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f"aui;iil liy llie neck. iV stniií.uh' lili tliey rlioil. In llus \\íiy 

 geese specially wei-e cmi,^ht in <'onsi(lernl)le numl)ei's, in the 

 little víilleys of pasture leading duwn to lakes. 



The Ona tribe have no canoes, as their coast is wiUioul 

 harbours & sheltering islands, and also ihey have no trees in 

 the major part of Lheii- (■(»iinti-y lo make them willi. Foi- Uiis 

 reason they have been known by the ñame Foot Indinns, tu 

 distinguish them tVom the Canoe India ns. 



The Ona aro in language, manner of hfe, slature, & iihy- 

 sical condition of their oountry identical with their brotliren 

 across the Magellan Strait, the Tehuelches of Southern Pata- 

 gonia. Having gathered some hundreds of Ona worils, and 

 compared them wúh the Tsonaca oí- Tehuelches they were 

 found largely to coincide. 



liut the Ona not having horses ore not bowlegged like tlie 

 Patagonians. but are straiglit limbed active & strong of foot. 



The are & have been for a number of years most unhappiiy 

 circumstanced as regards gold miners & farmers & other 

 visitors to their country. Being found a hindrance, & source of 

 danger by these new coniers, they have universally been shot 

 down, as often without cause, as in reprisal for harm done by 

 them, in the way of stealing & killing horses, cattle, & sheep. 



And cerlainly the pooi' hidians wIki should Ije a help, and 

 ought to be made so by the new comers, are found in the 

 way, and a nuisance, and are treated accordingly, and as the 

 country is more & more occupied by settlers so more surely 

 & swiflly the natives that were, be no more. Nothing but the 

 timely & kind, determined action of government will effect a 

 remedy to this improper & unhappy state of things. Tlie na- 

 tives can be made usefui tarín hands. and with reasonable 

 maslei's make faithful i^ efhcient servants for all kinds of 

 work. I speak after many years experience both as a missio- 

 nary and employer. When paid according to their work they 

 are susceptable of great industry it perseverance. The great 

 difficulty of happy intercourse lies in the difference of lan- 

 guage. The Ona are a tall. stout people, and their numbers 

 ai'e said to be thousands. i dniri lliink they are 1000, h'om 

 investigations I made of their numbers. Their country is a 

 good one, abounding in guanacos, geese, ducks, tucutucus, 

 swans, & llamingos, but their chief supplies they get from the 

 shore, in the way of shellfish, fish, seáis, otters, & sea birds. 



The Yaligans of whom I have already incidentally said so 

 much I need now say little, l'urther than to state their number 



