Hans Staden

I made two journeys

to the New World.

On the first, in 1548...

I went to the

Brazilian Northeast.

On the second,

in 1550...

I crossed the Ocean again.

We were shipwrecked off

the coast of Santa Catarina...

southern Brazil.

After two years, I managed

to arrive in So Vicente...

a Portuguese village.

The Portuguese employed me

as an artilleryman...

at Fort Bertioga,

next to So Vicente.

I had spent two years

at the fort.

I was going to return

to Europe in a few days...

to be rewarded by

the King of Portugal...

for services rendered

in the colony.

Let's see if you

escape now...

you damned black native!

y ou're going to die,

bastard!

In January of 1554...

I was looking for my slave,

an Indian called Guar-miri...

who had gone hunting

and had not returned.

Soon I spotted a cross,

our sign...

to talk to the Indians

of the region...

the Tupiniquins,

who were our allies.

Being close to the fort...

I decided to inquire about

my slave Guar-miri.

IF HIS MAJESSy'S FLEES

PASSES By HERE

OPEN FIRE. yOU WILL BE

ANSWERED IN KIND

SeiZe the Portuguese.

SeiZe him!

Let's kill him and

share out the meat.

I touched him first.

He's mine.

He's going to my village.

He'll go to Ubatuba.

First the women

must play with him.

Have a good trip.

Speak, food!

Speak, food!

I'm arriving, me,

your food.

I'm arriving, me,

your food!

Here comes our food,

hopping.

Let's eat the Portuguese!

Let's eat the Portuguese!

Nha'epep-asu and

Alkindar-miri were my owners.

They said I was going to be

a gift for Ipir-gua...

who had given them

an enemy as a present...

as proof of friendship.

The two brothers

had promised to give him...

the first enemy

they would capture.

I was the first enemy.

Shis land is ours!

She maracs told us that

we would catch a Portuguese.

Shese objects have no power.

Shey lie.

Shey lie about me

being Portuguese.

It is you who is lying!

I am a friend of the French

and my country is Hesse.

Liar!

y ou were among the Portuguese,

sworn enemies of the French.

She French always come

and bring us goods.

Shey are our friends.

It is different with

the Portuguese.

Shey became friends of the

S upiniquins, our major enemies.

Ever since then, they have

captured our people for barter.

Our friends went aboard as

we still do with the French.

She Portuguese

tied them up and...

gave them to the S upiniquins,

who devoured them.

Shey came with

the S upiniquins...

to battle against us

and make us their slaves.

She Portuguese shot off our

father's arm, and he died.

We are going to revenge

his death on you.

y ou can't take revenge on me.

I'm not Portuguese.

I came with the Spaniards

to So Vicente.

We were shipwrecked. So I

stayed with the Portuguese.

Parag!

My son, tell your story.

Some time ago,

I was in a village...

attacked by

the S upiniquins.

Shey devoured the elders...

and gave some of

the younger Indians.

I was bought by a Portuguese

from Bertioga.

I lived among them until

I was captured again.

Shis time by the S upinambs.

I wasn't eaten...

and now I'm here.

Do you know this man?

I met him when

I lived in Bertioga.

-ls he a Frenchman?

-I don't know.

Is it true that he arrived

in So Vicente?

A ship arrived

in So Vicente.

Shey were the Spaniards,

friends of the Portuguese.

I know nothing else

about him.

I'm a friend of

the French.

Shey always come

to barter with you.

I heard you have

a Frenchman...

living among you

picking peppers.

When the Frenchman

comes here...

he'll be able

to identify me.

y ou must not kill me.

y ou'd better pray

to your God.

Almighty God, Lord of Heaven

and Earth, who...

from the beginning

hath listened to men.

Have mercy upon me.

Show me that thou art

with me.

Show these wild pagans

who know nothing, my God...

that thou hath

heard my prayer.

Am I going to die now?

No, not yet.

I want to die

with my beard.

y ou aren't going

to die yet.

Do you think

he likes to play?

What's it like to play

with all this hair?

Let's play

in the hammock?

Let's play

in the hammock?

Do you want

to play with me?

y ou and me

in the hammock?

Oh! y ou don't know how much

we missed you!

Do you know that

little baby I had?

He died, and he suffered

so much!

Now we are happy because

you have returned.

It's good knowing

how much you like us.

-y ou have arrived.

-I have arrived in peace.

Karuat-ara is our friend.

y es, I am a friend

of the S upinambs.

Parag!

Come with me.

Who are you? y ou say that

you are a Frenchman.

Can you speak our language,

or are you an impostor?

Answer and you will be

considered a Frenchman.

Do you speak our language?

Are you French?

Who is our King?

Where do we anchor

our ships in France?

y ou can kill

and eat this man.

He is a Portuguese,

your enemy and mine.

I'm not Portuguese.

I'm from Hesse.

S ell them that

we are friends.

S ell them not to eat me.

Shey want to eat you.

Wretched is he

who believes in men.

He is a real Portuguese.

See how he screams. Faced

with death, he is afraid.

Why don't you eat?

My tooth hurts very much.

Open your mouth and

I'll pull your tooth.

It doesn't hurt anymore,

it doesn't hurt anymore.

If you don't eat,

you'll become ill.

So we'll have to kill you

before your time is due.

She S upiniquim witch doctor

has arrived. Let's see him.

If he is a S upiniquim, he is

an enemy of the S upinambs.

A great witch doctor

has no enemies.

Open your mouth.

Now put this on the tooth.

Bite the leaves

with your teeth.

Stay like that.

y ou came from far away bringing

misfortune to our people.

We are going to die.

And because of that, our

spirits will want revenge.

Great witch doctor, let us

go back to the village.

Prepare a present for

lurupari, Alkindar-miri.

lurupari wants food.

-Where are we going?

-y ou'll see.

Here's the slave,

the Portuguese.

Have you come

as an enemy?

I come,

but not as an enemy.

Drink the cauim.

Are you Kunhambeba?

y ou are still alive!

y es, I'm still alive.

I've heard the Portuguese

say your name.

y ou are famous.

Let's drink.

I want to know when

our enemies, the Portuguese...

and the S upiniquins are going

to attack our people.

y our true enemies,

the S upiniquins...

are preparing their

canoes to attack you.

y ou are Portuguese and

you lie about being French.

I am French.

Shen why did you

fire your cannon...

against us in Bertioga?

My ship sank

in So Vicente.

I was sent to Bertioga by

the Portuguese to do it.

y ou lie when you say

you are French.

y ou are Portuguese.

Karuat-ara said that you

didn't know his language.

I have forgotten it. I have

been away from France...

for a long time.

I have captured and eaten

many Portuguese.

All of them weep and say

that they are French...

because they are

afraid to die.

What else do the Portuguese

say about me?

Shey talk about the terrible

wars you lead against them.

But now Bertioga

is fortified.

We are going to capture them

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