INHABITANTS OF ARGENTINA. 



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names of assimilated Calcliaqui tribes, such as the Andalaga, Tolombon, Cafayate, 

 Fiambala, Tinogasta, and Famatiua. Tucuman is also a modified Calchaqui 

 name. 



All the northern part of the Argentine Mesopotamia is still occupied by 

 populations of undoubted Guaraui descent, although the tribal names have dis- 



Fig. 163.— Indian Populations of Xorth Aeoentina. 

 Scale 1 ; 19,000,000. 



appeared, and the Spanish language is steadily spreading from all the urban 

 centres. The Chirihuanas (Chiriguanos), who are nearly pure Guarani from the 

 Bolivian province of Tarija, occupy parts of Cbaco, where they seek employment 

 on the sugar plantations of the Bermejo and Juramento valley's. Their Guarani 

 dialect differs little from that of Paraguay ; but at present most of these semi- 

 independent Chiriguanos speak Spanish. 



