Aimoré

The Aimoré were indigenous peoples of eastern Brazil, whose lands extended inland from Espírito Santo towards the Doce River. In 1535 the Portuguese settler Vasco Fernandes Coutinho built a fort on Espírito Santo Bay against the Aimoré and other peoples.

Conflict over enslavement helped bring about the Aimoré War, which began in 1555; Aimoré attacks destroyed colonial outposts around 1558. Colonists later drove them west into Minas Gerais, where frontier wars from 1790 to 1820 brought further violence.