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Wammestriggins (Threeboys Button)

b. c. 1846 d. 1867

Fuegian of the Yahgan tribe. Son of Orundellico (Jemmy Button). Given the name Threeboys Button. Brought to England in 1865 by Waite Hockin Stirling; died shortly after returning to Tierra del Fuego.

Source

Hazlewood 2000.

Bibliography

Hazlewood, Nick. 2000. Savage. The life and times of Jemmy Button. London: Hodder and Stoughton.

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