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riglits 111:13- ^>e considered as the living room, while in the rear 

 small partitions extend from each of the posts in the third row 

 to the opposite one in the middle row, thus divi«ling this space 

 into a series of sleeping compartments from four to six feet in 

 width, and sufficient to accommodate one or two persons. I 

 think this condition of affairs should he regarded as a decided 

 advance over that found in other trihos with transportahlc hah- 

 itations, and that it has had a decidedly hencficial influen(;o upon 

 the social relations of the Tehuelches I do not douht. That we 

 have here represented three stages in that development which has 



TEHUELCHE FAMILY AND lOLUU 



Frotn a Photograph by J. li. HaUhfi 



led up to the nineteenth century dwelling with all moilern con- 

 veniences can hardly he douhted. Most primitive of the three is 

 that of the Channel Indian,who once in each week or two through- 

 out his entire life spends perhaps half an hour in gathering the 

 hranches to construct the rude " wickiup " which forms his ideal 

 of a domestic habitation. 



The Tehuelches of southern Patagonia are almost entirely un- 

 acquainted with the use of firearms, hut they have an abundance 

 of horses and dogs, by the aid of which, together with their boUe- 



