March 1830. piIinoLEo—ARAUCANIAN DRESS. 309 
skirts of the town, towards the river Bio-Bio. We found the 
chief’s residence (little better than a rancho, or hut of the 
country), surrounded by Indians, some of whom were armed ; 
and at the door were his two daughters, young, and rather 
good-looking, whose persons and dress we had leisure to 
examine, whilst waiting the chief’s pleasure to receive us. They 
were clothed with a mantle, or wrapper, of green baize, enve- 
loping the body from the neck to the feet, and fastened at the 
breast by a toup, or tupu* (a silver pin, or skewer, headed with 
a round silver plate, three inches in diameter), over which hung 
a string of beads. Their hair, which was remarkably fine and 
clean, as well as neatly dressed, was divided into two plaited 
tails (‘trensas’), and their foreheads were ornamented with a 
broad fillet, worked over with beads. They also wore neck- 
laces, bracelets, ear-rings, and anklets of similar manufacture. 
Our names having been announced to Pinoijeo, he came to 
the door to receive us, and invited us to enter. Some of our 
party he recognized, and seemed pleased at their visiting him. 
We were early, and found him sober ; but from his bloated and 
haggard appearance, it seemed that he had not been long so, 
On entering the hut, we observed a number of Indians, scarcely 
sober, seated round, near the walls. Some turbid wine was 
presented to us, in a silver cup, which we sipped as it passed 
round ; but the last of our party knowing that to return the 
cup without emptying it, would be an offence, was obliged to 
drink the contents, and a bitter potion they were. Pinoleo was 
then stout and rather corpulent, five feet ten inches in height, 
of a fairer complexion than the generality of his countrymen, 
and had lost much of his hair. He had laid aside the Indian 
* In Febres‘Arte de la lengua de Chile’ they are thus described ‘‘Ahujas 
grandes con una plancha redonda de plata como una hostia, 6 mayor, con 
que prenden las mujeres sus mantas—Certain large bodkins, with around 
silver plate, as large as, or larger than, an ee with which the women 
fasten their mantles.” 
+ The ornament on the forehead, which is worn only by unmarried 
women, is called Trare-lonco, from the old Chilian words trarin, to 
fasten, and lonco, the head. The bracelet is called Anello cure; the 
anklets, Anellco. 
