Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1867 mukati meHondo yeParaguayan dzimwe ngarava dzehondo dzeBrazil dzakabatwa paRwizi rweParaguay pakati pemisasa yevaParaguayan yevavengi veCurupaty neHumaitá. Kuti varambe vachiwaniswa mafuta, zvombo uye zvokudya, gurukota rezvemvura reBrazil rakarayira kuti njanji yechiuto yokukurumidzira ivakwe nomunharaunda yegungwa yeChaco inenge isingapindiki. Varere vomutsetse uyu vakapotsa vakayangarara pamusoro penzvimbo ine matope. Uyu mutsara wokugovera wainzi "Affonso Celso", uye wakaramba uchitsigira zvikepe zvehondo munzvimbo yazvo isina kugadzikana kwemwedzi mitanhatu, kutozosvikira vakwanisa kukurumidza kupfuura Nhare yeHumaitá muchinoitika chinozivikanwa se
Nzira yeHumaitá.