That tribe of Patagonian* which principally visit the southern plalna is called Te-hnel-het, or Southern People. In the stony district between 45' and 41/' S. lat none of the tribes seem to make n long stay. North of 45' S. lat. thin are said to be three other tribes : the Pe-huel-che, or Eastern People, who move about in the country along the coast; the Chulisn Indians, who renal he over the districts adjacent to tho Andes south of 42' S. lat.; and the ilolu-che, or Warrior Indians, who occupy the interior of the country south -of the Rio Negro to about 42' Slat.
The mountain region is inhabited by two tribes of the Fuegians; one occupying the country about Otway and Skyring Waters, and another which inhabits the western coast of Patagonia, between the Strait of Magalhaens end the promontory of Tres Mentes. The Fue glans are rather short, varying in height from 4 feet 10 inches to b feet 0 inches, yet their bodies are as bulky as those of a man of 6 feet. Their limbs and joints are short in proportion to the trunk, which gives them a clumsy appearance. Passing so much time in low huts (wigwams), or cramped in small canoes, the shape and size of their logs are injured, and they move about in a stooping posture, with the knees much bent, Their colour is that of old mahogany, or rather between dark copper and bronze. The averazo height of the women is 4 feet and some inches. The most remarkable trait, in
their countenance are, an extremely small low forehead, a prominent brow, small 'sleek sunken eyes, wide cheekbones, wide and open nostrils, a large mouth, and thick lips. The nose is always narrow between the eyes, and almost flat Their hair is black, coarse, and lank. Their shoulders are square but high, and the chest and body very large. It is remarkable that, though living in a very cold climate, they bare seldom any covering, for a scrap of hide, which is tied to the side or back of the body by a string round the waist, serves only as a pocket The women have generally a seal skin wrapped about them and a diminutive apron. The tribes are dispersed among the islands in small families, on account of the scarcity of food. They live only on seals, birds, fish, and particularly shell-fish, and they are consequently always moving from one place to another. During the summer they prefer the mast, where they obtain a great quantity of eggs and young birds, besides seals, which come to shore to breed at that season. In winter they retire more to the interior waters in search of ehell-fish, and the small but numerous and excellent fish which they catch among the sea-weed (Fueus giganteus).
(Fitzroy and King, Surveying Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle ; Darwin, Journal of Researches; Pariah, -Sumo:Ayres and the Provinces of La Plata.)