Tropical. Ag
2. WW, Rv, Wd, RGo.
C-in-C - Irr
Wb (F) @ 13AP 1
Sub-general
- as above 0-1
Tupi
ally-general - Irr Wb (F) @ 8AP 1-3
Warriors -
1/3 to 2/3 in each command Irr Bw
(S) @ 5AP,
rest Irr Wb (F) @ 3AP 48-144
Scouts - Irr
Ps (O) @ 2AP 0-3
Canoes - Irr
Bts (O) @ 2AP [Bw, Wb] 0-4
Only after
1580 AD:
Skirmishers
with javelins - Irr Ps (S) @ 3AP 0-10
Skirmishers
with bow - Irr Ps (O) @ 2AP 0-10
The Tupi of coastal Brazil had
migrated from inland. Europeans described them in armies of several thousand,
and as ferocious cannibals. They fought with long powerful bows and hardwood
clubs, with which, after an initial barrage of arrows, they charged "like
bulls". It was said that theyknew no other tactics until a late 16th
century Englishman taught them to lay ambushes. Their canoes carried up to 50 men.
They resisted the Portuguese for a century until the final defeat of their
largest tribe, the Potiguar, in 1601. A colourful army with bright feathers and
face paint.
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