Narrative of the surveying voyages of his majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle (vol.1): between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagles's circumnavigation of the globe

March 1830. pinoleo — araucanian dress. 309 skirts of the town, towards the river Bio-Bio. We found the chiefs residence (little better than a rancho, or hut of the country), surrounded by Indians, some of whom were armed ; and at the door Were his two datighters, young, and rather good-looking, whose persons and dress we had leisure to examine, whilst waiting the chiefs pleasure to receive us. They were clothed with a mantle, or wrapper, of green baize, enve- loping the body from the neck to the feet, and fastened at the breast by atoup, ortupu* (a silver pin, or skewer, headed with a round silver plate, three inches in diameter), over which hung a string of beads. Their hair, which was remarkably fine and clean, as well as neatly dressed, was divided into two plaited tails (' trensas'), and their foreheads were ornamented with a broad fillet, worked over with beads.^- They also wore neck- laces, bracelets, ear-rings, and anklets of similar manufacture. Our names having been announced to Pinoleo, he came to the door to receive us, and invited us to enter. Some of our party he recognized, and seemed pleased at their visiting him. We were early, and found him sober ; but from his bloated and haggard appearance, it seemed that he had not been long so. On entering the hut, we observed a number of Indians, scarcely sober, seated round, near the walls. Some turbid wine was presented to us, in a silver cup, which we sipped as it passed round ; but the last of our party knowing that to return the cup without emptying it, would be an offence, was obliged to drink the contents, and a bitter potion they were. Pinoleo was then stout and ratlier corpulent, five feet ten inches in height, of a fairer complexion than the generality of his countrymen, and had lost much of his hair. He had laid aside the Indian • In Febres'Arte de la lengua de Chile' they are thus described "Ahujas grandes con una plancha redonda de plata como una hostia, b mayor, con que preflden las mujeressus mantas — Certain large bodkins, with around silver plate, as large as, or larger than, an oyster, with which the women fasten their mantles." t The ornament on the forehead, which is worn only by unmarried women, is called Trare-lonco, from the old Chilian words trarin, to fasten, and tonco, the head. The bracelet is called Anello cure ; the anklets, Anelleo.