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mon to the Fuegians, as well as to the other American aborigmes. 

 Dr. Hyades exphcitly {p, 331) and Capt. Martial implicitly (197) state 

 that the Yahgan cliild is cared for by the parents until marriage, 

 and the same is implicitly assured for the Onas by Dr. Gallardo (217 

 and passim). 



On the other hand, among the Yahgans (Hyades, p, 331; King, 

 444) and perhaps among the Alacaluf (King, 55; Coppinger, 51, 65) 

 children are sometimes sold or bartered. 



Infanticide and Abortion 



A. Yahgans. — DeUberate abortion is common (Hahn, a, 805; Mar- 

 tial, 198; Th. Bridges, cited by Hyades, q, 376) and infanticide not 

 rare (Martial, 198; Th. Bridges, cited by Hyades, q, 376). Regarding 

 infanticide, however, there is some question. Dr. Hyades came across 

 no cases of it himself (g, 376), and states elsewhere that the Yahgans 

 do not practice it (p, 331). In three of the Rev. Mr. Bridges' papers 

 (a, Fr. tr,, 169; h, 208; Ic, 240) it is stated that infanticide is rare 

 or very rare, except in the following cases : Desertion on the part of the 

 husband and father, great deformity in the child, too much annoy- 

 ance to the clan from the child's crying, too many girl babies. These 

 detailed accounts by Mr. Bridges, followed by Dr. Dabbene {a, 63; 

 h, 190), are probably nearest the truth. Twins are apparently not 

 put to death (Holmberg, a, 57). 



B. Onas. — Infanticide does not occur at all among the Onas, nor 

 does intentional abortion except occasionally in fits of violent rage 

 (C. Gallardo, 136, 227-228, 233). 



Naming, Weaning, and Carrying Child 



The Ona father after a child's birth makes no inquiries about it, 

 not even regarding its sex, until the mother volunteers the informa- 

 tion (C. Gallardo, 230; Cojazzi, 25-26). The Yahgan child is more 

 commonly, although not always, named after the locality in which it 

 is born (Hyades, q, 376; Dabbene, h, 190; and others), the Ona child 

 more commonly, although again not always, after some physical 

 peculiarity (C. Gallardo, 234; arid others). 



Among the Onas the child is not weaned until it is 2 years old 

 (C. Gallardo, 232), among the Yahgans not until it is 3 years old 

 (Hyades, q, 195) or even older (Despard, &, 698). 



Among all three Fuegian tribes it is a common custom for the 

 mother to carry her infant on her back in a fold of her mantle (cf. 

 for the Alacaluf: III. in Barent Jansz, 1600 ed.; Bougainville, 2d ed., 

 I, 292; Viirgas Ponce, a, 340; Reynaud, a, 92; Coppinger, 50; Skotts- 

 berg, c, 97. For the Yahgans : Hyades, 3, pl. xiii and xviii. For the 

 Onas: Furlong, c, 448; Pertuiset, 217; C. Gallardo, 229, 232). 



Among the Onas only is the child's cradle in use- — in this case a 

 ladder-shaped structure made of two upright and nearly parallel 



