Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-05

AZ, ,ou do To keep out the In
"H. .shed a man WIN has charge
80 .heop In Terra del Fucgo the
.bt "Do7" was the reply
-, We shoot them" "some'''n'H
u WV ,,, them and send them To the
Y 80. ,,isslon station on Dawson Is
~, d, la cheaper to Kill them on
40 have heard other men make
.,,tsmcnts. The Ona Indians
rsrthsrn TERRA del Fucgo are hunt
~ I'M. wild beasts They are shot
.t,bout question wnen they are
,r the white establishments,
~ big sheep station has ia
.-, k.sps a lookout for them.
aecoun, IL made OF such ~ are
e. There ls practically no law IA
r.. da Fuero. and. although b0'h
"a. ...,,,ra and chile own portions
A, D., ,be greater part Of II IN ~ VITA
4 ~. tbe United states at the time
III Columbus
1 m, indians feel much the same M
N, vhlisa they scruple not TO send
I,t.ir arrows into them, and when thcy
-, the greater force they are not
Load 10 attack. Only few months
80. tvo Chilean naval officers were
conveying one OF the smaller ISLANDS
80, here. They were killed by the
II ,.,lsus The men. when found. were
L ,,rrp,d and In one Of them there were
,.fpiy.nyc arrows with glass heads
result of this warfare. Il In difficult
4, ..s onas outside the mission station
III y. p,wron island. have met with
,ir,,.t none In my travels through the
s,,,.t u Magellan and along the north
On eoas, Of TERRA del Fucgo. l passed
-. ~ tao boat loads near the Isle Of
clarence on the south OF the strait
srl have seen somc of the half civil
III A., sr,s OF the Catholic mission.
h,,, however, talked with tho priests
III uh5 .fs working among them and from
,h,m and other parties have gathered
,s.s news information about these lit
,s.tnlgn people. one Of tho Catholic
al iaihsfs has very kindly given mo some
~ photographic but these represent
II them 10 better clad than the average
. pg.tie 10 their kind.
No INST III hif pictures are Of the
Oaa Indians. who are found IN central
and rurthrrn TERRA del Fucga They
nrr ths most numerous % the three
tfisu about Caps Horn, according to the
" chilean rsumnira numbering from 1000
g. 400 thc other tWo being IN" Nug.
hans. W whom there arc only 700. and
VIII i've almost entirely on muscles
~ and ahrIl nsh.
II THEY 90 NAKED AND SLEEP IN
ri HOLES ~ THE GROUND.
Marry an Of these Indians 20 naked.
where they have been captured by the
missionaries you md them wearlng
Il stray garments. bus there n seldom a
taynl.cEluyrd man among them who
vii not srll BIZ whole suit Tor a plug ~
tobacco. Dor woman whl would not
in driving snow storm take on AL sac
has so and give Il for a piece OF rcd
clgih 90 a string 81 bright beads the
Onia ~ fhr WildH wear a strip " guam
aol skin over the shoulders tied on ny
N9ari bound over the chest, The mon
And women among them have breech
CONS tui ne children 80 naked, BART
itT ihf coat - whale or hsh oil win
whrh hey arr literally Hmearud, THIS
ul serves ~ keep out the cold. such
af have seen have shown no Sign OF
fayfrng although they live In the lat
iiplr " Labrador. and I, with my WIN
~ Hlnncia and ovcrcoat, am none 600
vafm
Thtie Indians have been painted by
iayc.ers as Wretchod and miserable In
~ extreme, I do not md them -,
IN are sleek, lat and apparently wei
II. ~ Those I saw farther up In the
ia NlfnlauH had a perpetual grin on Their
ieft and both the Onaa and the Na-
stlns, are, I am told. good natured.
HH. "a. "a. .
ad FutFl you come every now ana
hen 20 nu Onas house. II II merely
hole IN the ground with wind
break li branches or trees bent down
ana tied together over u, This hole
"A about ihrer feet deep and Is Just
III blr enough % contain the Indian and
hs family, They use n chiefly at night
GaN|Ing IN ana Guiding W together
. YIN ihe|r dogs lying about and over
Aefn Tor warmth, Such nrcs aa they
MAI. are Tor cooking and are In front
81 ana outside, the sleeping hole. They
la non hk. % stay more than night
OF % 10 the same place, as they have
an yea that tho devll, or evil spirit.
y AFTER them. and they must move on
OF Dc Nll catch them.
HOW THE INDIANS LOOK.
Ihs puas are Of a good size, though
~. lhg giants that some travellers have
lAnlrl them. The men are. as rule,
.loul aN feet tail ana the women about
I'VE teei i've. The Yighana are much
.ma.lgF and the Aaoalufes are between
W lW3, Were q not for thelr stomacha
hr uHl1 might be said TO be well
. lylhcl, They are straight, deap-chestcd
go muscular, The women when young
W plump and weli-rounded, with ine
lfihs aud breasts They are all, how
Il lNl great gluttona, ana they aome-
NneH grEe themselves 80 that their
'naehs are stretched like drum
-l anl extend out into pot-bellled-
h,ss, Their skins are lighter than those
/ most Of our Indians. They have
WV cheek bones. nat noses and
HualHhl, dark eyes, with rather full
usnal llps, Their hair Ia straight. II
u"eN' and with the men Ia singed
A the crown, forming a sort vi
Il NNhufe' The women let their hair
49, ana u hangs down over their
49, leis' The men DO not begin "a
ave boards Until late In lie, and ~
W. 90 not hke % appear old they
suaHg pull out She stray hairs on their
- An onas seldom has a beard be-
ne 10 thlriy-iive or forty.
THEY EAT PuTRIp MEAT.
,tthe oras DO not apparently care
NaF lheir food IA fresh or not. Be-
'r we advent ~ sheep farming In
etA uel Fuego they lived on nsh
yff' "ll guanacos. Gunnacla are
l animals which look like a cross
-.fNfril The deer and ~. ..'.,..t .ral