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1st cd., 34; de Brosses, i, 344; Marcel, c, 111). Most of the authorities 

 on the Yahgans and Onas make no mention of such a custom in use 

 by these two tribes, or else deny outright its existence. It is never- 

 theless afhrmed for the Yahgans by Dr. Lovisato (a, 199; h, 148), 

 Capt. Bove (a, 799; &, 141; c, 134; d, Arch., 297), and Dr. Spegazzini 

 (a, 12), and for the Onas by Mr. Barclay (a, 76), Dr. Dabbene (h, 262), 

 and Dr. Holmberg {a, 59) .^ 



Various customs 



The Yahgan prayer to the deceased and the Alacalufan hair amulet 

 have already been mentioned (supra under CuU). Dr. Lucy-Fos- 

 sarieu states (173-174) that after the death of one of the children be- 

 longing to the Alacalufan troupe exhibited at Paris the relatives 

 approached the fire with a grave air and threw into it pieces of meat 

 and bread. 



Among the Yahgans and Onas the dead man's hut or shelter is 

 burned, the place is abandoned, and his name never more mentioned; 

 they fear the dead, and wiU not touch the bones. The Yahgans, and 

 to a lesser extent the Onas, seem to be willing to surrender the bones 

 of their people without very great objection (Lovisato, h, 149; Bove, 

 a, 799-800; h, 107, 142; c, 135; d, Arch., 297; Martial, 206-207' Dab- 

 bene, b, 193; Cojazzi, 75). 



MYTHOLOGY. FOLK TALES, AND TRADITIONS 



Sources 



(a) Yahgans— Barclay, a, 64-65; Benignus, 24.3; Th. Bridges, «,* Fr. tr., 178, 

 181-182; k, 236, 239; Cojazzi,* 10&-107; Despard,* b, 717; Grubb, 1.39; Ilahn, c; Hyades, 

 q, 281; Martial,* 213-214. 



(6) Onas.— Barclay,* a, 77-78; c, iv; Beauvoir, a, 6; b, 165-166, 201-202, 217-218; 

 Benignus, 233; Cojazzi,** 38, 76-92, 101-102 (Manekenkn): Coriat, 207; Dabbene,* a, 

 76-78; b, 271-273; Furlong, g, 7; k* Shilk'nam and probably Manekenkn; C. Gallardo, 

 130, 196-197, 338-340; Holmberg, a, 91; Segers, 65. 



Based on the foregoing: Canas P., 397, 399-400; Dabbene,* a, 66-67; b, 205-206; 

 Ehrenreich, b, 36; Payro, 186-188. 



For references on the Initiation Spirits, see supra under Initiations. 



We have no detailed information at all on the mythological con- 

 ceptions of the Chonos and Alacaluf. For the Yahgans and espe- 

 ciaUy for the Onas we now have a fair amount of naaterial, although 

 by no means abundant. 



Creation 



Among the Onas, Pimaukel, the first man, made all things, or at 

 least the plants and animals (C. GaUardo, 338; Beauvoir, h, 166). 

 Another myth relates that formerly there lived on earth bearded 



' The large arrowheads (?) found by Capt. Bovo on or near Picton Island (Lovisato, 6, 101-102) were 

 buried with the bodies. These very large skeletons may possibly have been of Onas. 



