Tehuelche
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Tehuelches is the collective name of the native tribes of Patagonia. They are also called Patagonians.
It is possible that the stories of the early European explorers about the Patagones, a race of giants in South America, are based on the Tehuelches, because the Tehuelches are typically tall. According to the 2001 Argentine census, there were 4,300 Tehuelche in the provinces of Chubut and Santa Cruz and a further 1,637 in other parts of Argentina.
[edit] Language
The Tehuelche speak Tehuelche, a Chon language.
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