Tehuelche
Americannoun
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Tehuelches,
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Tehuelche
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a member of an Indigenous people of Patagonia.
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the language of the Tehuelche.
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Origin of Tehuelche
First recorded in 1770–80; from Spanish, from Araucanian cheu(ù)lche, of uncertain meaning
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The dinosaur's name honors the traditions of the Aonikenk people, the southernmost group of the Indigenous Tehuelche peoples of Patagonia.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
The Tehuelche were innovators, too: Outsiders marveled at their bolas, weighted rope snares they swung and launched from horseback to hunt llamalike guanaco and flightless rhea birds.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023
The Indigenous Tehuelche people called it Chaltén, or smoking mountain, because it is usually shrouded by clouds.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
The fossils of Gualicho, named after an evil spirit feared by Patagonia's indigenous Tehuelche people, were discovered in Argentina's Rio Negro Province.
From Reuters ● Jul. 13, 2016
As the head of a family, the Tehuelche is kind and considerate to the woman and very affectionate to the children.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
It was a scene of austere beauty: the rolling plain, broken here and there by basalt outcroppings where the native Tehuelches took shelter from the wind and lie in wait for passing game.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2019
For cooking the Tehuelches use the long steel bar common among gauchos for suspending a roast over the fire.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
Lassoes, used by Tehuelches and gauchos, 164; description of, horsehair rope, 235 Lava beds at Santa Cruz, 217 Lawrence, Rev. John, Yahgan canoes described by, 55, 78; children of, continue mission work, 104 et seq.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
The Rev. Titus Coan, the Yankee missionary who went to Patagonia, but concluded that the Arab-like life of the Tehuelches was unsuited to Yankee missionary tastes, found runaway sailors among the Tehuelches.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
They do not build boats and neither do the Tehuelches of Patagonia, but considerable numbers of Onas have been found in Patagonia and may still be found there.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
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