Quincu

Quincu is a name associated with the Icó, an Indigenous people of the inland country between the Salgado and Rio do Peixe. A mission of Quincú Pequeno was recorded on the Rio do Peixe, and an Icó village stood in the area where Sousa later developed. Around 1700 missionaries gathered Indigenous inhabitants there, as Portuguese settlement advanced through the dry river valleys of the northeast.