Handbook to the ethnographical collections . s ofthe Pampas tribes, are a peopleof medium stature with a copi^er-coloured skin : they are of a war-like and independent were able to resist theencroachments both of the Incaand the Spaniards, though theinfluence of the Peruvian empireextended into the northern partof tiieir territory. To the south of the Pampasdwell the Patagonians, who arephysically different from theirnorthern neighbours, by whomthey are called Tehudclie orSoutherners. They are ofgreater average height, and verytall men are common amongthem, though the tales of i
Handbook to the ethnographical collections . s ofthe Pampas tribes, are a peopleof medium stature with a copi^er-coloured skin : they are of a war-like and independent were able to resist theencroachments both of the Incaand the Spaniards, though theinfluence of the Peruvian empireextended into the northern partof tiieir territory. To the south of the Pampasdwell the Patagonians, who arephysically different from theirnorthern neighbours, by whomthey are called Tehudclie orSoutherners. They are ofgreater average height, and verytall men are common amongthem, though the tales of im-mense giants brought home byearly travellers are probablyexaggerations. Their w^iy of life closely resembles that of theinhabitants of the Pamelas, and like them they are equestriannomads. The archii^elago of islands at the south and south-west cornerof the continent is chieflj occupied by the Fuegians, so namedfrom Tierra del Fuego, or Land of Fire, given to the largest islandby Magalhaes in a. d. 1520, on account of the fires which were. Fig. 271.—Shrunk human , Ecuador. SOUTH AMERICA 289 always kept burning in the fish-ing canoes round the coast; butthe east coast of Tierra del Fuegois inhabited by a hunting tribe,the Ona, who are related to thePatagonians. The west andsouth-west of the archipelagoare occupied by two tribes ofFuegians, the Yahgan and theAlakaluf. These people belong-to a very low stage of culture,but this is chiefly due to thewretched lives they have to leadin a cold, damp climate on in-hospitable shores. They are ofmedium height and fairly goodphj^sique, norare their intellectualpowers quite so low as was atone time supposed. In spite of the coldness of theclimate the Fuegians wear verylittle clothing, only a loin-cloth,with a loose skin to throw overthe shouldeiS. Necklaces of bone,dentalium and other shells areworn, and the head is adornedwith feather crowns. Theirhouses are made of boughs orskins laid over a pole framework,but a great part
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