuguese musket ball - want to avenge this death.
