See also:

• ACRE
• ACRE, or AQUIRY

ACRE, or AQUIRY  , a See also:

• RIVER

river of See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil and See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal tributary of the Pur's, rising on the Bolivian frontier and flowing easterly and northerly to a junction with the Purus at 8° 45' S. See also:

• LAT

lat . The name is also applied to a See also:

• DISTRICT

district situated on the same river and on the ,former (186.7) boundary See also:

• LINE

line between See also:

• BOLIVIA

Bolivia and Brazil . The region, which abounds in valuable See also:

• RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber forests, was settled by Bolivians between 1870 and 1878, but was invaded by Brazilian rubber collectors during the next See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade and became tributary to the rubber markets of Mangos and See also:

• PARA
• PARA (officially BELEM; sometimes BELEM DO PARA)

Para . In 1899 the Bolivian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government established a See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at Puerto Alonso, on the See also:

• ACRE
• ACRE, or AQUIRY

Acre river, for the collection of export duties on rubber, which precipitated a conflict with the Brazilian settlers and finally brought about a boundary dispute between the two republics . In See also:

• JULY

July 1899 the Acreanos declared their See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence and set up a See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic of their. own, but in the following See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March they were reduced to submission by Brazil . Various disorders followed until Brazil decided to occupy Puerto Alonso with a military force . The boundary dispute was finally settled at See also:

• PETROPOLIS

Petropolis on the 17th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1903 through the See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase by Brazil of the rubber-producing territory See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south to about the rrth parallel, estimated at more than 6o,000 sq. m .