Note 22 — CHAP. X. PROVINCE OF MATTO GROSSO.

“By the treaty of limits, liberty was given to these Indians to remain in the country or to pass to the other side of the Guapore, which latter they did by the persuasions of the Spanish curates. The mission of St. Roza, which consisted of four hundred Indians, and removed in 1754, was near a waterfall, where D. Antonio Rolin ordered a fort to be constructed. That of St. Miguel, which was in a plain near the river, and had six hundred Indians, was removed in 1753; and that of St. Simao, which comprised more than two thousand inhabitants, and was removed in 1752, existed near a river a little below the situation of the Pedras.” Extract from the History of the Journeys of the Lieutenant-General of Matto Grosso. M.S.