The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-22

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ksssresv Ag.nc far Seventies
Being to ukem pessh ~ ossa
Have Reen Nare Mind.

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p1snT 81 tas r0&Sl- We PASSED Tee tkttae
Island - Santa B4~az-z sAxe n shs sTssr-
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TIT psrasv ISLAND ~nss wAs AAaus sersn
rn-ls~ lafg. sn4 IN pa-gs0ss - Eeez hsSa
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~ csoagsS BAD gaf sssresz. ars9 aS@gse rs tssFs
was heamg sern awar ss n gale ira. ssa
xsth=r@1 - rapidly sas+ aftsr tytssg 10 far
I've hesrs 81 ar afsrmps - wsefhey i etst.
We sese fareets % TseaF away ard ran ssss-
fore 4 gznAsr q esnse-ressTe2 sarsSasl sor
3rw sixty Easaes away.
Ta.ss sslzrsa les - an area Of constant
aates. ard - Amos ETss Ga e1s-. sis *
esst daring the calm periods o. he Mn
TER. ard ever shsE. ewing "a tae Storms
sfsag Sa<Ssenly rise s. = \ dangerous FksacF
fsr varhts. Notwithstanding ta4ss. San
Nicolas Has has Within Two centuries &
Vigorous native sesf'sasaEssn. AnA wEtA It's
barren shares - associated a erua story
that bears al the essentials % 4 rsrlaxnce
O. re es~asos ORDER WHaEn me gareSanE
S-sstgrx the lRst o. tss natives acre taken
asaore bs order Of the priests ~ the san
Is Barbara -nsssaea under Lsls s~arf IONS
&ns had been asvsn& rsefe from tBase an
snsgnnrlaL suissasssng an asa tAna saesls-
hShs. with waicfa tne waters ah1.4na a
ses~el was sent - Inc island and aA ne
Indians were taken atspar1 wilh shs. ex-
csptsgn 81 enc Woman, whose xsfAssa Or
Children had been forgotten. II is rsssisvad
thai "a gaze WAS coming Ga. and that rhs
skipper Fv1na his Iitsie crafs IN aang@r. aas
"a pGi Of Is1aers say dat The Woman
eaas sailsad away. leaving her staining
sacne OF sbe beach and being --only an
Indian woman. II probably mastereG IT.
tie % the other hunters. VIVA were glad 10
xe1 away from III. rough coast - ben The
3sssisans we're aSBaeS a. Santa Barbara il
Mas said aa se 1ae Intention Of ta. cap
EaiH 40 return ana rescue the woman.
RaG NOT long after the ship Was wreck
I'd aud 10 the mouths and years sIlpysed
away and the sterr al the aasf vsasfsan
became almost q legend. her appearance
often being Issrturei ny Tire story seEiers
al the day and her one quaint cry OF
Aaneuauna being repeated fo treanlots
listeners. Seventeen Years went hx and
the woman wRs almost forgotten until
finally Padre Gonzales excited ny eu-ios-
tty 20 learn her tate hired a resident Of
SANTA Bafsaa ra 20 make q careful search
for hen and result three unsuccessful
Captain NiaeFer took sexerai Indians ana
after several unsuccessful attempts sue
ceeeled ia laudinz. They seon found evil
cence that some enc lived On the island.
discovering basket containing feathers
This they disturbed and on visiting II
tbe following day found the feathers re-
placed
II WIS evident that The woman WAS
avoiding them. - they formed line
VEL a. they could across The island and
marched in regular order 2Go wards apart.
Even then they eenid not find her. and IL
Was only when they had nearly given up
ths hunt that one OF the party finally
stumbled upon three huIs and the wo-
man. who Was sitting on The ground with
a wild dog beside her. which growled
fercely 81 the strangers. The man sig
nailed 10 the others. and The entire party
WIS soon gathered about the woman,
who had lived d life as remarkable as
that of Crusoe She could not UNDER
stand q word that WAS said. The Indians
81 the party. thinking that she Was
sacred person, fell on their knees before
her. She was a comely woman. ~ or ~
years of age. dressed In skins of sea
birds or shacS which were fastened TO
sea lskir. About her were baskets. clex-
erly made, and. TO the windwara of her
hut. which was made OF the ribs Of
whale she had butt a windrRke OF brush
and grass. She had dishes of stone. in
which she ground roots of various kinds,
and her clothes were sewed with thread
made from seaiskins and with needles
from the bones of birds She consented
10 20 aboard the vessel and was carried
"a Santa Barbara with ali her belongings
which were considered great cur1asittrs,
her dress OF skins being sent 20 Rome 10
the pope
At Santa Barbara she lived IN the family
Of one o. her resca@rs. and though Indians
from All over tne state visited her no 0nS
could he found who could understand her.
She Was . perfect child, PLAYING for hours
at time and making signs whif.a eoGla
rot ne interpreted. She was baptized and
given = Spanish name. and 81 her dfs IN
Was buried in the old mission graveyard
having survived fac change from savage
10 civilized life less than fws months
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