| Show terra del fuego ui ij L an officer ip irl aill the ibe e up united ite ltv states state s navy in jn a letter to the irna IZNa national lonal lonai ional enger 11 give elsei the fhe th following follo 1 v description ylo yio llo or that almost t unknown deop I 1 elt eit of Ter terra d el fanego tao lip ohp island continent lat t the tha Soil southern thern extremity of south sauth america w I Ther Terra terna del so called from the 0 o inhabit h ch in in turg turp derived its name from frond tap of aft art s s een seen 1 along alone tr tiie tile shore sho bho re ly by the first ti navigators ogrator fg pator j made nade their appear can tan unee ince ce while gewere anch r eda t borja bay ah or V ve had llad readied this place a small angular colhop wass een cen ln to leavel leavelle leavet leav leay elthe he ta helk ys way was towards qs our hi pani in a ve opre honored by a I 1 visit froni froal two of llie imea ns the their ir numerous wives W ives children 1 uhn urh adm nj on board the uuie veel they the most ia beam beaw be ata I 1 evin evir met moet with willi for they did not jacq aitt they tile liesik nr for and if un ful fal in their application for their wives andich ildren u their isral demand ay iy i for tobacco and biscuit and in endeavoring to purchase somis of or their deap 1 we found that the former the most rost most prized and ext in value were tl abright buttons from our linit ormi and probably the themselves on rinding eople simie simple enough chough to give away awny such asplen lid ornaments orn and then biscuit bis cult cLit old clothes and empty bottles bottle the indians aye ate by far the most mst degraded d and miserable ovall the abo binal inhabitant america they tiley are low in stature stati ire ine and of a copper copner color their clothes consisting af f a sealskin worn with the hait hail outwards and tied round their person bv bvm means eans pans of sinews is of the vety scantiest ties t description j their food is revolting re voltin thley livi chiefly upon and limpers limpets lim pets and andt whenever they can p alir seals agals sea otters offers porpoises and whales I 1 if esh preparing none rone by i fire lire but eating as they cut it from the prey drey in thel city ciar J hey they bear a creater resemblance bl alice atice eto ito to some wild animals than to 0 o human hitman beings their arms seem to con consist sisto solely of bows and arrows and spears pointed sometimes with glass plass and arld sor sometimes with bone bune of topse they willingly dispose in exchange tor for their id fd conte weed 1 i the most noticeable things about them are arc their baskets and ib their air can cances ces res hoth both of which manifest some labor and ingenuity in construction are formed af bark or plaited cras eras the latter are of bark anti and pitt together without a particle par ticla of olf metal the sides and ani are sewed together by means of sinews fineis small bars of wood are pl placed to preserve the shape and the seams sams are caulker caulked catill 0 with ome zoine gummy preparation they are arc small smail and ard light so 60 as to be easily paddled by about two women I 1 bilt but thel skill in ma making kiria the canoes ma mav may be compared to the instinct of ani animal mala maia for it ft fa not improved by expedience we L know now from brake lil lit that 3 t this their mot ingenious borki has remained lip i q tile lat tat in mrea drea pred and e x vv t the tha f cmok tha pien plen s rf 6 of any ony in teller tuai expresion deslon Te slon sion a an I 1 a ihei belong lo 10 then the 1 na 1 til tisey tiley ey expressed I 1 I 1 d as onisha ment ent at no nolans bolans lAns 1 the betten better and did not hesitate to exhibit thein their surprise or limu amusement I 1 shall ne never r for far han at firstos eels t tr a lookingglass looking glass i she birst first looked i at liepp ft ulen lau lan ladled glied and behin behind ifor for the reflection thep loa lof ked ted ag again al und nu laying it down I 1 A on the deck ead savored to seize thelmage the lmae imae I 1 arhe the hair of both sews selb is lq worn longo Io nand and ail alestas almost as coarse agthe mandof mane off a hoise hoi se themen the men i i have llave no beards captain cooke has compared their sound in made raade ade by a man cleir iambia throat ki bat irwin certainly no ito european everi everl cleared his hii throat wih willi SQ so aria a I 1 ch A elatkin eliciting sounds i aone tOne word is made to liss assorto tune iune a great reat neat many dif dlf i the same one for instance the he deity the