Keywords: Tehuelche ceremony.jpg en On the birth of a child by the Tehuelches if the parents are rich i e own plenty of mares and horses and silver ornaments notice is immediately given to the doctor or wizard of the tribe and to the cacique and relations The doctor after bleeding himself with bodkins in the temple fore-arm or leg gives the order for the erection of a mandil tent or pretty house as the Indians call it and mares are slaughtered and a feast and dance follow as having taken place in the valley of the Rio Chico Biblioteca Nacional de Chile At Home with the Patagonians 1871 George Chaworth Musters 1870 PD-old Uncategorized 2016 October 27 |