THE QUERANDIS OR PEHUELCHES. 



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Europeans. Their weapons of war were lances and the for- 

 midable bolas, — by means of which, used as slings, they could 

 send stones to a great distance, — and combustible materials, 

 with which they set fire to the Spanish houses. Their huts 

 were composed of upright poles, four or five feet in height, and 



ENCAMPMENT OF PAMPAS INDIANS. 



as many apart, on which skins of large animals — such as the 

 huanacus or ostrich — were fastened, on the side from whence 

 the cold winds blew. These huts formed long streets ; but 

 were used only during cold or rainy weather, as in fine weather 

 they slept on the uncovered ground. 



