Pucananlacitanjiz (William Beckenham Button)
b. c. 1869
Fuegian. Grandson of Orundellico (Jemmy Button). Orphaned at the age of 8. Lived at the orphanage established by the South American Mission Society at Ushuaia in the Beagle Channel, Patagonia. Renamed William Beckenham when support was provided for him by the Beckenham and Shortlands Association.
Sources
Hazlewood 2000, p. 343
South American Missionary Magazine, 1 March 1877, p. 76; 1 February 1878, p. 32; 1 October 1879, p. 223
Bibliography
Hazlewood, Nick. 2000. Savage. The life and times of Jemmy Button. London: Hodder and Stoughton.
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