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In the area of the Beagle Channel and on the islands, Alacaluf, Yahgan, and Chono tribes were migrant fishermen.
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This might be said with considerable truth of the Yahgan tongue, which is smooth and easy; but of the grunting, choking, spasmodic talk of the Onas it is untrue.
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Traveling still farther southward, we meet the very tall Patagonian, still an Indian in essential respects, and finally, the Yahgan and Alacaluf of the Fuegian region, the most degenerate members of the race.
The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton
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The Yahgan attitude toward death is the same as that of many primitive races.
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The following data relates to the running amuck or outburst, among the Yahgan and Ona tribes of the Fuegian Archipelago.
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One of the remaining historic corrals at Sapper Hill, near Stanley Although there is possible evidence of Yahgan (Patagonian native) landings, such as the warrah, the first accepted settlement was during the 18th century when East Falkland was settled by the
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Darwin sailed as gentleman companion to the prickly Captain Robert FitzRoy, whose first aim was to return three Alakaluf and Yahgan aboriginals
unknown title 2009
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Darwin sailed as gentleman companion to the prickly Captain Robert FitzRoy, whose first aim was to return three Alakaluf and Yahgan aboriginals
unknown title 2009
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