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The Peruvian sub-group comprises the Kechuas and Aymaras, 

 Puquinas, Yuncas, Atacameflos, and Changos. The exact affilia- 

 tion of these languages has not yet been made out. Dr. Brinton 

 thinks that ultimately the Aymara will be shown to be either a 

 dialect of Kechua, or a jargon imade up of Kechua and other 

 stocks. 



The South Atlantic group is a very extensive one, including the 

 innumerable tribes of the Amazonian and Pampean regions, who 

 are spread over the territory from the Orinoco to Tierra del Fuego. 

 The principal subdivisions of the Amazonian sub-group are the 

 Tupis (with some forty dialects) ; the Tapuyas (with nearly as 

 many); the Arawaks (more diverse even than the Tupis); the 

 Caribs (with numerous dialects); the Corvados, Carajas, etc. ; the 

 Carib and Arawak tribes of the Orinoco basin; the numerous 

 tribes of the basin of the Upper Amazon (Zaparos, Jivaros, etc.); 

 and the Chiquitos, Mosatenas, Cayubabas, and other tribes of the 

 Bolivian Highlands. The author attaches the Paiconoca and 

 Saraveca to the Arawak stock, and thinks that Carajas have 

 Tapuya affinities, while the Yahuas and Pebas appear to be some- 

 what related. 



In the subdivision of the Pampean region Dr. Brinton has ar- 

 ranged the Guaycurus, Lules, Payaguas, and other peoples of the 

 Grand Chaco; the Pampeans, Araucanians, and Chonos; the 

 Patagonians and Puegians. The modern Vilela the author is in- 

 clined to consider the present representative of the Lules of whom 



Father Machoni wrote in 1732. The affinities of the coast tribes 

 of Patagonia are uncertain. The relations of the Patagonians 

 (Chonek) still remain to be settled. Among the Fuegians there 

 appear to be at least three distinct linguistic stocks, — the Aliku- 

 luf, the Ona, and the Yahgan. 



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