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Yokcushlu (Fuegia Basket)
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Yokcushlu was one of the Alakaluf, or canoe people from the western part of Tierra del Fuego. She was one of the hostages seized by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, after the small boat used for surveying the narrow inlets of the coast of Tierra del…
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- … , whom he renamed York Minster. Yokcushlu was named Fuegia Basket by the men who had to build a make …
- … Darwin expressed his concern. ‘Without a doubt this was Fuegia Basket. She lived (and I fear the …
- … he ‘ went to bed quite melancholy at the fate of poor Fuegia Basket ’. This news about Yokcushlu …
Richard Matthews
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Richard Matthews was 21 years old when he stepped aboard the Beagle, destined for a lonely career as a missionary in Tierra del Fuego. The Church Missionary Society had arranged for him to accompany the three Fuegians (Fuegia Basket, Jemmy Button, and York…
Boat Memory
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Boat Memory was one of the indigenous people from Tierra del Fuego brought back to England by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830, but he remains as ghostly a figure as his name. What he was called by his own people is unknown, but the name Boat…
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- … released two boys but kept a young girl whom he named Fuegia Basket . He next took a man, whom he …
Robert FitzRoy
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Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men lived in the closest proximity, their relationship revealed by the letters they exchanged while Darwin left the ship to explore the countries visited during the…
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- … Yokcushlu, whom he renamed York Minster, Boat Memory, and Fuegia Basket, respectively. Two months …
