Cerro do Inhacurutum

[1] Guarani Indian chief, cacique Nheçu (Note: spelled Ñezú in Spanish; with alternative graphic representations of this name both in Spanish and in Portuguese) commanded resistance to the first European colonizing incursions in what is today's southernmost state of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul from this place; especially because of the privileged natural visual advantage that it offers.

Traditionally most historians have treated the events regarding this aspect of the colonization of the region as a separate chapter of the history of Rio Grande do Sul, however this is changing.

From this centrally located operations' base cacique Nheçu supposedly ordered the assassination of Jesuit priests Roque González de Santa Cruz, Afonso Rodrigues, and Juan del Castillo in 1628 when they were killed.

Small farm holdings characterize the surrounding area, with emphasis on soybeans, corn, wheat, cassava; raising cattle, pigs, chickens and other domesticated animals are also seen in the region neighboring the Inhacurutum hill.

Also, at home and in small communities the language of the first settlers is still spoken, that is Riograndenser Hunsrückisch and East Pomeranian German.