ISO THE PAMPAS INDIANS. 



food is simple, and his body is in that state of 

 heahh and vigour, that he can rise naked from the 

 plain on which he has slept, and proudly look upon 

 his image which the white frost has marked out 

 upon the grass without inconvenience. What can 

 we " men in buckram" say to this ? 



The life of such a people must certainly be very 

 interesting, and I always regretted very much that 

 I had not time to throw off' my clothes and pay a 

 visit to some of the tribes, which I should otherwise 

 certainly have done, as, with proper precautions, 

 there would have been little to fear ; for it would 

 have been curious to have seen the young sporting 

 about the plains in such a state of wild nature, and 

 to have listened to the sentiments and opinions of 

 the old ; and I would gladly have shivered through 

 the cold nights, and have lived upon mare's flesh 

 in the day, to have been a visitor amxong them. 



From individuals who had lived many years 

 with them, I was informed that the rehgion of 

 the Pampas Indians is very complicated. They 

 believe in good spirits and bad ones, and they pray 

 to both. If any of their friends die before they 

 have reached the natural term of life, (which is very 



