Yahgan
[yah-guh n]
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noun, plural Yah·gans, (especially collectively) Yah·gan for 1.
a member of an Indian people of the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego and adjacent islands.
the language of the Yahgan.
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Some of the land he now holds once belonged to a number of Yahgan families.
The Gold Diggings of Cape HornJohn R. Spears
But the Yahgan did not delight in open warfare or bloodshed.
The Gold Diggings of Cape HornJohn R. Spears
These served every need of the Yahgan in the way of cups and basins.
The Gold Diggings of Cape HornJohn R. Spears
In Fuegia there is at least one radically distinct tongue, the Yahgan, studied by Bridges.
Man, Past and PresentAgustus Henry Keane
But there were forms and methods in the marriage negotiations that were dear to the Yahgan heart.
The Gold Diggings of Cape HornJohn R. Spears