[Dr. Franklin]

Okay. Now that they have left, the women, and there were probably more then one, were not there to hunt seals. They were there to process the catch, cook, maintain the camp and provide for the hunters.... other needs.

Well she could have been married to one of the men on the expedition and then met an untimely demise. It's more likely, an indigenous woman from southern Chile was a camp follower who saw an opportunity to make some money from the expedition.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Possible but unlikely.

They would have brought only one type of women with them. The ones that, because of age or defect, could not have children.

A fecund female was treasured in tribal culture because only through them could the tribe live into the future. They were not to be taken into danger and taking them to a seal hunting camp was indeed dangerous.

We have lived with surplus for so long we do not understand how they would have viewed things at that time.