Puelche
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The Puelche are an extinct tribe of South American Indians. They inhabited the Argentine Pampas region near the Río Negro and Río Colorado. They were a nomadic people, and bred horses and cattle. They had their own language, and socially they resembled their Patagonian neighbours, especially the Tehuelche.
They hunted Guanaco and Rhea, and were proficient horsemen; fighting with lances and bolas.
They were absorbed by the Araucanians during the 1700s.
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