CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Scope of the present work 1 



General division of tribes 2 



Yahgans 2 



Names 2 



Territory 3 



Present condition 4 



Alacaluf 5 



Names 5 



Territory 6 



Linguistic evidence 10 



Glossary 12 



Somatological evidence 29 



Cultural evidence 29 



Chonos 30 



Names and territory 30 



Language 34 



Somatology 41 



Culture 43 



Present condition of the Chonos and Alacaluf 46 



Onas '. 48 



Names 48 



Territory ^ 49 



Shilk'nam-Milnekenkn relations 49 



Ona-Teluielche relations 52 



Present condition 56 



Past and future of Fuegian investigations 59 



Early writers and explorers to 1 800 59 



History of investigation 00 



Future of Fuegian and Chonoan investigation G3 



Author bibliography 65 



Subject bibliography 137 



Orientation 137 



Bibliographies 137 



Ethnological maps 137 



Environment 137 



Somatology 138 



Anatomy 138 



Anatomy, physiology, pathology 140 



Expression of the emotions 140 



Languages-- 141 



Lexical sources 141 



Grammatical sources 144 



Texts 144 



General remarks 144 



VII 



