Talk:Massacre of Salsipuedes

Can the Charrúa really be regarded as "extinct"?
Over the past few days I've been majorly rewriting and expanding on the article, using material from the corresponding Spanish-language article as well as material from the linked sources. Before I worked on the article, there was so much missing in terms of vital background information, what happened on the date of the massacre itself, as well as a general lack of clarity on whether it referred to this one event or some larger military campaign. Also, there is still much yet to cover with regards to the massacre's course of events.

The article asserted that it led to the extinction of the Charrúa, yet the numbers only accounted for about 40 people killed at the event, with the rest sold into slavery and unaccounted for (as well as the 4 that were sold to Paris). There is also no information on the two subsequent attacks. Furthermore, when you go to the article on the Charrúa itself, they (or their descendants) are listed as existing today in the hundreds of thousands across multiple countries. Additionally, their descendants have founded multiple organisations to represent and advocate for their interests.

Why has this assertion been held up across multiple articles relating to them and this event? It makes sense to assert that they disappeared from Uruguay as an organised group, and/or that they disappeared from public consciousness. But apart from assertions by the people of the time, it simply does not seem to hold up. R3troguy420 (talk) 12:28, 8 March 2024 (UTC)