EXTENT OF YAGHANS 
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Chata (Spanish), large flat-bottomed boat or lighter. 
Chatita (Spanish), very small flat-bottomed boat. 
Andn , Yaghan for canoe. 
kauarli , one; [these numerals are] pure Yaghan spoken 
in the south. 
kampeipl , two. 
mutton , mdtton , three. 
chi-la , more. 
wulru , many. 
mia-mina (South Indians), hurricane. 
ca-shdka (Indians round Piedro’s), hurricane. 
Yaghans extend West to Cape Divide. Never far from 
Brecknock. 1 Used to marry with Onahs of Great Success 
Bay. Clements got his Onah wife from here. ‘William’ has 
had nine wives, and one is still alive. First wife had ten 
children, but all dead. One woman has had nine husbands, 
no children. One woman (Alacaluf) married to white man 
kills all her children. 
Snow storms at intervals all day; sunshine between. 
Photographed the Cove (Plate X). Clements with wife 
(Alacaluf) came in small boat at 3.30. One grown boy 
by Onah wife. One half-caste girl by Chilean father. Two 
girls, young, by Alacaluf woman. Made up old Toldo 
(Plate XI) with beech twigs for bedding. Woman and 
children stayed in boat until Clements had talked with 
Yaghans already present and decided on Toldo. Men re¬ 
paired the latter. Boy went out in search of wood. Clements 
had had no luck in hunting. 
Lappa , mussel, was name of man who died; now called 
Cachuing. 2 Tawella is name of man who died, so changed to 
Stab . Man named James died, so changed another man’s 
1 Miss Hamilton, from Mr. Bridges: ‘Western limit of Yaghans, end of Gordon 
Island; eastern limit, Sloggett Bay.’ (Sloggett Bay, Tierra del Fuego, c. 66° 20' W., 
55° S.) 
2 See p. 100, s.v. Kackuing. 
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