Caucahue

Caucahue is an ethonym used by Chonos and the Huilliche and Spanish of Chiloé for a group of canoe-faring people that inhabited the archipelagoes south of the Gulf of Penas. The term is one of the various ethnonyms recorded by the Spanish in the 18th century in the fjords and channels of Patagonia.[1] The Caucahue spoke a language different from the one of the Chono.[2] Archaeologist Ricardo Alvarez posits that the Caucahue and other groups appeared relatively late in colonial records because this was the time when contact became more common.[1] Alvarez also posits the Caucahue disappeared from the historical record by merging into the Kawésqar to the south and the people of Chiloé to the north.[1] According to historian Ximena Urbina and co-workers the Caucahue are essentially ancient Kawésqar.[2] "Caucahues" described in sources as "gigantic" may have been Tehuelches.[3]

## See also

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* Antonio de Vea expedition
* Caucahue Island
* Indigenous peoples in Chile

## References

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1. ^ a b c Alvarez Abel, Ricardo (2002). "Reflexiones en torno a las identidades de las poblaciones canoeras, situadas entre los 44º y 48º de latitud sur, denominadas "chonos"". Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia, serie Ciencias Humanas (in Spanish). 30: 79–86.
2. ^ a b Urbina, Ximena; Reyes, Omar; Belmar, Carolina A. (2020). "Canoeros en Chiloé: de facilitadores de las navegaciones españolas en los archipiélagos los Chonos y de Guayaneco, a productores y comerciantes, 1567-1792" [Coastal hunter gatherers in Chiloé: From facilitators of the navigation of Spaniards in the Chonos and Guayaneco archipelagoes to producers and traders, 1567-1792]. Chungara (in Spanish). 52 (2). doi:10.4067/S0717-73562020005000702.
3. ^ Cooper, John M. (1946). "The Marginal tribes". In Steward, Julian H. (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Washington, United States: Smithsonian Institution. p. 50. `{{cite book}}`: `|work=` ignored (help)