_Kennekas_, see _Takanikas_.
_Takanikas_, on both shores of the Beagle Channel.
_Yahgans_, see _Yapoos_.
_Yapoos_, on the central Beagle Channel.
The opinion has been advanced by Dr. Deniker of Paris,[552] that the
Fuegians represent the oldest type or variety of the American race. He
believes that at one time this type occupied the whole of South America
south of the Amazon, and that the Tapuyas of Brazil and the Fuegians
are its surviving members. This interesting theory demands still
further evidence before it can be accepted. It is not confirmed by such
linguistic comparisons as I have been able to institute.