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Show NATIVE TRIBE LITTLE KNOWN Ternjeiches of Fatagonia H;e Many of the Characteristics cf North American Indians. Many aro the strange and interesting interest-ing native tribes that are found in the Americas. Aiu'iig the most intetvt- iiiU are tiie i c' the ..su-'c'i, who Inhal'it an almost as jet unknown country, ami in language, and. character, char-acter, and race, are alt.v'.luT distinct dis-tinct from oilier Indians, sajs an article ar-ticle on "People of the O-trioh" in Boys' life. They live in the remote and almost legendary regions el" the ! "land of large-feetod men" a hind, . that like Chili, 1'eni, Mexico, and northwest Souih America, has its story of the existence of a hidden city anions the unexplored yilds of their Cordilleras. The Tolmolehes of I'ntaeonia. that vast peninsular end of Smith America, ; are scattered across it. from the , Straits of Magellan and the Kio No- j gro a territory of over 1,(.mX miles in length and .'WO at lis narrywest. A brave, active, athletic people, won- j derfnl horsemen, singularly expert with their weapons and Implements, who load a wandering life, and hunt the wild cattle, the guanacos and ostriches. For Patagonia is a home of that splendid hird, which was there ages before men crossed its path in the faraway wilds of the interior. in-terior. To the Tchuelchcs, this tine bird is ns important in their existence as the guanaoo, for they are a race of hunters, and grow but little food for themselves. |