The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-01
A CURIOUS RACE.
Lieutenant Bove's Account of the Jagans
in Terra del Fuego

| Aheutehoht moves Account OF inc JhSuns
| in Terra del Fuego
| TIE Jagans impress one as poor race.
In general the men are scarcely more than
oImedium stature, while the women rarely
reach 1t. The faces OF this new racs are
round large and fat, with hu &c cheek bones,
low ioreheads, large fiat noses, very black
aud restless eyes, wide ar art, large, humid
lips and strong jaws furnished with beauti-
full teeth. The head and chest arc dispro-
portionately large, compared to the extreme
slenderness of arms and legs, ana IL Is u
marvel how the latter can support the we'll
developed trunk and heavy head, In spite
ofthis strange formation both men and wo-
men have uncommon strength, and have
seen them carry weights that would have
taxed the robustest OF our sailors. No less
surprising is the smallness of their hand
and feet, which, if beauty is very disadyan.
tageous to the men, who can carry only one
or two objects in their hands at the same
time. They have rough, lnsterless black
hair which they wear long and falling over
face and shoulders. Some bind 1t with a
strap, some let il grow to such an eyteut
that they look more like furies than human
beings. The men have very little beard and
that little they pluck out, while neither
men nor women nave any hair on their
bodies, They do not tattoo, but use all
kinds Of paint. Twoor three hues of color
on the lace and a few necklaces and shells
or BIRDS bones Is the usual dress OF Fue-
gan.
For protection against the terrible hurri- ?
canes,,he SHOWS that tall during ten mouths
III the y'~r and the tOrrential rains that daily
visit this miserable archipelago, the Feugan
only wears small mantle of seal or guunaco
skin over his Shoulders. The wigwams are
only made of intTtwined branches fixed in
some sheltered spot but they ale too weak
to keep ont snow and Sain. These wigwains
IRE used by the Feugiana who dwell near
We few residents of Usch,maia or around
theMissiOn; the other natives scarcely ever
rein"is more thar one or two days IN the
same pace; they lead a vagrapt lie in thor
sii'ail Calves among the complicated cana
oi tnis pi'ken-up country, fishing and
hunt'ns iof Neir subsistence, OF which the
sen furnishes Zee larger part.
!, Iiu "onich ~ looked upon as slaves and
yhe greater part 0tthe work falls to their
snore. nave o'tV' seen the men sitlins
quietly around pih4ire while the poo
snow, wind and waves, iiSInc fortheiSM
and angry husbands. The scatter The lulo
Der OF wives or slaves q man ..s thn Jun
for him IT is to find u living; heEe the aslcr
tice OF poygnmy, which Is so ro0Nd ,sau.
the Feugians that in the spite OF 8, llw-.9
Of the missionaries it is no rare thif Lm-ts
a convert break through restraint COM
two or more wives to the one allollu anu
by his new religion. But, thongied nm
glon may marry as many wivesa as NJ reu
he seldom takes more than four, 1ieases'
with that small number it ~ dIRd even
preserve domestic peace. Tne W cult 10
the scene of daily battles, aud sd wan Is
the pretticst of the wives pay Notlnes
lie the preference of her husband. pun her
The Fuegian women are very ,.c
Seven or eight is the average nv rolhc;
but often still youniunoer Oh
will have ten or twelve. The EWolhah
howey r, seldom all survive theirHlloreh'
for the mortality between two or parents,
Of aye is extraordinary. The varifn years
rigid climate. the want of nouleple anu
the terrible heats aud bad treatmeFshmehl.
parents are the chief cJnt by the
The denth of thses miserable impulses OF
nnarmed against the irightiul sdan'st YET
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