Borun

The Borum inhabited the forested Rio Doce valley of eastern Brazil, where Portuguese colonists called related peoples Botocudos. In 1808 the Portuguese regent authorised an offensive war against them. Military posts were established along the river to facilitate colonial navigation and settlement; one at Figueira do Rio Doce was erected in 1818, near the site that later became Governador Valadares. Indigenous resistance met the advance into their lands.