Death
In 1863 the missionary Waite Stirling visited Tierra del Fuego and re-established contact with Jemmy, and from then relations with the Yaghan improved. In 1866, after Jemmy's death, Stirling took one of Jemmy's sons, known as Threeboy, to England.
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