The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-26
THE LAND OF FIRE
Sketches Of an Interesting yoy-
age to Terra del Ysego.
me Natives. Their Dress ssd Their
Hassss-Appe.rnsee 81 tbs coss-
try-Ifs Resources. Etc



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twrren soy ne PssE-Izteil iEesesr.4
Last Sanday's Poes-fsrEzGxsExcxE
eontsinesl a csirpsng from faassseS :
.fs~~nal On Terra del Fuego. TIE
thought that sketch Of thaf eIs-sss-
the-way fsnd snd its psopse sezId IN
terswt ysany readers. prompts me 70 say
thas sss Marcb, f1-5. happened - -
Ia stanlsy. falkland islASes, -ossh
Atlantic. Lying In the harbog az stse
time wzs yaNi rizTed yacht belong
ing 10 the English south American
mission. called the Allen Gafs3iner. +"
named after the arst missionary who
laFore8 and lost his iits In Terra del
Faego. made an agreement vita
the captain 70 tske me with him next
trio to Terra del. We left Stanley and
made our way 70 KepP~i. one Of the
Falkland island groups for provisions
This island OF keppsa belongs 70 the
mission xhsrs they have = school, 4
model farm and other occupations
tending Of civilized life They keep
from forty 20 fifty Yagan Indians on
the island. instructing them 10 the
ways OF civilization for a yeaT
or 80. the Yacht taking them
10 aud fro from Terra del
After getting sell supplied ~e made Tor
the coast, across one 81 the ro1gbest
pieces OF ocean there Is in the werid,
especially for such a small vessel We
passed through the straits Of L. Mare
which divides staten Island from the
main, and made for Beagle Channel,
the southeast entrance 10 the numer-
oas Islands and channels 81 Terra Del
Fuezo.
Beagle channel j. named after YES
sci fitted out, think, IN fSsS, by the
British government, 70 explore these
regions under the command Of Adj
miral. then Captain FiiEroy and Pro.
lesser Darwin. We sailed up the
ehannel---one Of the grandest sights !
have ever seen in any part Of the
world n runs from one 10 two miles
miles in width. the mountains toser.
ing up on each side from 200 10 700
feet high, almost perpendicular from
the water, denselY SOodsd up % the
snow line. then soaring away covered
with snow and ICE. i, being winter
time and the days short. the sun
would giisten and shine on the snowy
heights. but the shadows wosiid very
rarely he of the valleys and channels,
causing II 70 be very cold ami dreary
for us poor mortAls below. In this
channel ! bad ms FIRST sight Of the
Cape Horn.
saxrLE skTIyEs.
A Terra del Fuegan canoe pat oat
from the shore 70 beg, and the occu-
pants were the most miserable-ioOk-
ing specimens OF humanity ! have
ever seen. There we're Eve Of them
two men. two women and Dor The
women in the after part did the pad
ding; The men ia the fore part
crouched down in the bottom Of the
canoe did the begging the boy keep
ing the iire going and the canoe hsiled
out, which required all his attention,
the canoe being nothing more than
three or four strips Of bark sewed TO-
gether ia the share Of boat, with a
few sticks lashe6 from gunwale TO gun
wale 10 Aeep IL from closing In A
few more strips OF bark we're thrown
IN 70 keep them from the water. which
I. continually coming in. Some earth
was thrown In the middle on which "a
build FIRE 20 cook the crabs and
sheii-fsh as they est nothing raw A
bundle OF fish spears with whaleboue
heads. and a coupe of mongrel red
haired dogs. completed the out
fl Of the Faegan clipper A
Co ths occupant, they looked
very miserable croaebed In the bottom
OF the canoe, with no clothing on ex.
oept a mantle thrown over their shout.
ders made OF otter or seal skin. their
long black hair hanging over their
shoulders matted together with kind
ot red clay. with which they seem 10
bedaub their heads pretty freely
Their faces are more or less blackened
in streaks or other fantastic shapes,
bat this blackening Of the face found
out b he sign OF mourning, the near.
er related tn the Gecea ed the biackel
the face. We got al the Iaean news
from them We could. gave them some
biscuit and clothing and seat them
away zs happy as such people seem
able to be.
snIFWRfckGD EXPEDITION RESCUED.
About ~ miles up the channel WI
came 20 the mission station called
ooshoria, about 40 miles north OF Care
Horn. II consists OF a few comfort
ahlc framed houses for the mission
aries. a church and srphanagr. sur
rounded by the wiEw M and shaniies
Of the Indians. the whole being under
the control Of Mr. Bridges While
cruising through the country we had
the good fortune 70 pick up and save
a shipvTeeke,i exploring expedition
Cited ont by the Italian government
under the command pi i.iclt B4ve. a
motley crew. comprising bosani ~
scologists. nstuFalssts and Others
ahoai 20 all taid. with large collection
they had picked up the three iaonths
they had been working in tho e
parts We took them 90 Puenta
Arena. a mil port "a the strti, !.
uf Magellan We had them with Us
some considerable time, working our
way North through the centre OF Terra
Del. coming TO anchor and going on
shore every opportunity. collecting all
The carios aad inform atom we Coali
end. Terra Del Faega. or the land OF
Gre. was 50 named hy the Spaniaris
on account ni the numerous small
frcs seen on the coast, built hy the
canoe or Nagan Indians. who, when
not afieat. camp close 20 the water.
edge. and not a. some people say by
It's volcanic eFeptluns; Tor though
there are traces of the volcanic origin
of the country. there has never teen a
working volcano seen In the memory
OF any man around the country.
ngEss ASe HABIT o. NsrtYEs
Terra del Fuego - composed oi sew
cral large and innamerahlc small
Islands and rocks. the largest being in
the northeast part Of the couasry in.
hahiied by the onas or foot Indians. 4
6ne average RAGS of men. VERY stranr
and swift 81 foot and alepts ia q q
chase ci The Eloachc. a specie ~ swim
deer. Their dress Consist 81 "a skin
around their loIas sui a mantle over
their shoulders They also wear a
pseCc "a white skia tici around
their heads ip the share o, a
coronet. wAl--h f they mean war thew
pail OF and hcsve ia TIE air Thff
arlas cgnei-tct bows and arrogs an
spears. The arrowhead is made ~
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