With Ona help, he laid a trail across Fuego's biggest island and established a large sheep ranch in the heart of Ona territory. In his years of camping out with the Indians, he learned more about them than any other white man. The Ona way of life, says Bridges, was "communistic"; there were no chiefs. A man owned his wives (usually two, one much older than himself and one much younger), his weapons and his clothing; he spent his time hunting or feuding with other tribes while his women fished, cooked, reared the children. The Ona believed in neither gods nor devils, but were sure that birds could talk and that some mountains had once been human beings. For a long while Author Bridges thought his savage friends believed in the spirits they imitated in their crude rituals; but the Ona opened his eyes by initiating him into the tribe's all-male lodge. There he heard that once upon a time the women had ruled the tribe with witchcraft, until the men, in desperation, had banded together and killed all the women. To forestall any attempt by growing girls to reestablish female tyranny, the men had "invented a new branch of Ona demonology: a collection of strange beings . . . who would take visible shape" and scare the women into submissiveness. The women never failed to scare, but Author Bridges believed it "impossible that [they] were utterly deceived." Measles Massacre. When World War I broke out, Author Bridges sailed to England to enlist. After the war he returned to Tierra del Fuego only occasionally, spent much of his time developing frontier land in South Africa. He would have learned little more about his Indian friends anyhow, for in the '20's two epidemies of measles killed almost three-quarters of them.* A weak heart finally forced Bridges to settle down in Buenos Aires. There, before his death in 1949, he wrote his book. It contains many of the faults its author saw in his first draft, which "like the country of its origin, was criss-crossed by precipitous gullies interspersed with tangled thickets and bogs." But readers who follow daredevil Author Bridges' trail will hardly care to complain about a few irregularities in the terrain.   *By 1947 the pure-blooded Indian population of Tierra del Fuego numbered less than 150. The white population, principally engaged in sheep-raising, had grown to over 10,000.

View Ona Legends. The Land of Fire, the End of the World. in a larger map The Land Of Fire. Comic Story The Wondera: The Strange Man,..... The Land of Fire The End of the Earth Story by The Buenos Aires Toy Museum Land of Fire;The End Of the World.A True Comic Story from Argentina. Based on the folk history of the original tribe of Tierra del Fuego, the Ona People. Email: Bob Frassinetti. Art Dealer & Journalist. « previous | next » View Full-Size Image The Wondera: The Strange Man,.....    The Story begins;The Strange man: He was sent by one of the Onas divinities to help the lost group find the necessary elements in order to be able to open the TimesÂ’ Door. However heÂ’s human, and features limited powers. His large cane is his main and most powerful weapon shooting rays and lightings. In major confrontations with the enemies heÂ’s the key factor in culminate moments. HeÂ’s the wisest of all 6 characters; even more, heÂ’s the one who explains Lucio, the narrator, the because of each situation they go through. This mysterious and enlightened character has another ability which is –at precise and determined moments- to abstract himself and the whole group as observers of parallel realities that have past or are to occur; though this can be done for short periods of time for it withdraws too much of his lively energy. If you are interested in this story please contact me;Email: The Buenos Aires Toy Museum,Bob Frassinetti. The Buenos Aires Toy Museum,Argentina. Bob Frassinetti. Copyright 2005. Roberto Dario Frassinetti. Click to join artandantiques Comments (0) | Add a Comment

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The Land of Fire, The End of the World, a Comic Fantasy Story

The Land of Fire The End of the World, a Comic Fantasy Story. The Land of Fire, The End of the World, a Comic Fantasy Story Once again our creative team at The Buenos Aires Toy Museum is currently developing the museum’s very own comic fantasy comic strip story. Featuring a unique story line of fantasy art and wonderful adventures and great challenges in story telling, our very own comic is being customize designed for us by a team of artists, painters and literature experts… The concept and interest in developing this project began as a general and vague idea a couple of years ago. We had been working a while in research projects related to the history of toys and games in Argentina, when we discovered a very interesting and appealing facet of games in general. We realized that these games and toys were representations of a determined state of culture, history and personal beliefs that thru means of objects, writings and popular beliefs, became real and lasting, having –those of quality and whit- a strong impact on society and culture. We then came up with the idea of creating a multimedia game-toy-concept that would become a trademark of ourselves, our time, our ideas, as well as our hopes and dreams. The idea of creating a story, narrating a fictionalized version of our thoughts, wishes and dreams was tied from the very beginning to our history as individuals as well as a nation. The idea was also routed on a small tribe known as “Ona Indians” an ethnic group from Tierra del Fuego, South America, the Land of Fire in the Argentine Patagonia, a strong and amazing culture that eventually was purposely vanished and up rooted from our history by the Spaniards and the early local half breeds of the local government… This ethnic group, their believes and knowledge, will be playing an important role with the main character coming from their folk history into our story, bringing then the intention of reflecting us in our complexity, our syncretism culture. Together with the strips -the narration- we’ve created miniature sculptures of the characters, artwork of the scenery and concept, and an incipient game concept of adventure narration… The story begins in Buenos Aires, with a man writing a story, the way we do right now. A momentary lapse of reason will take him to a faraway fiction like - though very real- land of adventures and life experiences… Our comic is undergoing a rich and interesting production process, where creative and ingenious individuals taking part in this project are all chipping in with their ideas, passion and craftsmanship to create an outstanding final product. Our playful artistic creation will then have a triple meaning from the start; it’s going to be a story, a work of art and a game, all at the same time. You, our very important front row readers will have the best possible access to our comic and art. We’ll be posting on our website permanent entrees of advances on the story, the art and as the game goes developing we will be placing it on line ......... For more information: Email: admin@frassinetti.com Bob Frassinetti. Press here to go back to web blog:Daily Updates on Art, Antiques, Collectibles as well as travel information for Buenos Aires, Argentina.Phone me thru Skype, ID: Bob Frassinetti or you can also chat with me thru Yahoo, press here: Yahoo Contact Find me on MySpace and be my friend!

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