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ill de Brosses, i, 441), but there is no torture of living victims. Blood- 

 feuds are often settled by compensation (cf . detailed account of blood- 

 revenge customs in Th. Bridges, &, July 1, 1879, 151-155). 

 ' Suicide. — Premeditated suicide is unknown among either the Yah- 

 gans or Onas (C. Gallardo, 133; Dabbene, 6, 203). 



Human sacrifice. — The Rev. Mr. Bridges, in his earliest paper (a, 

 Fr. tr., 181), written before his coming to Ushuaia, states that infants 

 are sometimes thrown overboard to appease Lucooma, the spirit of 

 the tides and whirlwinds, but this item is not found in his later papers 

 (cf. also Ball, 261). 



Care of the ill. — The ill, when there is hope of recovery, are given 

 kindly and careful, even if strenuous, treatment; but among both the 

 Yahgans and Onas the custom prevails of strangling, albeit with humane 

 intent, the hopelessly ill, whether young or old. The southern Onas, 

 however, deny that they do this (C. Gallardo, 295). Onas who 

 tlirough illness, infirmity, or accident, are unable to follow the moving 

 clan may be abandoned to their fate — a fate which they accept sor- 

 rowfully but stoically (C. Gallardo, 124, 294-296). 



CANNIBALISM 



Sources 



(a) Alacalup.— Fitz-Roy,* a, 2, 183, 189; Vargas Ponce, b, 29. 



(b) Yahgans.— Bove, a, 801; b, 143; d, Arch., 298; Th. Bridges, a, Fr. tr., 177; h* 

 205-206; k* 234-235; Cojazzi, 110-111; Despard, b, 680; Furlong, ;; Ilyades, p* 331; 

 q* 257-259, 22; see also discussion and notes by Hyades, Bordier, and de Nadaillac, in 

 Bull. Soc. d'anthr. de Paris, 1888, 502-504,* 505-506, 66, 29-30; Martial, 193-194. 



(c) Onas.— Beauvoir,* b, 2](>-211; Furlong, d,* 223; i, 11; C. Gallardo,* 176, 321; 

 Marguin, 501; Popper, d, 138, 141; Rousson-Wi Hems, a, 181. 



(d) FuEGiANS.— Dai-win,* a, 1871 ed., 214; King, 462; Cojazzi, 141-143; Lovisato,* 

 b, 101, 151. 



Based on the foregoing: Andree, 90; Barros Arana, b, vol. i, 46; Chastrey, 254; Koch, 

 a, 95-96; b, 48; Penna, 201-202; Semple, 465; Steinmetz,* 16. 



The attribution of cannibalistic practices to the Fuegians was com- 

 mon among tlie early explorers (cf., e. g., de Brosses, i, 441), but the 

 charge assumed more tangible form after the publication of Admiral 

 Fitz-Roy's and Mr. Darwin's narratives of the Beagle expeditions, and 

 has been accepted, or at least quoted apparently with approval, by 

 many writers down to our own day (cf. Barros Arana, b, vol. i, 46; 

 Chastrey, 254; Penna, 201-202; Semplc, 465). 



So far as the Yahgans and Onas are conc(!rned there is sufficient 

 evidence to clear them of the charge beyond all reasonable doubt 

 (Yahgans: Bove, a, 801; 6, 143; d, Arch., 298; Th. Bridges, a, Fr. 

 tr., 177; h, 205-206; Jc, 234-235; Cojazzi, 110, 61; Despard, h, 680 

 Furlong, j; Hyades, p, 331; q, 257-259; Martial, 193-194; Onas 

 Beauvoir, 6, 211; Cojazzi, 143; C. Gallardo, 176, 321; Furlong, d, 223 

 i, 11; Marguin, 501; Popper, d, 138, 141; Rousson-Willems, a, 181 

 and other recent first-hand students). The natives whenever ques 



