Caucahue is an ethonym used by Chonos and the

Huilliche The Huilliche (), Huiliche or Huilliche-Mapuche are the southern partiality of the Mapuche macroethnic group in Chile and Argentina. Located in the Zona Sur, they inhabit both Futahuillimapu ("great land of the south") and, as the Cunco or Ve ...

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. The Caucahue spoke a different language from the Chono. 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. Alvarez also posits the Caucahue disappeared from the historical record by merging into the

Kawésqar The Kawésqar, also known as the Kaweskar, Alacaluf, Alacalufe or Halakwulup, are an Indigenous people who live in Chilean Patagonia, specifically in the Brunswick Peninsula, and Wellington, Santa Inés, and Desolación islands northwest of t ...

to the south and the people of Chiloé to the north. According to historian

Ximena Urbina María Ximena Urbina Carrasco is a Chilean historian. She is best known for her work on the colonial era Colonial period (a period in a country's history where it was subject to management by a colonial power) may refer to: Continents *Europe ...

and co-workers the Caucahue are essentially ancient Kawésqar. "Caucahues" described in sources as "gigantic" may have been

Tehuelches The Tehuelche people, also called the Aónikenk, are an Indigenous people from eastern Patagonia in South America. In the 18th and 19th centuries the Tehuelche were influenced by Mapuche people, and many adopted a horseriding lifestyle. Once a ...

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{{reflist Ethnonyms History of Aysén Region History of Magallanes Region Kawésqar Indigenous peoples of the Southern Cone Ethnic groups in Chile Indigenous peoples in Chile Hunter-gatherers of South America Nomadic groups in the Americas Sea nomads

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