ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Grateful acknowledgment is made to many persons for assistance in 

 the present study. Foremost among these are the Araucanians them- 

 selves, for without their willing and intelligent cooperation this work 

 could not have been carried out. Special thanks are due to the men, 

 women, and children of Alepiie, Chile, for the cordial welcome to the 

 Araucanian country they gave me and my field assistant. To the 

 children of Alepue school, I express special heartfelt thanks for genial 

 helpfulness in collecting plants, writing stories, and demonstrating 

 games. They will find their names in the "List of Informants." 



I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Monsignor Guido Beck 

 and the Capuchin Fathers — especially the late Father Sigifredo — and 

 to the Capuchin Brothers of the Araucanian country of Chile for their 

 generous assistance and the many courtesies shown me during the 

 months of fieldwork. To the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart 

 under the leadership of Mother Mikleta, the Franciscan Sisters of the 

 Holy Cross under Mother Romualda, and the Misioneras Catequistas 

 under Mother Josephina, I owe a debt of gratitude for their interest 

 and friendship. Especially do I express deep and sincere appreciation 

 to Sisters Gerena and Sapientia of Alepue, Sisters Youcundiana, 

 Carola, and Magdalena of Cofiaripe, Sisters Waltrudis and Miguelina 

 of Panguipulli, and Mothers Josephina and Teresita of Boroa, for 

 their generous hospitality, untiring efforts in selecting and contacting 

 informants, assistance in checking information, and services rendered 

 as interpreters. 



I am also grateful to Francisca Fraundorfner of Panguipulli and 

 Balsamina Nera of Chan Chan, teachers of Araucanian children, and 

 to Father Pascual Alkapan, Sister Carola Kurilem, Sister Veronica 

 and Sister Sofia Lenam — all of them Araucanians — for interpreting 

 information given in the Araucanian language. 



Special thanks are due Huberto Fuenzalida, Director of the 

 Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, for photographs of 

 museum specimens. For assistance in museums and libraries, grateful 

 acknowledgment is also made to Fuenzalida and his Assistant Director, 

 Crete Mostny; Leopoldo Pizarro, Director of the Museo Historia 

 Nacional de Chile, Santiago, and his Assistant Director, Maria 

 Bichon ; Ricardo Donoso, Director of the Biblioteca Nacional de 

 Santiago; Maria Quiroga Infante of Santiago; Carlos O. Henckel 



