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Several other voyagers saw the Good Success Bay natives m the 

 early nineteenth century, but the real history of Ona investigation 

 began only in 1775 when the Rev. Thomas Bridges first encountered 

 the Onas on a visit to Good Success Bay. Expeditions to the inte- 

 rior of the island under M. Pertuiset in 1873-74, Sr. Serrano Montaner 

 in 1879, and later under Capt. Bove developed httle new information. 



The modern period in the study of the Onas began in earnest 

 with the linguistic studies of Mr. Thomas Bridges in 1875 (b, Mar. 1, 

 1876, 60) and his removal to Harberton in 1886, with the expedition 

 under Sr. Lista in 1886-87, with Dr. Segers' further studies embodied 

 in his important 1891 article, and with the founding of the Salesian 

 missions among the Onas in 1892. 



Since the opening of the present cenlury great progress has been 

 made in the fields of Ona culture and language, thanks above aU to 

 the sons of the Rev. Mr, Bridges, to the Salesian fathers, especially 

 Father Beauvoir, to the Argentinian scientists, particularly Drs. 

 Gallardo and Lehmann-Nitsche, and to Prof. Furlong. , 



The Bridges brothers' intimate knowledge of Ona culture and 

 language has been extensively drawn upon by nearly aU recent in- 

 vestigators, while for other important contributions, above all to Ona 

 linguistics and folklore, we are indebted to the Salesian missionaries. 



Ona cultm-e has been almost exhaustively treated by Dr. Gallardo, 

 while extensive vocabularies have been compiled by Mr. Lucas 

 Bridges and Father Beauvoir. In the department of Ona grammar 

 very little has been published. 



Ona somatology lags behind markedly. A good beginning has 

 been made, however, especially by Drs. Hultkrantz, Hrdhcka, and 

 Outes. 



From aU the foregoing it is seen that the Yahgans alone of the 

 Fuogian peoples have been investigated with anytliing approaching 

 thoroughness, Ona culture and Alacalufan material cidture are well 

 enough known, Chonoan culture very slightly. Of the Chonoan 

 language we possess not one word, of the Alacalufan we have about 

 six hundred words, and of the Onan several thousand. A beginning 

 has been made in the study of Ona grammar, but so far no details 

 at all are accessible on Chon9an or Alacalufan grammar. Alacalufan 

 somatology has been fairly weU studied, Onan and Chonoan quite 

 inadequately. 



The Future of Fuegian and Chonoan Investigation 



How can the lacunae be filled ? The acquisition of further material 

 on the Onas should be comparatively easy. We may expect detailed 

 information on Ona grammar from the Salesians and particularly 

 from the Bridges brothers. Brother Xikora's catechism or prayer 

 book should give some clue to Alacalufan morphology, and perhaps 



