INDEX
Reading edition
Alazan, 59, 139
Alpargatas, 231
Andes, see Cordillera
Antiguos, Rio de los, 144-155
Arctotherium, 326-327
Ariel, see launch
Argentino, Lake, 181, 188, 214 description, 190, 262, 263, 284 fish, 269 forests, 224, 272, 273, 274-276 glaciers, 266-268, 272-275 Lake Rica or South Fjord, 193, 271-74 North Fjord, 262-270, 278-279 storms, 215-219, 267-269
Armadillo, 40, 67, 248
Ascensio's Bay, 214-215
Asulejo, 53, 54, 167
Banduria, 135, 187, 189
Barckhausen, F., 31, 148-153
Basecamp, Horsham, 123, 124, 168
Beech, antarctic, 126, 149, 233, 275
Belgrano, River, 174
Bernardo, see Hähansen
Bernicla poliocephala, see ashy-headed goose
Boat, canvas, 266, 282 oleadores, 32, 52, 62, 81, 90, 234
Brunel, Ascensio, 194-195
Buenos Aires, Lake, 120, 121, 126, 130-143, 159
Burbury, T. R. D., 20, 26, 37, 47, 109, 181, 201, 242, 264, 268, 277
Califate-bush, 78, 99, 100, 203, 218, 265, 269
Calodromas elegans, see martineta
Canis griseus, see pampa-fox
Canis magellanicus, see red-fox
Canis montanus, 260
Camera, 266
Carancho, 191
Cat, wild, 151
Cattle, E., 86, 193, 197, 206-219, 244, 249, 253, 255, 264, 266, 268, 282
Cattle, wild, 79-81, 140, 224-234
Cavy, 27, 46, 60, 67, 248, 257-258
Chico, River, 43, 46, 47, 58, 59
Chimango, 191
Chloephaga magellanica, see upland goose
Christmas Day, 167-168
Colohuapi, 61, 63-65, 257
Colhué, Lake, 61
Columba maculosa, see pigeon
Como No, 117, 118
Condor, 45, 147, 161, 164, 187, 191
Conepatus patagonicus, see skunk
Cordillera, 2, 8, 121, 188, 215, 296
Corelli, M., 266
Coyly, River, 76, 289
Cruzado, 59, 137
Cygnus nigricollis, see black-headed swan
Cypress, 275
Dafila spinicauda, see brown pintail
Darwin, 2, 9, 27, 163, 181, 185, 187, 192, 252, 255, 257
Dasypus minutus, see armadillo
Deseado, River, 136
Dogs, 46, 60, 245 Indian, 92, 111, 117-119
Dolichotis patagonica, see cavy
Drake, Francis, 7-8
Duck, rosy-billed, 136
Farina, 269
Felis concolor puma, see puma
Felis concolor pearsoni, 155, 253, 334-335
Felis onca, see jaguar
Fenix, River, 127, 133
Fires, pampa, 140, 142, 143, 154, 220-222
FitzRoy, 254
Flamingo, 136, 187, 189
Forests, 224, 233, 265, 272-276, 296
Fox, pampa or grey, 26, 120, 231, 245-246, 258-259 red or Cordillera wolf, 132, 134, 142, 244-246, 259-265, 269, 274, 280 (Canis montanus), 260
Fuchsia, 228, 272
Gallegos, 2, 287, 289-291
Gateado, 51, 55, 61
Gaucho, 1, 12, 13, 32, 35-36, 38, 141
Genguel, River, 75, 120
Glaciers, 266-268, 272-275
Glaucidium nanum, see pigmy owl
Gleditzsch, Fritz, 36-37, 68-69
Goose, ashy-headed, 37 upland, 73, 76, 79, 107, 123, 136
Grebe, 126, 209
Greenshields, 17, 30
Guanaco, description, 27, 31, 81, 83, 105, 156, 256 habitat, 68, 107, 236, 254, 269, 280 habits, 43, 147, 236-239, 246, 255, 256 hunting with bolas, 105-107 with dogs, 106, 169, 237, 257 with rifle, 31, 49, 59-60, 138-140 mortality, 189, 203, 254 numbers, 27, 169, 189, 231, 254 skins, 83, 95
Gun, shot, 78
Hæmatopus palliatus, see American oyster catcher
Hähansen, Bernardo, 183, 205-207, 213, 217, 264-265, 283, 286, 291
Hardy, Mrs., 185
Hawk, 275
Hell Gate, 220, 261-263, 277, 278
Hollesen, 68
Horqueta, 56
Horses, branding, 66 buying, 22 cargoing, 50-51, 55-56, 74 crossing river, 199, 211 friendships, 52 Indian, 110 names, 35 number, 26, 33 shoeing, 183 shooting with, 160 size, 110 straying, 37, 39 taming, 35, 36, 110
Huemul, description, 146, 243, 249-250 habitat, 128, 248-249, 269, 280 habits, 163, 240-242, 249-251
Ibis, black-faced, 135
Icebergs, 267, 270, 274, 279
Incensio, 90
Indians, see Tehuelches
Indian trail, 5, 109, 140, 171
Jaguar (felis onca), 68, 248, 325-326
Jeinemeni, River, 159, 161
