Punta Arenas, or Sandy Point, 2; Commander Musters stops at, 4; Don Ramon Lista visits, 4; inhabitants excited by gold discoveries, 6; supply station for sealing schooners, 7; headquarters of gold miners, 24; story of foundation of, 27 _et seq._; development of colony of, 29 _et seq._; elements of growth, 30; industry of sheep raising begun, 31; mutiny in, 32 _et seq._; miserable end of mutineers, 33; latitude of, 33; arrival of _Ushuaia_ at, 33; appearance of, in May, 33, 34; description of town, 34 _et seq._; gambling and dance houses, 36 _et seq._; government of Chili nominally republican, but ruled by army, 39, 40; bars in, 40; description of women in, 40; sidewalks in, 40; Governor's residence, 41; scenery about, 41; coal discovered in, 42; brick making in, 42; possibilities of, 43; region rich in tan bark, 43; trade with Indians, 43; goods delivered by sailboats, 43; Indian squaws make rugs, baskets, etc., in, 44; Cuerpo de Bomberos gambling club in, 44; profusion of flowers in, 45; population of, 45; future prosperity of, 46; profits of sheep raising in, 219; fate of escaped convicts from, 213; tramps from, 254; vegetables grown in, 282, 289; price of guanaco-skin robes in, 293; curios to be found at, 295 _et seq._; gold dust obtained at, 297; scenery south of, 298 Q Quillango, fur robe, 233; worn by gauchos, 235 Quilmes, near Buenos Ayres, 244 R Railroad from New Gulf to Chubut, 179, 180, 269 Rails, song and dance of the long-legged, 211 Ranch, on Beagle Channel, 117; dinner at, at Santa Cruz, 223 Ranchman, marriage of, to Tehuelche girl, 224; divorce, 224; income of, 226; restraints of civilization unbearable to, after wild life of the deserts, 226 Rawson, capital, 172, 177 Records of missionary life and training at Keppel, 87 _et seq._ Religion of Yahgans, 70 _et seq._ Reynard, Mr. H. L., introduces sheep raising into Punta Arenas, 31 Rio Gallegos (_see_ Gallegos). Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil, 228 Rio Negro, Spanish colony (_see_ Carmen de Patagones). Rio Santa Cruz (_see_ Santa Cruz). Roca's expeditions against Tehuelches, 156, 276 Roedorn, Count Richard of, passenger on _Ushuaia_, 267 Rufous (_see_ Prairie chicken). Rugs of otter, seal, and swan's down, 296 Rum cheap in the Argentine, 244 S Sagebrush and swamps found at San Sebastian Bay, 11 St. George, Gulf of, 293 St. John Bay, 15; Harbor, 138; Cape of, 139; description of tide rip at entrance of, 142; Government post established in 1884, 143; Government post of Staten Island to support lighthouse, 143; governor's residence, 144 _et seq._; description of lighthouse, 146; story of runaway sailor boy, 146-148 St. Julian harbor, 151 St. Lawrence Bay, 67 Salt fields on Rio Negro, 152, 157 Sandy Point (_see_ Punta Arenas)