The Guaneros, and the Guama.—On the River Apuré. Fluviatile manners. Said to have descended the stream.
The two great stocks of the eastern side of South America may now be considered the Guarani, the great family of Brazil, and the Carib, the great family of Guiana—the South American analogues of the Algonkin and Sioux groups of the Northern continent.
THE GUARANI.
Synonyms.—Tupi, Brazilian, Guarani-Brazilian, Tupi-Guarani.
Area.—From the mouth of the river Plata, south-east, in 35° south latitude, to the river Napo, on the opposite side of the continent, in 3° south latitude, north-west, in, or over, the Empire of Brazil, and in the Republics of Buenos Ayres(?), Entre Rios, Corrientes, Monte Video, Paraguay (the chief locality of the true Guarani), Bolivia (in the province of Santa Cruz), Guiana(?), Ecuador(?), Bolivia and Venezuela.
Distribution.—Discontinuous.
Divisions.—A. Tupi-Guaranis—
1. Southern Guaranis.—In the southern provinces of Brazil, and in the Republics of Buenos Ayres, Entre Rios, Corrientes, Monte Video and Paraguay.
a. The Pinarés (or Pinarís).—South of the sources of the river Uraguay.
b. The Patos.—Fishermen on the Laguna de los Patos.