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Hans Staden

Here we continue to publish on Brazilkids a summary on Hans Staden Adventures, based on the text of brazilian writer Monteiro Lobato. Original text is published in Brazil by Braziliense Publishing House.

PART 2

Staden tells about his first contacts on Brazil, at Olinda city, where rebelled indians were threatening local fort.

Soon Narizinho came back, Dona Benta, already forgotten of "little animals", continued: The colony of Pernambuco was governed by Duarte Coelho, and Ship Commander was soon present himself. Duarte Coelho counted him that they were in bad situation, because savages of that zone were rebelled.
- Why, grandma? - asked Narizinho.
- Because the colonists had captured and enslaved some savages. But red race, or indian, never supported the slavery. They preferred the death. It was the greed of the whites, Portuguese or Spaniard, that insisted on the slavery of indians, that made in Americas the horror that happened here.
Duarte Coelho asked for Captain Penteado to help them in those squeezes, going with its men to a near colony, called Iguaraçu, at that moment surrounded for the indians. This colony was five miles from Olinda. The captain congregated in a small boat forty sailors and ordered to row for Iguaraçu, situated in a sea arm that advanced land inside.
There were ninety Portuguese and thirty slaves, between black people and indians. The indians rebelled were evaluated in eight thousand.
- Eight a thousand, vovó? What a mess! A true army!
- Evaluated... Evaluations of the interested parties in general are wrong for more…
Iguaraçu was defended only for a wooden stockade, that closed it of all the sides. For beyond the stockade forest was extended to it, in which the indians had constructed two trenches, in which passed the day, only leaving to engage in guerilla warfare.
Within days, it started to finish the food. The Iguaraçu captain ordered then forty sailors in two boats until Itamaracá, to search provisions. The indians had made it difficult the trip of the sailors of some forms: knocking down trees in the river and preparing traps so that the sailors did not obtain to pass.
But these sailors were men very determined, and had obtained to arrive until the fort with the provisionses. Thus, the Portuguese had obtained to resist. After one month, indians had given up. As nothing more they had to make for there, the sailors had returned the Olinda, where they had received many gratefulness from the governor. Then loaded their ships and had left.
- Coitada of Emilia! - Narizinho said, covering with kisses the doll. - Her face shows she is not understand only a thing, this silly... To be continued...

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