[3] The borders between French Guiana and Brazil were not clear, and it was decided that the area between the Amazon and the Oyapock River was a neutral territory.

Paul Quartier who had visited the territory in 1883, returned in 1885 and had a meeting with the village chiefs of Cunani and Carsewenne (nowadays: Calçoene).

[4][5] In 1886, the Republic of Independent Guiana[5] was founded by a group of French adventurers and two village chiefs with Cunani as the Capital.

Gros immediately started to write articles for the press,[5] and temporarily administered the country from Paris.

[5] Gros refused to accept the dismissal, appointed himself President for life, and boarded a British ship to French Guiana.