Abatipoçanga

Abatipoçanga was a 16th-century Tamoio chief from the village of Taquaruçutiba in Rio de Janeiro. He was given the German Hans Staden as a gift by the Indians of Ubatuba and began treating him as a son, believing Staden's promises that his "French brothers" would soon arrive with many goods. Staden managed to deceive Abatipoçanga and, in less than three weeks, escaped aboard the French ship Catherine de Vatteville. The name "Abatipoçanga" means "corn medicine" in the Tupi language, from ("corn") and ("medicine"). Abatipoçanga was portrayed by the Brazilian actor Walter Portella in the 1999 film .