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Mr Brett describes a curious trial of strength which the Guaranis exercise at their drinking bouts.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles

He joined the Society of Jesus in 1736, and in 1749 proceeded to Paraguay, where for eighteen years he worked devotedly first among the Guaranis, and then among the Abipones.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

The Guaranis were the principal nation dwelling on the eastern portion of South America.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The Guaranis believed in a soul which remained in the grave with the body.

From The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology by Buck, J. D. (Jirah Dewey)

The Guaranis, to which the tribe who attacked us belonged, are the most widely scattered of any of the Indian nations in South America.

From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat