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The donatory of the territory which included the bay of Bahia, started a town, but it was destroyed by Indians.

Jobst van Heurter, some time after he had obtained the grant or sub-lease of Fayal, appears also to have become Captain Donatory of Pico, with a commission to colonise this island.

Jorge de Figueiredo, Escrivam da Fazenda, was the first donatory of the captaincy Ilh�os, 140 m. south of Bahia.

On this island Francesco Pereira Coutinho, the first donatory, was killed by the savages.

When the famous Caramuru was wrecked, together with the Donatory Coutinho, on Itaparica, Coutinho was put to death; but, Caramuru, being beloved by the natives, was spared, and he returned to his old settlement of Villa Velha.