ENGLISH USAGE
| beat about |
(perhaps) search around |
| beef |
wild cattle |
| bitch |
presumably, a female dog |
| camp |
open country (from Spanish "campo") |
| foray |
search for food |
| forenoon |
morning |
| league |
(in the Argentine pampa) 5km |
| lion |
puma |
| ostrich |
the ñandú or choique |
| pass |
river-crossing |
PERSONS
| Barnes |
not identified |
| Hamilton, John |
rancher: Punta Loyola, Río Gallegos |
| Hope, William |
rancher: Colmena, San Julián |
| Jamieson, Henry |
rancher: Moy Aike, Río Gallegos |
| MacLean, John |
rancher: (later) Puerto Natales |
| McRae |
not identified |
| Rudd, John |
rancher: Cape Fairweather, Río Gallegos |
| the Frenchman |
probably Celestino Bousquet
[ref. personal communication from Carolyn Kerr, 1-II-2016, citing
Lenzi's "Historia de Santa Cruz", p.383.] |
| the naturalist |
Carlos Burmeister |
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SPANISH WORDS
| acampar |
camp (verb) |
| arroyo |
stream |
| bagual |
wild horse |
| bajo |
low ground, depression |
| campamento |
encampment |
| guanaco |
large quadruped, related to the camel |
| guía |
transport permit |
| laguna |
lagoon, small lake |
| manchado |
piebald or skewbald horse (eq. tobiano) |
| monte |
terrain with low trees and brush |
| petizo |
small horse |
| pozo |
well, pool |
| soga |
rope |
| travesía |
large, arid expanse of land |
| tropilla |
drove, flock, herd |
| vacuno |
cattle |
| zanjón |
ravine |
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N.B. Place-names marked in colour
have not yet been located.
PLACE-NAMES
| Bagual
Spring |
p24 |
lit. "spring of
the wild horse" |
| Baguales,
Paso |
p8 |
lit. "pass of the wild
horses" |
| Bandaro,
Laguna |
p1 |
lake not identified |
| Cañón
Verde |
p19 |
lit. "green canyon" |
| Carrizal, Aguada del |
p5 |
watering-hole located
near the Arroyo de la Ventana; lit. "reed-bed" |
| Chancho, Laguna del |
p2 |
lake located between
the Río Negro y San Antonio; lit. "lake of the pig" |
| Chathico |
p8 |
point 175km WSW of Puerto Madryn
[43º S, 66-67º W] |
| Chico, Río |
p9 |
river draining Lago
Colhué Huapi, flowing NE to the Río Chubut; lit. "small river" |
| Chubut, Río |
p9 |
river rising in the
Andes, entering Atlantic at Rawson |
| Colhué Huapi, Lago |
p13 |
lake 100km WNW of Comodoro
Rivadavia |
| Colorada, Sierra |
p6 |
hills 10km W of Puerto
Lobos; lit. "red ridge" |
| Comenna,
Laguna |
p1 |
lake not identified |
| Corral
Chico |
p5 |
lit. "small enclosure",
probably built with stone walls |
| Cuero
Caballo, Laguna |
p1 |
lake not identified;
lit. "horsehide" |
| Deseado, Río |
p15 |
river rising in Lago
Buenos Aires, entering Atlantic at Puerto Deseado |
| Desire, Port |
p13 |
coastal town, Prov.
Santa Cruz; in Spanish, "Puerto Deseado" |
| Dos Pozos |
p9 |
water-source 45km W
of Dolavon [95km W of Rawson]; lit. "two wells" |
| Guanaco
Gordo |
p24 |
lit. "fat guanaco" |
| Huevo
Frito, Laguna |
p3 |
lake not identified;
lit. "fried egg" |
| Lean Gap |
p21 |
not identified |
| Liffapon,
Laguna |
p1 |
lake not identified |
| Negro, Río |
p1 |
river formed by the
Limay and the Neuquén, entering Atlantic at Viedma |
| Pajalta |
p4 |
town 17km SE of Valcheta;
(another map shows Paja Alta 30km S of Valcheta) |
| Pichalao |
p7 |
point 125km WNW of Puerto Madryn
[42º 15´ S, 66-67 W] |
| San Julián |
p24 |
coastal town, Prov.
Santa Cruz |
| Sauce
Solo |
p11 |
lit. "lone willow" |
| Tres
Arroyos |
p14 |
lit. "three streams" |
| Tres Arroyos |
p21 |
lit. "three streams" |
| Valcheta |
p3 |
town 100 km W of San
Antonio Oeste |
| Ventana, Arroyo de
la |
p6 |
town 112km S of Valcheta,
and 65km W of Sierra Grande; lit. "window stream" |
| Verde, Arroyo |
p6 |
town 135km S of Valcheta,
and 13km N of the prov. boundary; lit. "green stream" |
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