Letters from the Battlefields of Paraguay

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Richard Francis Burton. Letters from the Battlefields of Paraguay

Letters from the Battlefields of Paraguay

Table of Contents

Preface

Index

Introductory Essay

SECTION I. INTRODUCTORY ESSAY: PARAGUAY

Letters 1-4

Letters 5-8

Letters 9-12

Letters 13-18

Letters 19-27

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Richard Francis Burton

Published by Good Press, 2021

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Charles III. " estranged them from all his dominions/' The peculiar secresy, the sealed orders,, and the other pre- cautions with which they were deported show what Iberia believed to be their power of resistance.

The era of progress seemed to have dawned, but it was fraught with misery to the Misiones. Deprived of their Jesuits, a few lingered on to the present century, and now they are virtually extinct. About 1817, General Artigas raised the " Indians against the Portuguese, who punished them by destroying their settlements, whilst their ^^ Protector" finished wasting all those between the Rivers Parana and Uruguay. In 1838 the cattle, which nearly two centuries before had numbered upwards of 700,000, were reduced to 8000 ; and in 1848 the 6000 souls of the eleven Para- guayan Missions were dispersed by the first President Lopez.

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