A considerable quantity of powder and shot was saved from the wreck, so that the captain was enabled to keep his ascendency over the ignorant natives; and at length he became a man of great importance in the tribe, and married the daughter of the chief.

He went by the name of _Caramuru_,--'The man of fire.' This man founded the city of Bahia.
"The coasts of Brazil began soon after this to be settled in various places by the Portuguese; who, however, were much annoyed by the Spaniards, who claimed a share in the rich prize.

The Dutch and English also formed settlements; but the Portuguese still retained possession of the country, and continued to prosper.

Meanwhile Diego Caramuru, 'the man of fire,' had a son who in course of time became a prosperous settler; and as his sons grew up he trained them to become cultivators of the soil and traders in the valuable products of the New World.

He took a piece of ground, far removed from the spot where his father had been cast ashore, and a short distance in the interior of the country.