Gallegos, successful sheep raising in, 216; ranchmen at, 224 _et seq._; description of ranchmen, 225; game of cards, corn kernels for chips, 225; ordinance against tramps in, 255; the capital of Santa Cruz territory, 281; location of, 281; buildings of, like a Yankee mining camp 283; good cattle country back of, 283; placer gold mines along coast south of, 283; size of the capital city, 283; unattractive appearance of, 283; every store a hotel, 284; hotels compared with those of Mexico, 284; queer boarding-house in, 284 _et seq._; Dona Philomela, the hostess, 284; occasional arrests and trials in, 286; government officials of, 286; Captain of Police in, a cripple, 286; peculiar climate of, 286; high winds in, 286; winter the pleasantest season, 287 Gallegos River, 14, 16; probably a strait in former ages, 125; volcanic mountain peak south of, 157; parrots found at the heads of, 213; population between Santa Cruz River and, friendly to Chili, 282; rises in Cordilleras near Pacific Ocean, 282; size of, 282; navigable, 282; lava beds, 282 _et seq._; perfect pasture land along, 283; lands south, filled with shepherds, 283; lack of fuel on north side of, 283; Captain Chwaites hunts the guanaco with bolas, 288 Galletas, bullet-like loaves of bread, 241 Gardiner, Captain Allen Francis, R. N., first missionary to Fuegian Indians, 80; attempt to live among Yahgans fails, 81; fits out launches in England and returns to Tierra del Fuego, 82 Gauchos, or cowboys, 33; methods of fox hunting, 198; methods of ostrich hunting, 205; methods of hunting prairie chickens, 208; definition of the word, 228; resemble Nantucket whalers, 229; peculiar dress of, 230; in the wilderness, 231; reasons for becoming 233; wild life fascinating to all men, 233 _et seq._; blankets and fur robes used by, 233, 235; the ways and manners of, 234; dress of, 234; outfit of, inexpensive, 234; weapons of, 235; methods of fighting, 236; wild life of, 236 _et seq._; usual breakfast of, 236 _et seq._; superb riders, 237; method of cooking ostrich eggs, 238; fat of panther most satisfying food, 238; appetite of, 238 _et seq._; meat diet alone not satisfying, 238; as seen by travellers, 239; ways of spending money, 239; enjoyment of "jags," 239; pride of, 240; dangerous to insult, 240; etiquette of smoking, 240; branding cattle, 241; powers of endurance, 241; description of house of, 242; manner of eating, 242 _et seq._; home life of, 243; amusements of, 243; cheating at cards counted a mark of superior skill by, 243; description of saloons, 244; native drinks, 244 _et seq._; liquor glasses, 244; etiquette of drinking, 245; _mate_ tea making, 245; character of, 246 _et seq._; terms and sayings of, 246 _et seq._; religion of, 247; compared with North American cowboys, 247 _et seq._; enjoyment of life, 248