Yahgan
noun
a member of an Indian people of the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego and adjacent islands.
Yahgans
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pluralof Yahgan.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Yahgans were employed on road-making, chopping, pit-sawing and other work of the hardest kind.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
The missionaries tell about Yahgans killing birds afloat at a distance of two hundred yards.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
The Rev. Thomas Bridges, who now lives opposite Gable Island, in the Beagle Channel, has for nearly forty years made a study of the Yahgans and their language.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
But in January of that year Mr. Stirling determined to take up his residence among the Yahgans.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
Of course the Yahgans were highly offended, but their anger was apparently appeased later, and a landing was affected on Navarin Island in peace.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
