That indigenous group has not been in contact with people for over 50 000 years or so, and the british came in captured six individuals, an elderly man and woman and four children. The man and woman died shortly after or before their arrival in Port Blair, likely from disease, and so the brits attempted to befriend the surviving children by giving them gifts before returning them to their island, in hopes that the children would help village elders realise the British were friendly. The attempt was unsuccessful, likely due to the aggressive nature in which the brits visited the island and the fact that their efforts resulted in the deaths of two Sentinelese people. The people from that island has no genetic immunity to survive exposure to common sicknes like influenza, measle and feber and such. So if you cough you may kill them, which happened in the past, and it is understandable why they have this hostile attitude.
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