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Elleparu (York Minster)

Summary

Elleparu was one of the Alakaluf, or canoe people from the western part of Tierra del Fuego. He was captured by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830 after one the small boats used for surveying the narrow inlets of the coast of Tierra del Fuego…

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  • Elleparu had cried over the death of Boat Memory, and, in Darwins opinion, Elleparu came the
  • a far worse form of retribution for treachery: in 1873, his wife, Yokcushlu, reported that he had
  • Button.  London: Hodder and Stoughton. Darwin, C. R. 1845. Journal of researches into the
  • Beagle round the world, under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. 2d edition. London: John Murray. …

Yokcushlu (Fuegia Basket)

Summary

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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  • even though she appeared to like Orundellico better. Darwin thought Yokcushlu a modest girl of quick
  • Orundellico had received in England may have heightened Darwins shocked reaction to his first
  • hearing a report of one such encounter with a sealing ship, Darwin expressed his concern. ‘Without a
  • bears a double interpretation) some days on board’ (Darwin 1845, p. 228 n.).  Joseph Dalton Hooker
  • Covington in 1853 . Yokcushlu was next heard of in 1873, when she visited the Ushuaia
  • nearing the end of her life. References: Chapman, Anne. 2010European
  • Button.  London: Hodder and Stoughton. Darwin, C. R. 1845. Journal of researches into the
  • Beagle round the world, under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. 2d edition. London: John Murray. …