Domingos Jorge Velho

Domingos Jorge Velho was one of the most fierce and effective Portuguese bandeirantes. He was born in Santana de Parnaba, captaincy of So Paulo, to Francisco Jorge Velho and Francisca Gonalves de Camargo. He was responsible for the repression of several indigenous nations in Bahia and especially Piau, which he is reputed to have been the first colonist to explore. His greater fame, however, is due to his conquest of the Quilombo dos Palmares, in the hinterland of Alagoas, on behalf of Joo 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.

His uncle of the same name was married to Izabel Pires de Monteiro the Captain Salvador Jorge Velho and Simo Jorge Velho were born out of this union.

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