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Pehuenches (people of pehuén in Mapudungun
Mapudungun

Mapudungun is a language isolate spoken in central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people. It is also known as Mapudungu, Mapuche, and Araucanian ....
) are an indigenous people that are part of the Mapuche
Mapuche

The Mapuche are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. They were known as Araucanians by the Spaniards....
 peoples and live in the Andes
Andes

The Andes form the world's longest exposed mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. The range is over 7,000 km long, 200-700 km wide , and of an average height of about 4,000 m ....
 in south central Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 and Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
. Their name derives from their diet based on the harvesting of piñones, the seeds of the Araucaria araucana
Araucaria araucana

Araucaria araucana is the hardiest species in the Pinophyta genus Araucaria. It is native to central Chile and west central Argentina, and is an evergreen tree growing to 40 m tall and 2 m trunk diameter....
 or pehuén.

Pehuenches incorporated horse meat
Horse meat

Horse meat is the culinary name for meat cut from a horse. It is slightly sweet, tender, low in fat, and high in protein. For the majority of mankind?s early existence wild horses were hunted as a source of protein....
 into their diet since wilderened Spanish horses reached the eastern foothills of the Andes. These herds had originated in the humid pampa
Humid Pampa

The Humid Pampa is an extensive region of flat, fertile grassland of loessic origin in Argentina. It has a precipitation average of 900 mm per year, in contrast with the Semi-arid Pampass to the west, which average less than 700 mm....
, after the second abandonedment of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
 in 1541. At fist they hunted horses as any other other animal but later they begun to grow horses for meat and transport.






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Pehuenches (people of pehuén in Mapudungun
Mapudungun

Mapudungun is a language isolate spoken in central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people. It is also known as Mapudungu, Mapuche, and Araucanian ....
) are an indigenous people that are part of the Mapuche
Mapuche

The Mapuche are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. They were known as Araucanians by the Spaniards....
 peoples and live in the Andes
Andes

The Andes form the world's longest exposed mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. The range is over 7,000 km long, 200-700 km wide , and of an average height of about 4,000 m ....
 in south central Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 and Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
. Their name derives from their diet based on the harvesting of piñones, the seeds of the Araucaria araucana
Araucaria araucana

Araucaria araucana is the hardiest species in the Pinophyta genus Araucaria. It is native to central Chile and west central Argentina, and is an evergreen tree growing to 40 m tall and 2 m trunk diameter....
 or pehuén.

Pehuenches incorporated horse meat
Horse meat

Horse meat is the culinary name for meat cut from a horse. It is slightly sweet, tender, low in fat, and high in protein. For the majority of mankind?s early existence wild horses were hunted as a source of protein....
 into their diet since wilderened Spanish horses reached the eastern foothills of the Andes. These herds had originated in the humid pampa
Humid Pampa

The Humid Pampa is an extensive region of flat, fertile grassland of loessic origin in Argentina. It has a precipitation average of 900 mm per year, in contrast with the Semi-arid Pampass to the west, which average less than 700 mm....
, after the second abandonedment of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
 in 1541. At fist they hunted horses as any other other animal but later they begun to grow horses for meat and transport. To conserve horse meat it was made into charqui
Charqui

Charqui or charque, is a form of Jerky common in South America made from dried and salted meat, usually from horse, but also beef. This curing was done so the meat could be stored for a long period....
 after being sun dryed in the high Andes
Andes

The Andes form the world's longest exposed mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. The range is over 7,000 km long, 200-700 km wide , and of an average height of about 4,000 m ....
.