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loose character or a semiprofessioiial is rather looked down on 

 (Hyades, p, 335). 



B. Onas. — While a man is indifferent to the past of his prospective 

 wife, virginity is preserved by both boys and girls as a rule until mar- 

 riage, as both are carefully guarded by their parents (C, Gallardo, 217). 



The Yahgans joke about unnatural vice, but do not practice it 

 (Hyades, p, 334; q, 294; Mondiere, 114). Dr. Karech-Haack (446) 

 quotes Dr. Ai"ndt to the contrary, but adds that Dr. Arndt gives no 

 authority for the charge. On sohtary vice there appears to be Uttle 

 pubhshed evidence (cf. ten Kate, 39). 



Care op Aged 



Among the three Fuegian tribes the aged are respected and well 

 treated (Fitz-Roy, a, 179, 186; Th. Bridges, h, 206; Despard, h, 698; 

 Martial, 205; Hyades, p, 332; C. Gallardo, 136, 124, 358; Spegazzmi, a, 

 19). Capt. King (23) saw at Port St. Mary a very old Alacalufan 

 woman so infirm that she had to be lifted out of the canoe, while Capt. 

 Snow (a, vol. i, 362) observed in one wigwam an old blind Yahgan 

 woman. Dr. Spegazzini (a, 19) speaks of an aged Ona who was blind, 

 and who was always accompanied by his grandson as guide. Taking 

 into consideration the nomadic habits of the Fuegians, the above 

 cases speak well for the natives' regard for the aged. 



For other data concerning treatment of the aged, see infra, under 

 Political Culture, and Sacredness of Life and CannibaUsm under 

 Moral Culture. 



Care of the Child 



Love for and good treatment of children are amply attested for 

 all three Fuegian tribes (cf., for Alacaluf : King, 76; Meriais, 390; 

 Manouvrier, a, 762, 770-771; Bougainville, 2d ed., i, 298-300; Mor- 

 tillet, discussion after Manouvrier, a, 782; Skottsberg, d, 595. For 

 Yahgans: Th. Bridges, h, 208; Dabbene, h, 191; Hyades, p, 331; 

 Outes, d, 140; Snow, a, vol. i, 326, 349, 362-363; h, 262; Spegazzini, 

 a, 10-11; Weddell, 156-157; Wilkes, a, vol. i, 130, 1845 ed., i, 126; 

 h, 52. For Onas: C. Gallardo, 135; Pertuiset, 217; Popper, d, 138; 

 Lista, b, 128, Onas of south; Outes, d, 135). 



Capt. Bove states that the Yahgan mother's love wanes as the child 

 is weaned and ceases entirely at the child's seventh or eighth year 

 (a, 795; h, 137; c, 130; d, Arcli., 293; e, 158). Tliis ^aew concurred 

 in by Dr. Lo\asato (6, 145-146) and accepted by Dr. Brinton (c, 330) 

 and Prof. Keane (b, 432), is almost certainly far too severe, being 

 flatly contradicted by the bulk of authorities, many of whom had 

 much more experience among the natives than had Capt. Bove and 

 Dr. Lovisato. Here, as in their estimate of many features of Yahgan 

 affective life, Capt. Bove and Dr. Lovisato seem to have been misled 

 by the studied dissemblance of the affective emotions which is com- 



