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The
Charrúa were an
indigenous people of southern
South America in the area today known as
Uruguay, northeastern
Argentina and southern
Brazil. They were a nomadic people that sustained themselves through fishing and foraging. They didn't build permanent structures, living instead in tents.
Charrúa people are believed to have killed
Spanish explorer
Juan Díaz de Solís during his 1515 voyage up the
Río de la Plata. Following the arrival of
European settlers, the Charrúa were progressively killed and integrated into the prevailing colonial cultures. Most of the remaining ones were massacred at Salsipuedes (literally "Get-out-if-you-can") creek in 1831 by a group led by Bernabé Rivera, nephew of
Fructuoso Rivera who had recently become the first president of Uruguay, after they were invited to a meeting and ambushed. Only a few escaped this massacre. Four of them were taken to
France in 1833, including
Tacuabe, to whom there's a monument in
Montevideo, Uruguay.
Not much is known about the Charrúa due to their eradication at an early time in
Uruguay history. The only surviving documents that concern the Charrua are those of Spanish explorers.
After Salsipuedes, the Charrúa effectively ceased to exist as a people. There are no full-blooded Charrúa remaining, though physical traces may be found among Uruguay's minority mestizo population. According to the Argentine census of 2001, there are 676 Charrúa of mixed ancestry living in the province of
Entre Ríos.
The
Uruguay national football team is nicknamed "Los Charrúas" and a local rugby side in
Porto Alegre are also named after the nation (see:
Charrua Rugby Clube)
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