Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-04-29
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Narrative Of a woman. who Il, ) rcd 1 8
{ Years Aionc ON sa., cola. s.sand.
Captain c. NV Russell has contributed
TO Hutehings Magazine an interesting mar
ratiye of woman who lived eighfae Years
alone upon the island Of san Nicc!assof the |.
santa Barbara group off the iower coast of |
California, and situated about 3 deg 10 I
min north latitude While stationed in that I
quarter, making tidal observations for the |
United states Government, Captain Russell
received from one George Nedey,r, an old
California resident, the following remarkable |
history: s ,x,,..s..
Twenty years ago, the whole of the Indian
tribes inhabiting the Santa Barbara group
of islands were engaged in a fierce and ex-
terminating war with each other,ani tosuch
an extent was this deadly hostility waged,
that already the population had sefy much
diminished, and would, in all probability,
before many years, become entirety extinct
Toprevent this, and at the Same time to
ameliorate the condition of the Indians, the
| Fathers Of the mission ofSanta Barbara con
ceived the idea of removing them 10 the main
| land ,uho,-, tboy no;rbt no mo fcbnI ,ipar I'M
nrovaa and nreserred nnaar tbair immediate
| IN rr,e,;nTendenca ;, For th;s ,,urn,se ifev y;s.
;,od tbe ;sla nase' :, co,nanf IL :, fs,v mar.
t;alv c;y;,;yed Ind;ans'. nod a.ni.;nsd to
tba,, t,a ad 90 ntare. of ramoy;no ~ the Mis-.
| sion rTbay Istenad ..,ttapr;ve,v -, the ,nro.
posal and finally consented to go, on prom
! ises ofprotcction from their natural enemies
different Islands and tbe yorr;o5,s Itr;bps were
! taken ono 81 one to the NI;ssior3 ~ santa
Rarhoro Int while the1 last ~ m Ioi;ans
were emha rk;na at Tho ;slan,l of San N;c6Ias
and all were snnnosed RI hn on ho0yd = child
was MISSING. and ;,s mother in, ,srnat dis.
| tress was seekiny everywhera .wifnout. sue.
I cnss Each ,ortion, NJ tho ,essa} w.s .d;l;-
gently searched all The adjacent .j,cks we're
examined-bnt M, child was fnun o. Almost
| tho ,ostad t,,a -,
wa;t whle shc went mo tho ;ntar, ). - search
for be her child IN which ba relu,f,ntIy con.
sented = : - - !.
~ a. nicht closed down IN dorknass heavy
r,,ssas Il clouds roliad ~, rrn,, t,, ha.;y,,,
md eraro tbro,tor;n,rs 20
stor,o !, II ,roro snS 80 rar ~, ,.atnrn e
1 thn woman and bar I'LL Laforo :, 3irnL ~.
| IN tbom h,t sill n 80 ~ ~ III
ELn,an. 70 hlo,v borj.r and stro,,tor ia
storm ,y.s ran;dlv. ;n.reos;nr. nd a. tbe
,,rnnns nf ynd;.ns ~, hnard o., irod ~ CIV
aves trvinrr- IA a;eon,.r ~, III a i,r,,,as, sorno
object that resemhlad tlc. re,nrn;,,,, woman.
,na how oh ia vat SOW. ill.,, ,,ot tior, ,,oua
many cad hearts ond onx;ous ce,,,,tononoos
+h,, n;rht on tho;r count = m, ,estnrn, ~
l.s+ oaron an IN oil ito r,r,. +os,i,,, ,i,n Ettl
vessel IN and down like - { ,th,., -o,d com.
1 nelled them at last thouob rplnct,nt,vl IN mt
to sea for safety before nnv t;1inrs of the
absent ono conld bei racaivei AIthonob tbo
c,,oo of l;v;nr fro;o,t roooboa S5Ey,to Rorl,,
RI IN safety he fore The vessel c,1,,,ld rnt,,rn
/ for tho woman y was wraclnd an51 an.t;ral,.
/ list and no other con,d 10 ohta;noI at thot
tima tho nonr woman b,a 10 ran,o;n IN tbo
/ island ,vhara sha livad olnno e. a;rbtoon
| Years: no d.ubt foruotten mr. given m as lone
since dead o
= h After the discovery of oo,d in C,olifo,ni,
II WIS r,,mo,rad tbot S,n N;.bnl,,, ,,,.s ;nbob,
tied. that several hunters had secn The nr;nts
iof humon fnotstens a na tloy onlooynrod RI
| discover the wbereab outs Of the individual
but could fnot.. As an the sEootstans 4,vara
alike they concluded that thpr, cu,,d no
only one person Iiying NM, il ~ M,nv ot-
tennis were made TO iud ont who and where
this STRANGE bein.r was. hpt without avail
until one of CaIiiornia's ol,iest n;,noars Mr.
Nedevir-tbe one who irol,tadf .ha s.n-v"
went over to loo, 1or her He bay;nr swami
many wears nc a bnntar and tr.n.,sr n ,ts
Rocky Mountains WIS exncrt as I'm Indian
in following trail, and consequently found
but little difficulty in discovering the track
which he followed until he SAW a singular
object among the rocks upon the sen shore,
near the mouth of a r,.vine, upon its knees,
skinning Il seal. Upon approaching he
found it to be a woman clad in 1, SINGULAR
dress of feathers. When she saw him she
Jumped up. aud with excessive iov ran toward
him. and seemed almost beside herself with
wild delight at the sight, once more, of a hu.
man being. In her hand she held a rude
knte-blade, that she had made from n piece
OF old iron. probably obtained frou the frac.
mcnt Of some wreck. and which she evidently
valued beyond ANYTHING else in her possess.
ion. She was unabie to make herself under.
Stood except by signs; in maxim which she
showed a great amount of intelligence. and
signitied her. willingness to accompany hin,
to Santa Barbara, Here Fathey Gonzales,
of the Mission. tookthe greatest minis TO dis.
cover some Of the Indians who bad been ia
ken from those islands eighteen rears before.
but no one of-them could be found. and what
became Of them is a lnvstery unto this day.
Not one of the indians within {. circumfsr.
ence Of many miles could be found who could
understand her: she, could oa!v COMMAND,
cate by signs. ''- @afEtr 545'
Il If ,nnaars fro,n bo, IA rro+ ;vo +,,o.y o,,o,
leav;nr the vessel in search nr ba, ch;Ll che
wandered about for s. er,,l honrs and ,yhnn
she fnnna i the villa dos which ;rrast tba
island even 10 the nrpseot day had ,';IInl
and nearly deyourel = W. 80, l I,at,or ;na-
a~inc tho fenI;n" Of mo,her -. l,oh 49,,
than descriLe Them When sha rsfnrnod to
the spct where she had left the vessel IN toll II
her sorrows for the lass Of her child that too
was oona and was hn,r;n,r o,va, a rr;arJs
and tindred fro,n bsr s;,,bt C",lS .ha y" uo
reaIzeJ then that for e;,htaen jnn+ r na,e