Paraguyan female troop under El Supremo?

[abdul666lw]

Intrigued by the idea of imaginary female troops in the horse & musket period I'm searching for *historical* ones (in addition to  Catherine II's short lived Greek Amazon Guard). I read that José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gaspar_Rodr%C3%ADguez_de_Francia  'El Supremo'  of Paraguay from 1813 to 1840, once raised a troop of 'Amazons'. But the mention provided to link or reference and an internet search was fruitless. Is somebody on this forum knowledgeable?