AT HOME WITH THE PATAGONIANS

In 1869, Patagonia was an almost unexplored territory whose image in the world was associated with the myth of the giant Patagon Indians described by Magellan. This legend and the fact that his brother had visited the region as part of the HMS Beagle expedition, convinced the British explorer George Musters to undertake the adventure of crossing the region to meet this mysterious tribe.His experience was extraordinary, and his text not only shines because of the adventures he lived but also because it depicts the ancestral way of life of the Tehuelches or Aonikenk. Hunting, fights, deaths, marriages, and births, all come to life in the pen of Musters, who traveled from south to north along with these people. He also describes the personality of two famous Patagonian Casimiro and Orkeke as well as leaders of other tribes such as Foyel, Inacayal and Sayhueque.Reading this book is key to understand the way of living and thinking of the Tehuelches, this fundamental native Patagonian tribe.