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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  and 
  livestock, 
  which 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  were 
  not, 
  or 
  could 
  not 
  by 
  right 
  be, 
  sold 
  

   by 
  her 
  husband 
  without 
  her 
  consent 
  (Moesbach, 
  ibid.). 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  

   trace 
  among 
  the 
  Araucanians 
  of 
  the 
  system 
  of 
  periodic 
  allotment 
  of 
  

   gardening 
  land 
  that 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  some 
  communities 
  of 
  the 
  Highland 
  

   of 
  Bolivia 
  and 
  Perti 
  and 
  probably 
  of 
  the 
  Piedmont 
  of 
  far 
  northern 
  

   Chile 
  (McBride, 
  1936, 
  pp. 
  309, 
  364). 
  

  

  Inheritance. 
  — 
  Here, 
  too, 
  information 
  is 
  late, 
  meager, 
  and 
  lacking 
  in 
  

   detail. 
  A 
  man's 
  property 
  was 
  inherited 
  by 
  his 
  sons, 
  according 
  to 
  

   Carvallo 
  i 
  Goyeneche 
  (1876, 
  p. 
  141). 
  When 
  an 
  older 
  man 
  (father 
  or 
  

   other) 
  was 
  near 
  death, 
  all 
  his 
  blood 
  kin 
  came 
  in 
  together, 
  and 
  he 
  

   distributed 
  some 
  of 
  his 
  property 
  to 
  each, 
  and 
  the 
  residue 
  to 
  his 
  chil- 
  

   dren, 
  or, 
  if 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  children, 
  to 
  his 
  brothers 
  and 
  other 
  near 
  

   blood 
  kin 
  (Havestadt, 
  1883, 
  2:621 
  ; 
  Molina, 
  1901, 
  p. 
  122). 
  (On 
  inheri- 
  

   tance 
  of 
  wives, 
  see 
  supra 
  under 
  Marriage 
  and 
  Family.) 
  

  

  Exchange. 
  — 
  Barter 
  by 
  exchange 
  of 
  presents 
  was 
  common 
  — 
  the 
  

   donor 
  giving 
  with 
  the 
  expectation 
  of 
  a 
  return 
  from 
  the 
  recipient. 
  

   (Febres, 
  1882, 
  s.v. 
  thuiln; 
  Havestadt, 
  1883, 
  pp. 
  616-17; 
  Smith, 
  1855, 
  

   pp. 
  258, 
  292.) 
  Havestadt 
  states 
  (1883, 
  2:700) 
  that 
  llancas 
  (lla^kas) 
  

   were 
  used 
  to 
  purchase 
  necessities 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  compensate 
  for 
  murders, 
  

   and 
  Molina 
  (1901, 
  p. 
  184) 
  reports 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  conventional 
  tariff 
  of 
  "pay- 
  

   ments" 
  (kullin) 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  horse 
  or 
  bridle 
  as 
  "one 
  payment," 
  an 
  

   ox 
  as 
  "two 
  payments," 
  etc, 
  but 
  a 
  more 
  specific 
  currency 
  was 
  absent. 
  

   Some 
  plain 
  barter, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  much, 
  was 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  the 
  Mapuche- 
  

   Huilliche 
  among 
  themselves. 
  They 
  carried 
  on 
  a 
  considerable 
  "foreign" 
  

   trade 
  with, 
  e.g., 
  the 
  Puelche 
  for 
  salt, 
  bezoars, 
  feathers, 
  etc.; 
  with 
  the 
  

   Spanish, 
  selling 
  ponchos 
  and 
  livestock 
  for 
  wine 
  and 
  miscellaneous 
  

   merchandise. 
  There 
  were 
  no 
  established 
  markets 
  or 
  market 
  days, 
  

   although 
  Marino 
  de 
  Lovera 
  (1865, 
  p. 
  124) 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  "public 
  

   gardens," 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  open 
  grounds 
  set 
  aside 
  and 
  used 
  for 
  assemblies 
  

   and 
  feasts, 
  served 
  as 
  places 
  for 
  buying 
  and 
  selling 
  goods 
  and 
  women 
  — 
  

   incidentally, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  to 
  civic 
  or 
  social 
  gatherings 
  therein. 
  

  

  Labor. 
  — 
  Some 
  kinds 
  of 
  work, 
  such 
  as 
  constructing 
  houses 
  and 
  sowing 
  

   and 
  harvesting, 
  were 
  done 
  by 
  voluntary 
  communal 
  or 
  group 
  labor. 
  

   The 
  individual 
  would 
  invite 
  his 
  kin 
  and 
  neighbors 
  to 
  help. 
  No 
  pay- 
  

   ment 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  them 
  for 
  their 
  labor, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  he 
  would 
  

   usually 
  provide 
  a 
  good 
  feast 
  with 
  plenty 
  of 
  chicha, 
  and 
  he 
  in 
  turn 
  

   would, 
  of 
  course, 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  help 
  when 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  had 
  similar 
  

   need. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  man 
  fell 
  the 
  tasks 
  of 
  felling 
  trees 
  and 
  clearing 
  the 
  ground 
  for 
  

   gardens, 
  attending 
  cattle 
  and 
  horses, 
  hunting, 
  cutting 
  wood, 
  all 
  wood- 
  

   working, 
  constructing 
  huts, 
  corrals 
  and 
  other 
  enclosures, 
  fishing 
  and 
  

   navigating, 
  carrying 
  on 
  military 
  activities, 
  and 
  making 
  weapons 
  and 
  

   tools. 
  The 
  woman's 
  work 
  included 
  cultivating 
  the 
  garden, 
  preparing 
  

   and 
  cooking 
  food, 
  making 
  fermented 
  beverages, 
  caring 
  for 
  the 
  younger 
  

   children, 
  collecting 
  wild 
  plant 
  foods, 
  spinning, 
  weaving 
  of 
  blankets 
  

  

  