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child. Father back. Other men in another camp saw Hanuf \ 
All went in search. Could not find him that night. Found 
him in cleft high up. Killed him from above with stones. 
Remains as petrified man. 
Bessie’s father once went up to the lake in the mountains 
in Hoste Island (Kanusakka on Beagle Channel). After that 
there came a time of terrible snow. No day for eight days, 
only darkness and snow and perpetual high tides. Hanufs 
were all killed. Not been seen since. 
Boy once went out along beach in search of fish; found 
one; mother pleased. Went out again farther. Wild man 
offered him bit of meat. Father told him not to go out again. 
Went one day. Hanuf t ook him on his shoulders away to the 
lake on the mountains. Kept him there where he played with 
little boys who spoke Yaghan like himself, but in very low 
voice. Hanuf brought him down. After this, father went up 
and saw wigwams. Later on, snow fell, and hanufs all killed. 
Bessie remembers her father, very tall, standing up to his 
shoulders in snow. Later on, some Yaghans went up, and 
found wigwams broken down. 
Evening in hut with Yaghan man, wife, and seven 
children, and another man, singing songs. Really Alacaluf 
songs, but not those sung in the ‘Jak house’, as the children 
had not been through this, and might not hear them. Two 
Yaghan songs sung. Very simple repetition of words like 
wai-a , re-re , &c. Know no meaning to them. 
July 2, Tuesday. Piedro Basualdo Chandiaz (mother’s 
name). 
wi-fal , name of animal, twice size of otter, golden tinged 
fur, known to Yaghans. Bessie saw one with ten young in 
quiet water swimming. Never been caught. 
Hdni-sista-wella , parasite on beech, like mistletoe. 
Ta-wella , name of basket. 
Chilldna (Spanish), medium-sized flat-bottomed boat. 