tha sun a ship thip a child chida a do and mid an aini Rint amulet ilet liet oi or charm consists con kon sisti of a bitof bit of glas glass from A 1 this thia sin in galar pilar pati paucity paricity city of 0 I 1 sounds yn tn the thein their irown own language they readily catall catali the lite frontin bation of ri abd add repeat with perfect any an heir tin they v cannot attach atly leanio to the words ii i hii rii i 11 i 11 their P I 1 hut but very I 1 little itt ill le previously we had fouad found aton alms ili III eln ein vi gwain ewain aj or njal rather ier ler albo wibo appi tron iron ill iti iliner ili neo ngo broken branches oe trees s rek uck lik ilk tri lit th ibe ground and covered with leaves aal aad and gialo crale ta I 1 in cheso miserable huts buts a niall huil io the middle hev they sleep coiled upon the wot wet ground lik liki animal animals I 1 i ii y 14 all their property flip tile they epa cpa cpm 11 ft c crry jb wilh with hem in their co canoe twe every wn his hia a least two wives spine some of jiem fiem flem more achas pa cikas ellas many as he be require to take ak care yf hoi hyp 10 canoe ande ands foyl foya ihk 1 vilie whale labor labon devolves upon the female par pian i t the i t i 1 we were i hat that triese thesty eava sava avasts avas es PS are nay nav nver ca caribal ribal tibal ti unless by a ab sinon ion lon and then they only eat their ola old 1 womer uron upon ihahn bean asked aspedon ask edon on one 9 occasion caric I 1 1171 iphy 41 did not lii kill ill and bat pat then their ther 0 4 6 o 0 of w abich 1 they have great preat numbers th their ein eln own e one of jhom them i s ef allwn that dei ji cald IP Aers qt but thattie thal that the old ola wamen wre w ere faar faan nollin not nol hing hins I 1 I 1 ii I 1 i conr oar y visitors demair r rat fota foca leg lon ion lime limp irn bior eyer ever eiery ry thi itai they saw saxy toe tile TOP sailors i I 1 crowded a roand etem and nod kave rave ta tf them vvo jre jrr Z fady tobacco tb acco ad arid ol 01 0 J I 1 ripy rj py 11 0 f jie tie jfe e former t pv are ax fono fond ya I 1 lre ire deed lie tm in th their air anxiety Y t to 0 anak le tiie tile I 1 1 q tay ir Jr arant anant vu weeds I 1 they tb ey do not emit the s smoke tor lor at it 0 1 al i anning it in their bonns and aud anz p ax sidlow allow ablow the whole oie so a apparent ix to reduce i themselves to the verv verce verze 0 ot ih i ahn presented with the cloth cioth clothes eq lor ilor bor women Jiel ei bonasto lo lon natto nasto to divest ti ine lne vl q C yih rely nely of pear ready scanty p oy ening ering t oas tiie llie iless ife s imp ilg TA tibey ey vern vere with wit h any it 0 n of the kind kindja jf and ap no ay r fw pa ar tern perfect lysat at s with V it dils jils his ce tt tuan 14 aid I 1 these women wh ti dresel sed aln arp it t jn I 1 IX casl cast ost bari ofal hin r nel coa coals coats t s and d t trouser fusers th the I 1 arth at t pv would reap rean reappear pear in munir dhir aal aai pal sams ani their thein iha ir i new habiliments vanished vani vanis shei shet ei we never k kaev n ew v y i i s 71 amons among our servants wen leevera I 1 amna matto t n hi v 1 who seemed to attract more the attention att entin hn of tiie flip ile lie itma lei del eue fue ians lans ahan els eis app 19 re aa v they the y could not no tant understand estand why thear bair hair I 1 curl so go tightly lightly I 1 r 0 own was win s lons ions on 1 and i 1 4 they laughed heartily hear lily it the first ifor boyl boys s abom lv om alipy fil ill 3 wv qa v and ana tom ro 11 wil wll them p probably thinking inkins th althou al gh he be did not so express it t aira rita tria blen bien qui aill i rj ri dernier 11 oie oae of our pur nin rn it who was unable to walk ort acco account tiit tilt of havinga havin cut it hf hii foor foot nett ohp attention of one of the visitors who si unified lii iii hii his ability to cure him bim and arld by askel asket pl for a pin pip lir a and ani pd tobacco tobi cco when furnish furnis lied with w ith thep there the P lie boking mo bing king at A the same imme irme time littering low grunts grunt ihen lenning Ipa over lle ile the lie foo too it lie lle blew a smoke upon it and suddenly raisins raising his face and eleva elevating ele elp vatina tinz his li hands hauls he blew bew hew a large cloud lodd upward imbarl im ward warl this was repeated repealed several tim s but bui owing to the litov litt e raith faith alth hith rep repass aari aspI pd by ohp patt pati patient ent in Ms this mode of pr practise actie altogether r without success i i ir |
