Skunks, made pets by Indians, 198; eaten by Indians, 198 Skyring Water near Punta Arenas, 282 Slings, Yahgans expert in use of, 59, 60 Sloggett Bay, rich in nugget gold, 18; story of one expedition to, 19; peculiar difficulties of mining in, 20 _et seq._ Sloop of prospectors, 24 Snakes of desert destroyed by deer, 198 Snow, Captain W. Parker, commander of mission ship, 85; establishes mission on Keppel Island, 85 Snow storms every month in Cape Horn region, 91 "Son of the southwest gale," gaucho term for dragon fly, 246 Spaniard Harbour, or Aguirre Bay, 84 Spanish-American nations, lack of enterprise among, 279; Argentine an exception, 279; "adobe money" of, 279 Sparrow, desert, 232; description of, 232 Spears used by Yahgans, 58; by Tehuelches, 164 Spider of the hot pampas attacks man, 246 Springs one hundred miles apart in Patagonian desert, 157 Squash the favorite vegetable of Argentine ranchmen, 271 Squirrel, prairie, food of Onas, 129 Staten Island of Cape Horn, 15, 137; similarity of ridges of, to Rocky Mountains, 139; end of backbone of Western Hemisphere, 139; _Ushuaia_ bound for Antarctic, 138; view of, 139, 140; mountain ridge 2,000 to 3,000 feet high, 140; vegetation of mountains, 140; varied and interesting forms of bird-life off, 141; terrific seas and tide rips in, 142; Government post at St. John Harbor, 142; St. John Bay, 143; lighthouse of St. John's Cape, 143-146; story of runaway sailor boy, 146 _et seq._; peculiar formation of the island, 148; bays of, filling with sand, 148; interior of, almost impassable, 149; supply of wood, 150; climate, 150; gold on New Year's Island, 150 Steubenrach, Mr., British Consular agent, 126; introduces sheep raising on Fuegian prairies, 126; places missionary in charge of ranch, 126 Stirling, Rev. W. H., missionary to Keppel, 87; Bishop of South America, takes up residence on mainland, 89; ordained Bishop of Falkland Islands, 90; safe journey through Ona country, 133 Story-tellers, skilful, among Yahgan tribe, 65 Straits of Magellan (_see_ Magellan). Straits of Le Maire (_see_ Le Maire). Swans, myriads of in Cape Horn region, 75; black and white, 207; good eating, 208; favorite breeding places, 208 T Tan bark in Punta Arenas, 43 Tea, Paraguay (_see Mate_).