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Walbeeck, Johannes van — Continued 

 carel, vol. ii; in Prevost, vol. xv; in 

 Laet, bk. 12, Lat. and Fr. tr., bk. 13. 



Our earliest and an important source on the 

 Yahgans, containing (pp. 41-43, of 1043 ed.) a 

 rather lengthy and detailed description of the 

 natives met in the Nassau Bay district in Feb- 

 ruary, 1024. Barring a few points (as cannibal- 

 ism, stone fishhook, cattle) the cultural data have 

 been confirmed by later investigators. 



According to Dr. Tiele (a, 80-81; 6, 150) the 

 probable author of the Dutch joiuTial was Johan- 

 nes van Walbeeck. Both he and Decker were 

 members of the e.xpedition. 



Wallis, Samuel 



An account of a voyage round the 

 world in the years MDGCLXVI, 

 MDCCLXVII, and MDCCLXVIII, by 

 Samuel Wallis, Esq., commander of His 

 Majesty's ship the Dolphin. (In 

 Ilawkesworth, i, q. v.) 



Contains (i, 390-392, 403-405; 2d ed., i, 170-172, 

 183-187) some good though hardly important 

 descriptive notes on Alacaluf met casually in 

 Jan., 1707, at Elizabeth Bay and ten leagues east 

 of Cape Upright. 



Walter, Richard 



A voyage round the world in the 

 years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV by 

 George Anson, Esq., London, 1748; 

 Kerr, vol. xi; Purves; Fr. tr., Amster- 

 dam, 1749(Sabin, no. 1637); Germ, tr., 

 Leipzig-Gottingen, 1749 (Sabin, no. 

 1640); Dutch tr., 2d ed., 1749 (Tiele, h, 

 no. 42, p. 11), Amsterdam, 1765 (Sabin, 

 no. 1641); Ital. tr., Livorno, 1756; de 

 Brosses, ii, 259-304; extr. in Sutcliffe; 

 abstr. in E. C. Drake; in World dis- 

 played, 4th ed., vol. vii; in Knox, vol. 

 vii; in Prevost, vol. xv; in Entertain- 

 ing account, 3d ed. 



Contains an interesting l)Ut not very impor- 

 tant account of a family of Chonos met in 1741 

 near the Inchin Islands by the Anna Pink (pp. 

 142-145), and a few notes passim on the natives 

 encountered by the crew of the Wager. 



Weber S., Alfredo 



Chiloe, su cstado actual, su coloniza- 

 cion, su porvenir, Santiago de Chile, 

 1903. 



Contains (p. 8) an unimportant paragraph on 

 the Chonos, and (pp. 22-30) an account of the 

 discovery and early history of Chilo6. 



Webster, Hutton 



Primitive secret societies, New York, 

 1908. 



Contains (pp. 56, 176-177) an account of Yah- 

 gan initiations, based on Ilyades. 



Webster, William Henry Bayley 



Narrative of a voyage to the southern 

 Atlantic Ocean in the years 1828, 29, 

 30, performed in H. M. sloop Chanticleer 

 under the command of the late Captain 

 Henry Foster, F. R. S., from the pri- 

 vate journal of W. H. B. Webster, sur- 

 geon of the sloop, 2 vols., London, 1834. 

 Contains (i, 175-185) an e.xcellent and exten- 

 sive description of the Yahgans met casually in 

 1829 at St. Martin's Cove on Hermit Island. The 

 accoimt is detailed and sympathetic. 



Weddell, James 



A voyage towards the south pole, 

 performed in the years 1822-1824, 

 London, 1825; see also Montemont, 



vol. XXI. 



Contains excellent accounts of the natives, 

 seemingly all Yahgans, met in 1823-24 at St. 

 Martin's Cove, Hermit Island (pp. 148-158), at 

 Blunder Cove (pp. 101-108), and at Indian Cove, 

 New Year Soimd (pp. 172-180). On pp. 188-192 

 are a few remarks chiefly on Fuegian mental 

 capacity, and on p. 173 four native words taken 

 at Indian Cove. The analogies of these words 

 with either Yahgan or Alacaluf are too remote 

 to justify even a probable identification. 



Weert, Sebald de. 1699-1600 



See Barent Jansz Potgieter. 

 Westermarck, Edward 



The origin and development of the 

 moral ideas, 2 vols., 2d ed., London, 

 1912. 



Contains references passim to Fuegian mo- 

 rality, and (n, 081-082) a sharp but not very con- 

 vincing criticism of Mr. Lang's conclusions re- 

 garding the Fuegian "supreme Deity." Mr. 

 Bridges, whom the author cjuotes against Mr. 

 Lang, was an authority on the Yahgans, while 

 the "great black man" was an Alacaluf creation. 



Weule, Karl 



Leitfaden der Volkerkunde, Leipzig- 

 Wein, 1912. 



Contains (pp. 51-53) a short account of the 

 Fuegians and Chonos, and other notes passim; 

 not important. 



Many of Dr. Weule's other works contain 

 passing references to the Fuegians. Cf. Das 

 Meer imd die Naturvolker (in Zu Fr. Ratzels 

 Gedilchtnis), Leipzig, 1904; Die Kultur der 

 Kulturlosen, Stuttgart, [1910]; Die Urgesell- 

 schaft und ihre Lebensfiirsorge, ibid., 1912. 



Whaits, R. 



Yahgan dictionary. MS. (Refer- 

 ence from Spegazzini, c, p. 131.) 



Dr. Spegazzini states (ibid.) that Messrs. Th. 

 Bridges and W^haits "cada luio por su cuenta, 

 han confeccionado diccionarios muy extensos, y 



