Martim Affonso, Ararygboia (cobra feroz), chefe dos Trimininós

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, in

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. In Tupi, his name means "ferocious snake". He was the leader of the Temiminó tribe, which inhabited the territory of the present

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state and came to

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in 1564, with

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's fleet. Under his leadership, the tribe assisted the Portuguese in their war with

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for total control of the

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. After their victory, Araribóia remained in Rio de Janeiro until 1573, when his tribe officially received the lands across the Guanabara Bay on November 22. Araribóia also received the title of

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of the Order of Christ, Captain of the village (Capitão-Mor), a salary of 12,000

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per year and a piece of clothing that had belonged to

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. In 1568 he received the Christian name of Martim Afonso, to honour Martim Afonso de Sousa. He died in 1589.

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From Arariboia to Martim Afonso: the Native change in the waters of the Guanabara Bay
Colonial Brazil 1589 deaths Converts to Roman Catholicism from pagan religions Indigenous leaders of the Americas Year of birth unknown 16th-century indigenous people of the Americas Tupí people France Antarctique {{Brazil-ethno-group-stub