Although roads, avenues and palaces take their names, the frontiersmen were more assassins than hero explorers. is apparent in the reports on those responsible for fruitful business of bringing the Indians into the country to slavery in the 17th century. According to the account of the Jesuits, "the long walk to St. Paul, can cut the arms of some [Indians] to beat upon them with others." More: "kill the old people and children who can not walk, giving food to the dogs." Names like Raposo Tavares, Fernao Dias Domingos Jorge Velho and appeared frequently associated with violence and murder. It was not just a moral illusion created on the scouts, however. Even their clothes are portrayed wrongly. Not used, for example, boots, or that the destination was far away: the very old Jorge was barefoot from Sao Paulo to Piauí. appearance and stout white skin of the paintings are not real. "Most child was white with India, with darker skin," says Manuel Pacheco, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados. "The food was restricted. Bandeirante The Fat of the tables is very unlikely. This myth of the pioneers was consolidated after decades of" marketing ". The heroic image was encouraged with the rise of the economic elite of Sao Paulo coffee growers of Brazil, in the late 19th century. Since 1903, this guidance was incorporated into policy, and the state government began to fund works of art that support this mythical aura. Over the years, the myth was being incorporated into other groups, who wanted to associate with this image of courage. Enter here the constitutionalists of 1932, the Vargas government and even the military dictatorship.
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