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point and engaged with the Indians, the
victory resting with tile Spaniard. Imme,
diately after the battle; he erected fort
which he called Assumption from the day
on which the engagement took place
Ayolas was afterwards slain, when on his
way to.Peru, and Mendoza having died
the Spaniards deserted the lower settlement,
came TO Assumption, andselected their own
Governor. Thus, says an old account, they
were all called together Gin the form of I,
republic" and here begins the history OF
Paraguay, with Irala for its Governor,
Q5ss9
The natives wcro more civilized than
those of the Pampas.- They cultivated corn,
mandioca, sweet potatoes and cotton. They
spun and wove the cotton. A conspiracy
or two caused La sound castisation to be ad-
ministered by the, Spaniards, who finally
healed all wounds by marrying Guarani
wives and adopting the Guarani language
Thus sprang up aTace which to-day com
poses the chief part Of the civilized popula-
ton of Paraguay; race of which an old
Spanish writer in 1912 wroter:s "Thcy are
commonly good. soldiers, and Of great vaIor
inclined to war, skilful in the management
Of all kinds Of arms, excellent riders, and,
above all, very obedent and loyal subjects
OF his Majesty. The woman arc generally.
Of noble and honorable sentiments, virtuous
and beautiful, endowed with discretion; in-
dustrious and well skilled in all kinds of
needle work, in which they are continually
engaged"
The King Of Spain, to rccur to the first
"Republic" i'll America, did not entertain
the notion Of an independent colony of
Spaniards, and sent out Cabeza de Vaca to
assume the government, with the title Of
"-Adelantado de Rio dc la Plata" Vaca,
landed at ST. Catbarines, in Brazil, and
thence pushed actpss the country to As
sumption, where his Office was acknowledge
ed; but in few months he was deposed,
and sent back to Spain, under false accusa-
ton Of mal-administration Irala s. was af-
tcrwards confirmed in power by the King.
Under one of his successors, the necessity
Of port at tile mouth Of the river was so
felt tbataa colony. in $780,: nearly lGlIf
century after the establishment Of .Assump-
ton, was begun at Buenos Ayrcs.
Up to l776, alI-tho Southern Hispano-
American countries, except Chill, were
part Of the greatgscaptaincy Of Peru AT
that time, the Vice-Royalty of Bucnos
Ayres was formed, which included the whole
of what is now known AS the Argentine
Confederation, Paraguay and Uruguay.
In the meantime, the colony Of Paraguay
had bseome flourisling: A large part,of it
was the field where the Order of Jesus had
full sway in carrying out their wonderful
system Of telisio.world1y policy. Villages,
plantations;S churches and schools, sprang
up in the wilds Of Paraguay; vast herbs
were reared amid the forests Which cover
thesundulating lands that stretch away from
the vast rivers The effects Of systematic in.
dustry were seen on every hand. Readipga
and wording, singing, praying and dancing,
wersscertainly evidences Of happy and
conteuted statefofi existence. But their
life was not that.of unbroken quiet. Bat
ties with, heathen tribes, contssts with avari-
cious Spaniards, who feared neither God
nor man, and above all the terrible wars
waged against the Reductions, as they were
called, by the Brazilians, who traversed i'm.
mense tracts of wilderness, to enslave the
Indians, tended to keep both teaclieSrs and
taught in a condition not to be cnyied&s At
length, when tlelpower Of the order found
ed by ,Ignatius, Loyela> had excited HE
whole Roman Catholic world, Charles III,
by a decree, dreyo them from their5inland
retreat, where they had fondly supposed
they wcre,4as firmly established axsshcir
lordiy rivers, which ;tllence swept their
gatery treasures e fBss sssson. rhey left
Paraguay amid ethe: griissfFeE theis,Ioo, 900
pupils, which stood ready 20, d8battle for
tbsis spiritual leaders, buttheselfabnegation
whieRhassser ehsrastsarized tie 1osdsir m.
IFS far r-reaehipg %b5ssnes;; was saeySera anore
manifest tllan.wtIsp ahey +eaSsestiy enleat:
ed tbe;Indiaus to Iass sdda tbeis arms and
sabnssSea,liosSI blow gotlss forced Be.