Yahgan

[ yah-guhn ]

noun

, plural Yah·gans, (especially collectively) Yah·gan

1. a member of an Indian people of the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego and adjacent islands.
2. the language of the Yahgan.

Example Sentences

The Yahgan used whale oil as we use vaseline.

From Project Gutenberg

The explorers spoke of his "filthy greasy skin," but the scientific sporting man of New York now imitates the Yahgan, even though vaseline gathers during a swim any flotsam that comes handy by.

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The Yahgan was "shelterless and naked in a land of fierce and freezing storms," but he did not freeze; he did not even shiver in ordinary Cape Horn weather.

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However, one can understand why the explorers did not perceive the real condition of the Yahgan.

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Judged only by his house and his clothing, the Yahgan was of a lower grade of intelligence, or at least was worse off, than many brutes.

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