Domingos Jorge Velho

Domingos Jorge Velho
Domingos Jorge Velho by Benedito Calixto (1923)
Born	1641 Santana de Parnaíba, Portuguese Colony of Brazil
Died	1705 (aged 63–64) Piancó, Portuguese Colony of Brazil
Nationality	Portuguese Empire
Occupation	Bandeirante

Domingos Jorge Velho (Santana de Parnaíba, captaincy of São Paulo, 1641 — Piancó, captaincy of Paraíba, 1705). was one of the most brutal and effective Portuguese bandeirantes. He was born to Francisco Jorge Velho and Francisca Gonçalves de Camargo. He was responsible for the repression of several indigenous nations in Bahia and especially Piauí, which he is reputed to have been the first colonist to explore. His greater fame, however, is due to his extermination of the Quilombo dos Palmares, in the hinterland of Alagoas, on behalf of João da Cunha Souto Maior, governor of Pernambuco. Velho accepted the assignment and, in 1694, with an army of Indians and mamelucos, European Native American offspring, overran the fortified city of Macacos, on the Serra da Barriga mountain.^[1]

According to the bishop of Olinda at the time, he did not speak Portuguese, only the língua geral, a Lingua franca based on Tupian languages spoken in Brazil at that time, which is false.^[2] John Manuel Monteiro, a specialist on the subject, in Os Negros da Terra, explains that Velho not only spoke Portuguese but was indeed literate: "Actually Domingos not only spoke but he also wrote in Portuguese, what would be highly unusual for a Tapuia [...] Domingos even wrote a letter to the Portuguese King, and his recognizable signature can be identified frequently in the civil registries of Santana de Parnaíba".^[3] Velho is reputed to have had several Indian concubines. He was married to Izabel Pires de Monteiro: the Captain Salvador Jorge Velho and Simão Jorge Velho were born out of this union.^[4]

References

1. ^ http://www.netsaber.com.br/biografias/ver_biografia_c_1903.html
2. ^ RIBEIRO, Darcy. O Povo Brasileiro, Companhia de Bolso, fourth reprint, 2008 (2008).
3. ^ Monteiro, John Manuel. Os Negros da Terra. São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 1994. p. 164.
4. ^ http://buratto.org/paulistana/JVelhos.htm

Further reading

• Franco, Francisco de Assis Carvalho, "Dicionário de Bandeirantes e Sertanistas do Brasil", Ed. São Paulo University, São Paulo, Ed Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte (1989)

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Name	Velho, Domingos Jorge
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1641
Place of birth	Santana de Parnaíba, Brazil
Date of death	1705
Place of death	Piancó, Brazil

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