 The first British immigrants arrived in 1867, and their number increased as sheep farming grew in the Chilean Magallanes.The greatest immigration continued to be by the British until 1906, when Croatians surpassed them in numbers.An 1877 mutiny, known as "El motín de los artilleros" (Mutiny of the Artillerymen), led to the destruction of a large part of the town and the murder of many civilians not directly associated with the prison.