Narrative of the surveying voyages of his majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle (vol.2): between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagles's circumnavigation of the globe

128 ARUANGEMENTs. Jan. 1833- there establish the Fuegians, with Matthews : — leave them for a time, while I continued my route westward to ex- plore the western arms of the channel, and part of Whale- boat Sound : and at my return thence decide whether Mat- thews should be left among the natives for a longer period, or return with me to the Beagle. But before I briefly relate this attempt to form a temporary settlement among the Fuegians, it may be advisable to give a general sketch of the aborigines who thinly people the south- ernmost regions of South America : including not only the various tribes of Fuegians (as far as we know them), but the Patagonians, and those natives of Western Patagonia who are supposed to be a remnant of the tribe called Chonos.