The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-07-03
a fFMININE CRUZ,

Seventy miles from the
Nicolas Island, the siv,, 'l.'s
that cluster around the r..
Barbara, CalifornIa. + 4"
for having been the reside 'tss
cen years of ''The Los, NJ NJ %
Nicolas" :" As her name /. =.
her story has been told j. ''a'
Will give the bare facts - 'acs,
found them t, be, witbor, M b
ornament and leave the f...
pen OF the novelist 'l' @
The Island OF San Ni,,,.
densely populated. Tbf. -
the skulls and bones and o.l.. .'
of human habitation fop,s
Alaska Indians frequeBtIr '-.'' -
island 20 hunt for the f,r,s., y.
ter. They took their vops- . %.
and on returning af's-
over they left them On n.
their fate. By order of,t.C
in 1885 the Indians were rs-.,.'
the island. just before -
embark and carry away sys.
inhabitant, as it was snrr.-,' .1,' q,
Indian woman begged for ts..
of going ashore for her ,bns
had accidentally left g,
long time in a frui.Iess s. aA e
offspring. The wind brsu
water was shallox, tbsrs g
who was seeking the lost one
sail, intending to return -
woman Of San Nicolas. bg. tt.,.
coming unseawoJthy. she -.
her fate. 1t was generan7 tr.-
there was a woman sbso5o--s
island, but no attempt vssn,s.,
deliverance. As the worI5,-.-,
50 the lost woman Of San ~
forgotten, and the year n,,..s
After a lapse OF sixteen -
who landed on the island 80.
Inhabited BY some one. Tbsf--
of a human being sunk A..
ground were seen. The bsrs.
ground was an indication b,.
been made a long time. -
size they evidently belonged ,o,,
Circular enclosures made ne sl-.
or seven feet through. were So
some one lived. Near the l-,,
sticks driven into the ground 81 /
blubber hanging on them. th7s--
for food.
In 1882 San Nicolas was 7.s...
and another hunt made for
woman. The huts were seen
been seen before, but the ola
had been taken away and 1sE
the kind hung in its place vi
were found which ran svs7 s-
proach OF civilized man. Trsl
covered with seal skins thsgHs-l
IN brush-heap were a drss.
shag skins. a rope made Of s.-.7
several smaller articles. sua s
hooks and bone needles. The ts
Of these proofs that there li7s5
island a human being scattsr5
the ground, and on their rs.--
found them gathered to-e.h-
into the basket again.
The Catholic fathers Of the ar
sion" the foremost in everv rr
and work, offered a reward &c q
who would find the lost w0u-
third effort vas made in 1853 Tod
the prodigsl about whom Ter
such a mystery and in whom t5
of this coast was beginning tod
interest. Fresh tracks Of tts q
were found. They belonged G F
small feet, and were Ike .tF
were seen in the first 8ttemp. r-
woman, Huts made Of vb8s-s
covered with brush. were 5S
At length an object was seer E-
tance that appeared to be u17g .
ing towards il they saw tie F---
for eighteen years had r5igu55 4.
San Nicolas, her subjects b5ilEE T
animals. her robe a dress Of t-
she bad made, and her thr11
she had built. She was ss,si--
closure. so that only her hsaiEz
ders could be seen. Two or ,--=
were about her that disspqssE
! command Of their sovs1si-1.
seated on some grass that c17ss
ground and served her as BE- .
dress was nearly made O. bird 81
tending to the ankles, the '7l
which pointed downward. be /
was covered with a thick ma- Q. r
ish-bTown hair and her sho1ia
bare. She was occupied IL
biubber from a piece OF ssaiE-
she held across her knee, al- u
that purpose a knife mace 2. 7
hoop. In her hut was lh
|. which she was talking % hsIs-
occasionally shading her e!s
4 hand looked at the men Ut'
search of her. She received ~
{ much courtesy, bowing sod 'l
! showing that this lost child p
had much of the politeness O.
woman. She took some roo'-
and roasted them 10 the hra, p
them TO the men % est >-st
7 up all her food, which vas
concern owing to The tsmin@
: had experienced. washed l7Is
q spring, aud cheerfullS foI.o''-
. to the boat. On being iassl
E Barbara, she manifested gTsl1~
4 seeing the sights Of ciTi---''
2 became a universal tsyoI-E
# presented with many gins. =
q on the Panama steamer ~
: there an wanted TO see The lo'