The Haush or Manek'enk were an indigenous people, considered the oldest inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. The archipelago consists of a main island Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego divided between Chile and Argentina with an area of , and a group of smaller islands including Cape...

. They inhabited the Mitre Peninsula

Mitre Peninsula

Mitre Peninsula is the easternmost part of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, located in the very southeast of the island, with its easternmost point, Cabo San Diego, 29 km northwest of Isla de los Estados, from which it is separated by Le Maire Strait. In the south, the peninsula is bounded by the...

, the eastern tip of the island, and made regular hunting trips to Isla de los Estados

Isla de los Estados

Isla de los Estados is an Argentine island that lies off the eastern extremity of the Argentine portion of Tierra del Fuego, from which it is separated by the Le Maire Strait...

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The Haush were nomadic hunters, hunting the guanaco. They shared many customs with their neighbors the Ona or Selknam

Selknam

The Selk'nam, also known as the Onawo, lived in the Patagonian region of southern Chile and Argentina including the Tierra del Fuego islands...

, including the use of small bows and stone-tipped arrows, skin clothing, and an initiation ritual for youth called hain, and their language was similar.