Fundação de Vila Maria com a presença Chiquitana : os povoadores da fronteira oeste da Capitania de Mato Grosso (1778-1827)

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the foundation of Vila Maria of Paraguay, current Cáceres - MT, with the presence of Chiquitano Indians from Chiquitano Jesuit missions on the eastern side of the Spanish colony in America, now Bolivia, probably, Santa Ana, Santa Rosa, St. John and the Holy Heart of Jesus de Chiquitos. Seeks to highlight the Portuguese settlement strategies with these Indians in the period they were created and consolidated the Portuguese-Spanish border in western Mato Grosso Captaincy with the lands of the Spanish colony in South America especially in Vila Maria of Paraguay. The time frame covers the foundation of Vila Maria from 1778 to 1827, during the view of Hercules Florence to that village. Vila Maria becomes important strategic point between the villages of Cuiabá and Vila Bela of the Trinity in the Guaporé valley and the lack of "white people" to populate it, the Chiquitano and Indians from other ethnic groups, served the Lusitanian project of settlement, occupation and consolidation of their land in this part of the colony. The royal instructions and the urbanization project of the Portuguese crown and the Marquis of Pombal will be the hallmarks of this settlement.