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Skottsberg, Carl Johan Fredrik — Contd. 



material as tho Ymer paper does, with the omis- 

 sion, however, of the Steele account and the 

 anthropometrical data; but Dr. Skottsberg pub- 

 lishes here for the first time an extensive vocabu- 

 lary of about 285 words with 16 sentences (pp. 

 606-611) taken from the language of the Channel 

 natives. There follows (pp. 611-614) an inter- 

 esting discussion of the relations of this vocabu- 

 lary to the Alacaluf lists given by Admiral Fitz- 

 Roy and Dr. llyades. On p. 615 there are a few 

 notes on the Ilaush. Ethnological map and 18 

 good photographs and cuts. 



(e) Some additional notes on the 

 language of the natives in the Pata- 

 gonian channels. (Ibid., 1915, n. s. 

 XVII, no. 2, pp. 411-413.) 



A comparison of his own with Dr. Coppinger's 

 vocabulary, an added note on the Fitz-Roy list 

 and some corrections of misprints in the pre- 

 ceding article. 



Dr. Skottsberg's papers, which constitute the 

 most important recent study of the little-known 

 canoe-using natives of the Patagonian channels, 

 are based on very careful and exact though some- 

 what limited personal observation. The expe- 

 dition spent about a month in May-Jrme, 1908, 

 between Port Gallant and the Gulf of Penas, en- 

 countering natives several times, none, however, 

 north of Port Grappler. 



The linguistic material was gathered chiefly 

 from a native woman, Emilia, living at Port 

 Gallant, who spoke a little Spanish and who ac- 

 companied the expedition for a month as inter- 

 preter. Some aid was also given by the natives 

 at Port Gallant and Port Bueno and to a 

 minimal extent by those of Port Grappler. The 

 author's vocabulary agrees very closely with 

 Father Borgatello's. Dr. Skottsberg in his com- 

 parative study unfortunately neglects a greater 

 part of the important Alacalufan linguistic ma- 

 terial. While his conclusion that his vocabulary 

 represents a fourth Fuegian language can hardly 

 be accepted, yet he has done Fuegian anthro- 

 pology a great service in showing that the Ala- 

 calufan language is spoken as far north at least 

 as Port Grappler, and probably as the Gulf of 

 Peiias. This in turn, with the other evidence 

 from older sources, makes it not at all improbable 

 that the Chonos themselves may have spoken an" 

 Alacalufan dialect. For fuller discussion of this 

 whole subject, see Introduction to present bibli- 

 ography. 



It may be added that Dr. Skottsberg had had 

 a certain amount of contact with the Onas and 

 Yahgans of Beagle Channel in 1902 as a member 

 of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1903. 



Skyring, W. G. 



Extracts from journal. (In King 

 passim.) 



Contain (pp. 207, 342-345) a few notes on na- 

 tives met in Neesham Bay and Sarmiento and 

 Messier Channels. Lieut. Skyring was assistant 

 surveyor and, from Aug. to Dec, 1828, com- 

 mander of the Beagle during the first expedition , 



Slocum, Joshua 



(a) Sailing alone around the world. 

 (In Century mag., New York, 1899, 

 Lvm, n. 8. XXXVI, 938-953, 1900, lix, 

 n. s. XXXVII, 134-148.) 



Contains passim unimportant accounts of mi- 

 friendly encoimters with the Alacaluf in the 

 western part of the Strait. 



(b) Around the world in tho sloop 

 Spray, New York, 1903. 



Contams same data passim in ch. 7-9. 



Smith, W. G. Rae 



A visit to Patagonia. (In Scottish 

 geogr. mag., Edinburgh, 1912, xxvin, 

 no. 9, pp. 456-475.) 



Contains (p. 461) three short paragraphs on 

 the Fuegians; not important. The author did 

 not get farther south than Punta .Vrenas. 



Snow, William Parker 



(a) A two years' cruise off Tierra del 

 Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Pata- 

 gonia and in the River Plate, 2 vols., 

 London, 1857. 



Contains rather important data on the culture 

 ofthenativesmetat Picton Island, Lennox Cove, 

 Beagle Channel, and Woolya, all apparently 

 Yahgans. See especially the long account of the 

 Picton Island natives (i, 324-352), including 5 

 words of uncertain signification (pp. 320-327, 340) 

 and stature measurements of 2 men (p. 340). 

 Other data passim in vol. i, ch. 22-25, and vol. 

 n, ch. 20-29. 



(h) A few remarks on the wild tribes 

 of Tierra del Fuego from personal ob- 

 servation. (In Trans. Elhnol. soc, 

 London, 1861, n. s. i, 261-267.) 



A more orderly summary of the cultural data 

 scattered through the preceding work. 



((■) A cruise among the Fuegians. 

 (In Harper's new monthly mag.. New 

 York, Jan., 1864, xxviii, 160-167.) 



Contains approximately the same cultural 

 data as the preceding. This article was pub- 

 lished anonymously, but was evidently written 

 by Capt. Snow. 



(^apt. Snow had a good deal of contact with 

 the Yahgans during his stay in their territory in 

 1855. His account is sympathetic and seems to 

 be careful and exact as far as it goes. 



Sobron, Felix C. Y. 



Los idiomas do la Amf^rica latina, 

 Madrid, [1875]. 



The section on the Fuegians (pp. 82-84) is 

 based on Fitz-Roy exclusively and is very loosely 

 written; not important. 



