Hans Staden's True HistoryIn 1550 the German adventurer Hans Staden was serving as a gunner in a Portuguese fort on the Brazilian coast. While out hunting, he was captured by the Tupinamb, an indigenous people who had a reputation for engaging in ritual cannibalism and who, as allies of the French, were hostile to the Portuguese. Stadens True History, first published in Germany in 1557, tells the story of his nine months among the Tupi Indians. It is a dramatic first person