Madryn, Welsh town in Patagonia, 180; on New Gulf, 251; captain of the port of, 251 Magellan's search for shorter route to Spice Islands, 2; visited St. Julian Harbor in Patagonia, 151, 260 Magellan, Straits of, placer gold in streams flowing into, 22; bleak pictures of, given by early navigators, 34; Cape Horn Archipelago south of, 47; Chilian possessions in, 276; narrows in, 297 Magnolia trees, size of, in Fuegian Islands, 50 Maidment, Mr., catechist, 82 Maldonada, Senorita, story of, and panther, 192 Mammals, 83 "Manana country," Spanish American nations so called, 279 Manufacturing industries of Punta Arenas, 42 Maria, Santa (_see_ under Santa). Marriages of Yahgans (_see_ Yahgans). Marshall, storekeeper at Chubut, 178 _Mate_, wild tea of Paraguay, 237; drinking, 245 _et seq._ (_see_ Gaucho); great consumption of, in Argentine, 271; meat and drink to Patagonians, 272 Mayer, Edelmiro, Governor of Patagonian territory of Santa Cruz, 215; large land owners along Santa Cruz and Chico rivers, 280; Governor of Gallegos, 285; description of home of, 285; devoted to music and literature, 285; wife of, 286; commanded a negro regiment in War of the Rebellion, 286; helped Mexicans overthrow Maximilian, 286 Mesa, plains of Patagonia, 183, 187 Meteorological condition of islands, 51 Methodists at Rawson, 177 Minas, Las, creek near Punta Arenas, 4; gold found in large quantity, 5; enormous nuggets, 6 Mine camps at Paramo and Ushuaia small affairs, 23, 24 Miners of Cape Horn, headquarters of, at Punta Arenas, 24; cost of outfit of, 24. Misery, Mount, on Navarin Island, 51 Mission school at Keppel Island, 89; first station of Cape Horn, 79; on Beagle Channel, 89, 100; growth of, 100 _et seq._ Mission, schooner, _Allen Gardiner_, 89; built in England, 85; commanded by Capt. W. P. Snow, 85; steamship to replace schooner, 100; Roman Catholic, established near San Sebastian Bay, 133; in country of the Alaculoofs, 136 Missionaries, to Yahgans, spiritual teachings of, 66, 71, 99; land at Picton Island, 82; miserable death of, 85; second party of, arrive at Keppel Island, 85; some murdered by Yahgans, 86; are reinforced, 87 _et seq._; station at Ushuaia founded, 89; Mr. Bridges in charge, 90 _et seq._; material teachings of, 90-98; extracts from records of, 93-100, 102, 103; natives receive scant pay from, 95 _et seq._; unhappy transformation of tribe into laborers, 101 _et seq._; tribe dies out, 105; Mr. Bridges turns ranchman, 118 _et seq._; sell clothing sent to be given to Indians, 122; opportunities for trade, 123; reasons for so doing, 123; salaries of, 123 Missiones, 229 Mojave, desert of, 23 Monkeys, fossil remains of, 64. Morrell, Captain Benjamin, tales of aborigines by, 153 _et seq._ Mosquitoes numerous in Patagonia, 173, 183 Mount Misery (_see_ Misery). Mount Sarmiento (_see_ Sarmiento).