Where，heasks，aretheIndiantribeswithwhomthecelebratedQuakertreated?
InParaguay，ontheotherhand，atleastinthetimewhenWashburnewasMinisterfromtheUnitedStatestoLopezfrom1861to1868，thefewremainingParaguayansoftheupperclasswerealmostalldescendedfromtheintermarriagesofthefollowersofIralawiththenatives。
ThetyrannyofLopez，andtheeffectsofthedisastrouswarwithBrazilandtheArgentineRepublic，havealmostextirpatedeveryParaguayanoftheoldstockwiththeleastpretensionstowhitedescent。
RuizDiazdeGuzman，speakingofthemixedraceinParaguayandBuenosAyres，says:
`Theyaregenerallygoodsoldiers，ofgreatspiritandvalour，expertintheuseofarms，especiallyinthatofthemusquet，somuchsothat，whentheygoonlongjourneys，theyareaccustomedtoliveonthegamewhichtheykillwithit。Itiscommonforthemtokillbirdsonthewing，andheisaccountedunfitforasoldierwhocannotbringdownapigeon。Theyaresuchexcellenthorsementhatthereisnoonewhoisnotabletotameandrideanunbrokencolt。