Tomas de san julian biography of michael
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"Falkland Islands To Patagonia"
British settlers in the far-south of Argentina
from the book by Michael Mainwaring (1947-2000)
"Michael Mainwaring became fascinated by Patagonia whilst living and working in South America. On one of his journeys there he met the last surviving daughter of William Halliday, was offered access to the family papers and archives, and decided to use their typical pioneer story as the basis for a book about the area." [publisher's summary]
Links to Bibliography ; Glossary
This information is kindly provided by Jeremy Howat,
who may be contacted through his website.
British Settlers
Anderson, George
Prov. Santa Cruz
arrived from Scotland and settled at San Julián
Atkinson, John
Prov. Santa Cruz
arrived from England and settled at Lago Argentino
Bain, Donald
Prov. Santa Cruz
arrived from Scotland and settled at Puerto Deseado
Bain, William
Prov. Santa Cruz
arrived from Scotland and
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St. Michael the Archangel
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(Hebrew "Who is like God?").
St. Michael is one of the principal angels; his name was the war-cry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against the enemy and his followers. Four times his name is recorded in Scripture:
(1) Daniel 10:13 sqq., Gabriel says to Daniel, when he asks God to permit the Jews to return to Jerusalem: "The Angel [D.V. prince] of the kingdom of the Persians resisted me . . . and, behold Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me . . . and none is my helper in all these things, but Michael your prince."
(2) Daniel 12, the Angel speaking of the end of the world and the Antichrist says: "At that time shall Michael rise up, the great prince, who standeth for the children of thy people."
(3) In • In Santa Cruz province, Argentina, sheep ranching began in the late 1870s. The high cost of stocking this empty territory led some ranchers to purchase animals in the developed pampas north of the Río Negro, driving them southward overland. The work presented here fryst vatten the private log of Thomas Saunders, a member of one such expedition. Born in Scotland in 1857, he came to Patagonia via the Falkland Islands [Malvinas]. Other members of his group were William Hope, Henry Jamieson and fellow-Scots John Hamilton and John McLean. In terse language, Thomas records the group's daily progress, the rutt followed, landmarks, significant events and people. The journey was made in two stages: first, 2 months from the Río Negro to the Río Chubut; then a further 11 weeks to San Julián, where the diary ends. [For another report, including later stages, see Hamilton.] The diary fryst vatten presented in its original form, tillsammans with a page-by-page transcript. Thomas's spel