Welsh settlement at Chubut, 33, 168; cause of founding colony, 168 _et seq._; pilgrims, landing of, 169; obtains grant of land in Patagonia, 169; great sufferings of, 171; alkali water, 171; gypsum, 171; lay out capital city, named Rawson, 172; make friends with Tehuelches, 173; foes of the desert, 173; provisions supplied by Argentine Government, 173; hardships of, 173 _et seq._; succeeds at last, 175 _et seq._; wheat and barley crops, 176; denominational churches of, 177; no physicians in, 178; prospectors for gold, 178; lignite and quartz workings, 178; import sheep, 178; profit in sheep raising, 179; colony sixty miles long, 252 Whaits, Mr. R., mission carpenter, 88 Whale Sound, 15 Whales abounded in Cape Horn waters, 75 Wheelright, Mr. William, founder of Pacific Steam Navigation Co., 29 "Wild mirth of the desert," gaucho term for ostrich hunting, 246 Williams, Mr. Richard, catechist and surgeon, 82 Willis, Captain, of mission schooner, 123 "Williwaws," whirling squalls, 299 Wilson, Don Juan, sub-prefect of Port Desire, 272; story of, 272 _et seq._; story of his servant, 273 Winds, high, in Tierra del Fuego, 15, 23, 51, 138, 235, 298 Wollaston Island, gold-bearing banks on, 7, 48, 87 Y Yahgans, or Antarctic Highlanders, Indian tribe described by Darwin, 48 _et seq._; compared with Eskimos, 49; without clothing or shelter, 49; description of, 50; homes of, 52; dress of, 53; habits of, 54; canoes of, 54; dimensions of canoes, 55; method of building canoes, 56; weapons of, 57; implements of, 57 _et seq._; methods of fishing and extracting oil, 59-61; utensils of, 61; language of, 62; vocabulary, 63; remarkable mental development, 63; origin of, 64; country of, explored, 64; language of, melodious, 64, 132; government of, 66; treatment of squaws, 64; native politeness of, 65; skilful story-tellers, 65; poets, novelists, and historians, 65; clever talkers, 66; abundance of food, 66, 75; songs and dances of, 66; abundant leisure, 66; lax notions about property, 67; vendettas of, 67 _et seq._; crimes of, 69; favorite modes of revenge, 68; marriages of, 69; religion of, 70; ideas of death, 71; treatment of the sick, 71; customs of mourning, 71; folk lore, 71; personal appearance of, 73 _et seq._; women of tribe, 74; ferocity towards whites, 75; methods of cooking, 76; traditions of, 76; not cannibals, 77; characteristics of, 77 _et seq._; civilization the ruin of, 77, 78; first missionary to, 81; missionaries' plan for civilizing, 91; become farm laborers, 92; report of Mr. Bridges, 93 _et seq._; work required by missionaries of, 95; scanty pay, 95, 98; change of dress and habits of, 101; epidemics among, 102 _et seq._; civilization an evil to, 104-106; physical deterioration and diminution of, 103-105; work done by, in Argentine capital, 116; work on Mr. Bridge's ranch, 119;