Tehuelchen.

1774 T. Falkner Descr. Patagonia iv. 102 The Tehuelhets, who in Europe are known by the name of Patagons, have been, through ignorance of their idiom, called Tehuelchus: for chu signifies country or abode, and not people; which is expressed by the word het.

1865 Chambers's Encycl. VII. 318/2 The mantles are made for the most part by a tribe called the Tcheouelches.

1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 829/2 Dr. A. Weissbach..represents the modern Tehuelches as amongst the most brachycephalous on the globe, approaching in this respect nearest to the chimpanzee type.

1935 Conc. Columbia Encycl. 1352/2 Of the original inhabitants the Tehuelches, Patagonian giants,’ were the most important.

1946 J. M. Cooper in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians I. i. 148 The chief hunting and fighting weapon of the early Tehuelche was the bow and arrow, which finally went out of use in the first half of the 19th century.

1774 T. Falkner Descr. Patagonia iv. 110 Pichua is the Tehuel name for guanaco.]

1871 G. C. Musters At Home with Patagonians v. 183 Though able to converse in Tehuelche, I could not at all understand the Pampas.

1910 T. Schmid Two Linguistic Treatises 15 General Mitre..collected together all the loose words in the form of a Tehuelche–Spanish Vocabulary.

1950 J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians VI. 310 The three languages of Tehuelche proper were almost unintelligible, but now are less so... Ona was long considered as forming a separate family from Tehuelche.

1989 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 797/2 Languages..like Ona and Tehuelche, with almost no affixing, are also rare.

1902 H. H. Prichard Through Heart of Patagonia vi. 86 The dawn of authentic Tehuelchian history.

1902 H. H. Prichard Through Heart of Patagonia vi. 103 Nor could we speak Tehuelchian.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 901/1 The natives of Patagonia are nearly extinct. Here and there one may find a Tehuelchian or Gennaken encampment, but natives of pure race are now very scarce.