Jones, H., 23, 76, 77, 139, 158, 166, 178, 242, 248
Katarina, River, 261, 279, 283-285
La Cancha, Laguna, 117
La Gaviota, 177, 179
Lama huanachus, see Guanaco
Lapwings, cayenne, 187
Lasso, 77, 80
Launch, breakdown, 213, 268, 271 description, 197, 200-201 passage of Leona, 204-212 North Fjord, 262-270, 278-280 South Fjord, 271-274
Leña dura, 228, 263, 265, 269, 286
Leona, River, 198, 201-212
Lion, see puma
Madrina, 34
Magellan, 5, 87
Mareca sibilatrix, see widgeon
Martineta, 49
Maté, 28, passim
Mauser, 49, 151, 157, 164, 233
Metopiana peposaca, see rosy-billed duck
Mirage, 4, 29, 47
Moreno, Dr. F. P., 10, 242, 248, 261-262, 301-304
Moro, 290
Musters, Capt. G. C., 79, 88, 93, 99, 101, 247, 251, 332
Musters, Lake, 61
Mylodon, antiquity, 312-313, 315, 317, 329, 330 description of auditory ossicles, 321 brain cavity, 320 excrement, 323-324 skin, 305-309, 322-323 skull and mandible, 317-320 vertebræ and limb-bones, 321 discovery of remains, 302-304, 315-316 identification, 309-315, 324-325 number, 316 Tehuelche Legends, 330-333
Olin, River, 172
Onas, hunting, 107 ill-treatment of, 109 physique, 108 weapons, 7 women, 108
Onohippidium saldiasi, 327
Orchids, 276
Ostrich, 26, 42, 43, 106, 231, 239 eggs, 45, 63, 146, 163 feathers, 119 habits, 136, 163, 239 hunting, 136, 137
Otter, 260
Overo, 41, 52
Owl, 275 pigmy, 269
Oyster-catchers, 117
Pampas, 1, 2, 4, 29, 30, 192
Paradox, 233
Parrot, 275
Patagonia, climate, 5, 294 exploration, 5, 6-10 physical features, 2-4, 13 settlements, 11, 21-23
Pearson, Lake, 283-286, 334-335
Pearson's puma, 155, 253
Phœnicopterus ignipalliatus, see flamingo
Picnics, 278
Pigafetta, 6
Pigeon, 158
Pintails, brown, 58, 74-78, 136
Plover, cayenne, 27
Primero de Mayo, 15-19
Puerto Belgrano, 17
Puerto Madryn, 19
Puma, description, 45, 251 destructiveness, 30, 252 habitat, 44, 68, 212, 251 habits, 62, 242-244, 252 hunting, 62, 251 number, 251 size, 251
Punta Arenas, 2, 292
Querquedula cyanoptera, see blue-winged teal
Querquedula versicolor, see grey teal
Redwood, 275
Rhea Darwini, see ostrich
Rica Lake, see Lake Argentino
Roblé-wood, 265, 269
Rosada, 34, 52, 53
Santa Cruz, 178-180, 182, 192
Santa Cruz River, 181, 184, 198-199
Sarcorhamphus gryphus, see condor
Scorpion, 127
Scrivenor, J. B., 17, 39, 49, 170, 181
Senguerr, River, 71, 72
Sheep farming, 17, 29, 62, 177, 294-295
Shoveller, red, 136
Skunk, 260
Snipe, 76, 189
Spatula platalea, see red shoveller
Swan, black-necked, 78, 136
Teal, grey, 61 blue-winged, 77, 136 yellow-billed, 169
Tehuelches, 82-115 cacique, 7, 101 ceremonies at birth, 96 at marriage, 93 at burial, 97 character, 87, 90, 91, 92, 101-103 comparison with Esquimaux, 100
Tehuelches, comparison with Onas, 107-108 dance, 92 dress, 87, 94 drink, 88-89, 96, 102, 111-114 food, 87, 100 half-bloods, 91, 93, 94 horses, 99, 106, 110 hunting, 104-117 language, 101 marriage, 93 numbers, 88, 101, 109 occupation, 88, 94-95 physique, 6, 8, 9, 87-88, 90, 99, 101 religion, 97-99 skull-deformation, 92 smoking, 100-101 superstition, 86, 96-98 toldos, 82, 83, 85 weapons, 7, 89-90 women, 90-94, 288
Temperature, 58, 67, 120
Tent, 127, 173
Theristicus caudatus, see black-faced ibis
Traders, 111-113, 295
Trelew, 20-22
Trelew, Mrs., 52, 170, 182
Vanellus cayennensis, see cayenne plover
Ventana, Sierra, 175
Viedma, Lake, 9, 197, 203
Waag, H. P., 10, 62, 129, 174, 242, 291
Waggon, 42, 44, 47-49
Waldron, 11
Welsh colonies, 11, 21-23 colonists, 12, 22, 23, 64
Widgeon, 49, 58, 61, 133, 136, 269, 282
Wind, 116, 127
Wolf, Cordillera, 132, 134, 142, 244-246, 259-265, 269, 274, 280
Woodpecker, red-crested, 279
Xenelaphus bisulcus, see huemul
Zaino, Little, 160, 167 old, 55, 71