The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-22

f &C. Az al HSG Deeh SICK, lying in the dis
IL I'iS one coulu not move; all aIonlS
snS was uoWn sick and got well - ''Oi'e'
But the day arrived when tbo
man again interfered with the c,I,., M1lte
her life, and with fatal result IT, lent u! Of
came at last when she was to Iea,c, 'ille
lsIahu nome. II seems to have bear i Ier
pected, II not confidently understooI . us
wiz woman was living on San NJ ma
Island, for Padre Gonzales of SaD+-a' LAS
para requested Nidever to search fo, par par
Il went over three times" he save t uSE'
fore | found her" oe-
Brown Is more circumstantial in HE o..
count. He says: MS aC-
went round the head of the islart
anu Iounu tracks OF the woman. W.
back and told the old gentleman Tho vent
woman was alive. He said it mus no no
some OF our Indians. | said ON " 10
dlans have got bigger tracks tnan thu
tie sad: Well, if you think she is aI;r.
let us hunt for her, and take all the r1,e
ashore we went up to the head of IL
island. There was kind of hin in 10 10
middle. put my Indians a counIo ~
hundred yards apart. l did not knovtt
what KIND OF woman she was thought sba
might bite or scratch. We Went fro-D
one side of the island to the other an5
could not see the HILL and she was sittina
SAA VIZ SANtS VI bLAC NIL NGUCulIg us Wba,
we got across to the Indians 7 saiJ4
There's nothing here; let's 90 bani-
There was basket with some featbera
She caught shags and had a coat md
without sleeves, nicely covered with sesH
skin. said 10 the Indians: 'You On :.
the hill and scatter the feathers any
things in the basket, and if she is aiir.
she will find them The same dav Ire
found them all gathered up again and nnS
in the basket rue
On the following morning Brown nor.
slStently continued the hunt Toilingr.
the hill, when he was about half warnp
he caught sight of her She was carrr ~
ing something heavy and rested at irtoS..
walls as she assembled. Presently he I rsra
in sight of three huts" made ont -;
whalebone. Here he expected to find her
but, peerlng in, found that she was not
there. Presently he espied 'sometbins
like crow sitting on a WhalebOne 80 a13
percelvlng that it was the woman bewac
in search Ofs he raised his gun with Fs
hat on it as signal to the Indians. whom
he hastily summoned, as he did not know
if she would bite or scratch. - He Nm.
continues the narration:
"She had brush fence about two fee,
high to break the wind, and right in front
of me she sat, facing me The sun wa,
NOAAAAAAS III AASA AhNCs AJllC W DIS ShlLulg
seal before | came up to her. The dos
when he noticed me, began to crow
Thinking she might run l stepped round
her, ana she bowed as if she knew ma
before, and when the Indians came nm
they all kneeled" The poor creature
when she saw beings of her own colorani
race, "held out some of her food" to them
She exhibited no fear, and at a sign wen,
without demur with her captors. Brown
and his followers carried away with them
all her primitive belongings. 81 toos
everything she had" he says, land sts
took a big seal head in her basket and
that was all We all had something's
carry" Arriving at a watering place
she washed herself over. Her hair was
all rOtting away, and kind of bleached By
the sun" When they reached the vesse!
she kneeled and crawled to the stove
which was on deck. Brown gave her
some biscuit, which she enjoyed and
made petticoats and skirts for her OulOi
bedticking and sailors clothes
When the Wild Woman reached Santa
Barbara all her family were dead. They
had been taken to San Pedro where they
pinned and died. The priests tried hard 70
get her lifes story from her, but her Glib
berish was unintelligible. Indians were
brought to her from Ventura, Santa Bar
ba"a and other places, but they coudOuly
understand a few words spoken by her
Finally an old woman who had been
reared on one of the islands was found
who could understand what she said 10 a
limited extent.
At the Mission of Santa Barbara the
Wild Woman was baptized under the
Christian name of Juana Maria, as Brown
thinks, though not feeling certain on that
point From one Of the men who had
sailed in the little schooner Better-Ihan'
Nothing, she received the name of that
vessel.
Says Nidever: "She would go round to
different homes and dance Indian dances
She went all over town and the mission a.
ways party of twenty or thirty Indians
and MeXicans with her" Brown cor
roborates this testimony as to her con-
tentment: Happy as a lady. she
would dance when anyone came in.
Clothes were her especial delight tbs
woman was a great curiosity, and Md
ever, who had taken her into his house
was offered 81 900 to part with her, the
object of the wOuld-be purchaser being 10
exhibit her. To his lasting honor he re-
fufed to make such a bargain, because
lit did not look right to me to sell per-
SON."
But the end was drawing near. Change
of diet cut short the life of the luckleSS
Juana Maria, who would doubtless nave
lived many years longer had she been d.
lowed to remain in her island home, or
even if due caution had been taken with
regard to what she ate. If, says
Brown, "they had worked it right and
kept her on her food, she might nave
been alive yet. She was about 40 or ~
when we found her" But she was sup
piled to her hearts content with green
corn, melons, pumpkins and squash, anu
after the brief enjoyment OF new,
strange life to her for a month Or '0
weeks she sickened and died