New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-11

animals thew lave cres; numbers, in preference TO
their own people ore OF them il ssd TO have given
the answer that dogs were useful III ca'ehnS o''es
but that old women were coed for nothing'
Our visitors remained with ne for long time, beg,
rine for every thing they The sailors 70 Fae'i
around then, and gave 10 them, with JACKS ustai
hberality, tobacco AMI old clothes. VI 'ne 'orn.1
they are exTavaganty fond Indeed, ~ tnru alAie'y
Ia make The most Of the fragrant weed. hoy 10 no,
emit the smoke al ALL retaining II IL their mouths ana
endeavorir 10 swallow ihe whole, - "a apparently
20 reduce H. mselves % the very verge o. slo'aon'
When presented with The clothes neither men no.
women hfsHated long 10 diyesi themselves e.'Nf ~
Their already scanty coverifg 20 assume the dfe-s
given them Tlev were elsted vi b sly acqusi'ioA
Of the kind and no dandy, however ftuuessly a.
rayed, ever seemed more perecNS saushed Niih MS
appearance han old these women wren dTeSsei MP
In Cas--of flannel coats and trowsc-s. me next
day .hev would reappea< IN their seal-sklDs, aud
their lew hsbilimeuts vanished We never knew
whittier. Among our servants were sever mu-
latto bows. who seemed "a attract more the
attention OF the Terra del Fue-ians than anything
else. Apparently they could not understand why
the hair should curl 20 tightly while their own was
long aud straight. They laughed heartily az the first
of our BOYS whom they saw, and Ton laughed as well
AZ them probably thinking, although he did not 20
press H. Rra bien qui rira le dernier One Of our
men who was unable 20 walk, on account OF having
cut his foot next atrrled the az entiOn Of one OF the
vsiors who sgnifed bis ability 70 cure him, and by
signs asked for pipe and tobacco. When furnished
u-erirg low erunts; then leaning over the foot ne
blew little smoke upon II, and, suddenly raising MS
face and cevaiing his hands, be blew large cloud
upward This repeated several times, but, owing
perhaps 20 tie little faith rposed by the paont in this
mode of practice, altogether without su'cc,s.
The results of all the attempts to colOnize the east
eru side OF America south OF Al have been miserable
Al ST. JOeephs Bay, on the Coast of Patagonia,
small settlement was made: but during one Sunday
tie Indiana made an alta and mass acrei the whole
frtn txhp IA a O. ant,
ing many years. At Port Desire the dryness Of the
custe during the grGter part Of the year aud the oc-
casloua hostile attack OF the wandering Indians com
PEELED the COOnisfs desert their haf-nnsed build
ings Port Famine expresses by III name The hnger-
ing and extreme su, rih of several hun red wretched
leonle Of whom one alone survived 10 relate their
ms'ortuues. In BuIney Voyages l. IS stated that
the voyage of Sir Francis Drake through this Strait
uo tie Pacific ana his successes against the spanish
colories incuced tire Niceroy of Lima to send an
petition in pursuit Oh him. This WAS placed under the
command OF Pedro Sarmento de GambOa and sailed
from Peru for the Straits in 1853. After en-
countering many difficulties Sarmiento was SO
enrautured with the verdant and picturesque
altearance Of the more eastern pert Of The
Straits that he succeeded in convincing King Philip
Ii of Spain OF the necessity Of coonzing and iortty-
ing the acjOinI TERRITORY The undertaking wa much
otpOs,d liy tie Duke OF AIva, who sad that n snip
carried out only anchors end cables sufficient for her
security against he storms in that part OF the world
she would 90 well ader The result caused TINS re-
mark 10 become IrUverbial. The expedition. how
ever le Suaiu ina twenty. three ships, OF which OILY
five reachtd n entrance OF the Straits. These after
seyeral reuuses landed three hundred men under Sar-
mento between the first 6nd second narrows, whefe
thew TAINTED the city Of Jesus. Their hsrishlps
CONN er ced with their landing and Samenio Get
OUT nh one hunded men 10 20 by lana TO Point
Santa Anna Cuse by Port Famine. Their journey
was difficult and much harassed by lnlians; but
AT ast they reached their destination and founded the
City of san Felipe Winner set in suddenly, and Sar-
4 fls.,t .,,l.. ina ..pu
out of The Straits a. obliged to bear up tor Rio. All
bis attempts to carry supplies 20 the i'll iatcl cOonsts
were frustrated by the weather, and 20 crown his ms
fortunes he was captured by the English and aAen,
with bis two ships, TO England The hrst unhappy
colony sent an expedition by land % san Felipe but,
finding them destitute, set out % return ana all per-
ishcd of hunger aud di-ease without enum rating
suhse quent 0sasters il may be stated that Ou' one
person destined 20 he saved from the three hundred
who formed the original detachment aud the name Of
Port Famine was given to the place where San Felipe
had stood.
Buenos Ayres end Chill have long quarreed about
the uossesson of Patagonia both nations claiming IT,
Some ears o the Cbiians formed pen settlement
on the site of tie old city of San Felipe and many pO
Itica offenders were Mt thither; but The conylcs,
taking advantage of disturbance IN the mother cOnn-
try cot up revolution on minor scale among them
sclyes seized couple OF merchant ships and lett Pat
sgonia. They were subsequently, taken aud put to
death az pirates We visited Port Famine and found
several old houses, adobe fort with four or I've small
guns and the old graveyard OF the colony, in which
We noticed beadboard erected 10 the memory Of
Commander S'okee of her Majcstys ship Beagle
who died while engaged upon the survey Of the
Straits. At present there IL a Chllian settlement
at Sandy POINT di-tant about thirty miles from
Port Famine All vsitors have been very kindly
received here by Commandmte Schytte, the Cover
nor Of the Colony, ard it is anos he only place that
ever teard Of where money - positively OF no Use
In hsnge for tobacco, tugS or stores no "eyer one
cau procure almost ali mi H. the possession OF the
people. We got uumbcr of very fine quanaco,
ostrich ana puma SANS, os Ii as ostrich feathers
and eggs.
Afttr having spent nearly a month in the Straits Of
MagaIhaeus We gladly saw the EyangeIsts gov
more and more indstiuct in the distance until ri last
they entirely disappeared aud IL few days We were
salely anchored ia the harbor of Valparaiso. PIP.
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