Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva

His father, Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva, the son of , was killed during his raids on the Jesuits in Rio Grande do Sul and Filipa Vaz. Bartolomeu senior married Isabel Cardoso and had nine children, among them Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva, the Younger. The family of Cora Coralina is related to the Bueno family. Her great-grandmother was the daughter-in-law of Anhanguera, as told in an excerpt from one of her books:those especially in old age, widowed and in poverty, had to replace com with their farmers and their daughters, a certain amount of gold, requested by the old Bandeirante and of which the anticipated boon disheartened the King of Portugal. Ugly and petty history that disillusions the generosity of a ruler and of which the chronicler has trouble remembering. == Final years ==

As a way to diminish the power of Anhanguera and to placate the disputes for the control of the mines, the Count of Sarzedas, the then governor of São Paulo, divided the mines into two districts: Santana and Meia-Ponte. As such, the bandeirante lost his influence as chief ombudsman of the state, becoming instead a captain-major. Cora Coralina testifies that: Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva, the Younger, who provided a substantial increase in the wealth of the Portuguese crown, wasted with the discovery of the mines all of the fortune that would have been inherited from his parents, and passed away poor in Vila de Goiás in 1740, truly because the promise of conceding the crown an arroba (~14.7kg) of gold from the income obtained through the extraction of metal was not accomplished, ordering it, this indeed, a restitution of quantities already received, with the capturing of goods of benefit if it had not been carried out.The race for gold was the fuse for greed and evasion of taxes, which came as part of the denunciations. Meanwhile, it would become easier to evade taxes. == Historical context ==

The expansion of the bandeirantes into what would become wide swaths of Brazil began at the beginning of the 16th century, in the Captaincy of São Vicente, with the march of the bandeirantes into the sertão in search of natural and mineral riches, such as gold and silver, as well as Indigenous people to enslave. During the 1660s, Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva (the father) emerged as the first Anhanguera. In 1682, the first Anhanguera departed from the Captaincy of São Vicente (now São Paulo) towards the Araguaia River, traversing territory corresponding to the modern-day state of Goiás. The nickname came from a situation during this expedition. It is believed that, returning from the Araguaia, the senior Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva encountered people from the Indigenous Goyá people (also spelled Goiá or Goyazes). At the sight of the Native people richly adorned with golden headwear, he put a fire into a bowl and ordered them to show the source of the metals, threatening to set fire to the rivers and the springs. From that point onward, he was nicknamed Anhanguera (from the Tupi ''añã'gwea'', meaning old devil or old soul). The metropole acted similarly to the sertanistas to make proportional the discovery of gold in the country. These harmonious relations could best be exemplified in a redacted document by and delivered to the younger Anhanguera, which had established the terms of a contract between Anhanguera and the metropole and demonstrated a joint action between it and the rural parts of São Paulo: The bandeirantes' houses resembled forts. They were made of stone walls, both the external walls and the borders of the inner rooms. The constructions set them apart from the average house in the villages of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, from which the primary material was pounded rammed earth. The structure of the houses was made of aroeira tree trunks and reinforced by granite walls, which became an impenetrable residence even with the strength of weapons at the time. == Expeditions ==

• Serra dos Martírios: it is alleged that, in his youth, the younger Anhanguera was one of the few to have seen the legendary Serra dos Martírios and the Araés in 1673. Joining him was , son of bandeirante . • Araguaia River: He accompanied his father in an expedition departing from São Paulo towards the sertões of the Planalto Central, crossing what is now the state of Goiás and reaching the Araguaia River. There, he came across the Goyá. They returned to Santana de Parnaíba with thousands of captured Indigenous people, without having inspected the mines, but certain of the presence of gold there. Later on, the extension ran through the Goiases, for 102 kilometers, eventually transforming into the São Paulo macrometropolis, which has more than 22 million people, one of the largest such areas in the world. • Arraial de Santana: he later would pass through Vila Boa de Goiás. The bandeirante influence on the region was responsible for the beginning of urbanization of the sertão. The city became a major economic and political center of the state, becoming the provincial capital. There is controversy as to when the city was founded, with some sources indicating 1727 and others citing 1725. , in São Paulo state == The Goyá (or Goyazes) ==

The Goyá people (or Goiá, Goyazes) were the original inhabitants of the Center-West region of Brazil, establishing themselves specifically in the Mato Grosso region of Goiás, a region chosen by the second Anhanguera to establish Arraial de Santana, at the source of the Vermelho river in the Serra Dourada. The group's name inspired the name of the state of Goiás. They were quickly wiped out after the arrival of Anhanguera and the bandeirantes due to disease and the violence of the sertanistas, and as such, could not leave any trace of their existence, be it linguistically or archeologically. It is also believed that one of the reasons for their disappearance was a trend of miscegenation with the Portuguese during this time period. The Goyazes had previously inhabited the region around the Orinoco River before the Portuguese arrived. After an invasion by the Caribs, a large part of the group fled to the Amazon River to the region now part of the state of Goiás. In the book Raízes do Brasil by Sergio Buarque de Holanda, he makes a brief allusion to the Goyázes, indicating the belief that the central parts of South America had been inhabited by the Goyá. There is the belief that the name Goyá had been wrongly given by the younger Anhanguera to the Kayapó (or Caiapó) people. This hypothesis is supported by the belief that the bandeirantes had that the banks of the Grande River sheltered the Guayana tribe, of Tupi origin. It is also believed that they were wiped out due to outbreaks of cholera. Therefore, with the source of this hypothesis, the anecdote of the rise of the nickname Anhanguera, given first to the elder Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva, would have first appeared on the border of the states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, and not at the Vermelho river. == Tributes ==

• The Rodovia Anhanguera in the state of São Paulo was named in homage to him. • Avenida Anhanguera, one of the most important roads in the capital of Goiás, Goiânia. • Monumento ao Bandeirante, in Goiânia. • Anhanguera, a town in Goiás. • Rede Anhanguera, a conglomerate of stations affiliated with Globo, has its presence in Goiás and Tocantins. • Anhanguera, a district of the city of São Paulo that is part of the subdistrict of Perus. • Faculdades Anhanguera, a university center and educational hub. • ETEC Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva, located in Santana de Parnaíba. • Rua Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva, in Guarulhos. • Anhanguera Park, situated in the extreme northwest of São Paulo in the Perus neighborhood. These tributes also include the various plazas and roads in cities in the rural parts of Goiás and Tocantins. ==References==