Caucahue

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The Caucahues were an indigenous people in southern Chile on the Gulf of Penas .

history

The Caucahues lived on the Gulf of Penas south of the Taitao peninsula in the Región de Aisén . They were a people of fishermen.

After the Jesuits came to Chile in 1620 , the parts of the Caucahues were moved to the island of Cailín in 1743 . The island is located east of the large island of Chiloé , just south of the city of Quellón .

The Jesuits built a church here and began missionary work for the Caucahues. In 1752 there were about 200 caucahues on the island. The remote church was abandoned at the end of the 18th century.

In the meantime, the locals and caucahues had slowly mingled and the independent people of the caucahues ceased to exist on the island.

Today only small groups of caucahues still live in southern Chile. Their own language (Kakauhua) is considered extinct, the ISO code [kbf] has been withdrawn.