Sarmiento, reference to, 3; starving colony, 34, 80; Pedro, 169
Sarmiento Mount, 25; snow capped peaks of, 41; peak of coast range on Tierra del Fuego, 47
Saunders, James, 215; sheep raiser in Patagonia, 280
Scenery, of Punta Arenas like Adirondacks, 34, 41; along Patagonia coast, 297, 299
Sea fowl, methods of gathering eggs of, 68
Sea mosses above tree line on mountains of Fuegian islands, 51
Seals, fur and hair, in Cape Horn region, 75
Serpents easily destroyed by panther, 196
Sheep, long-wooled variety in favor, 219; diseases of, 220; 800,000 in Santa Cruz territory, 287.
Sheep raising, a productive industry in Patagonia, 215; profits for one year, 216; success in, at Gallegos, 216; profitable to the individual, 217; amount of capital needed for, 218, expenses of, 218, 220; care of lambs, 219; profits of, in Punta Arenas, 219; average pounds of wool per sheep, 220; as compared with Argentine and United States, 220; havoc made by foxes and wild-cats, 220; conservative estimate of profits of, 221; compared with cattle business in the United States, 221; wool sold for gold, 222; ranchmen paid in paper, 222
Sheep ranch, established on Keppel Island, 85; description of, at Santa Cruz, 222
Shells, curious, 295; antediluvian oyster, 295; mussel, 295
Skunks, made pets by Indians, 198; eaten by Indians, 198
Sloggett Bay, rich in nugget gold, 18; story of one expedition to, 19; peculiar difficulties of mining in, 20 _et seq._
Snow, Captain W. Parker, commander of mission ship, 85; establishes mission on Keppel Island, 85
Snow storms every month in Cape Horn region, 91
"Son of the southwest gale," gaucho term for dragon fly, 246
Spanish-American nations, lack of enterprise among, 279; Argentine an exception, 279; "adobe money" of, 279
Sparrow, desert, 232; description of, 232
Spears used by Yahgans, 58; by Tehuelches, 164
Spider of the hot pampas attacks man, 246
Springs one hundred miles apart in Patagonian desert, 157
Squash the favorite vegetable of Argentine ranchmen, 271
Staten Island of Cape Horn, 15, 137; similarity of ridges of, to Rocky Mountains, 139; end of backbone of Western Hemisphere, 139; _Ushuaia_ bound for Antarctic, 138; view of, 139, 140; mountain ridge 2,000 to 3,000 feet high, 140; vegetation of mountains, 140; varied and interesting forms of bird-life off, 141; terrific seas and tide rips in, 142; Government post at St. John Harbor, 142; St. John Bay, 143; lighthouse of St. John's Cape, 143-146; story of runaway sailor boy, 146 _et seq._; peculiar formation of the island, 148; bays of, filling with sand, 148; interior of, almost impassable, 149; supply of wood, 150; climate, 150; gold on New Year's Island, 150