The sun., 1900-12-30
HOMES OF LOST ISLANDERS.
THE CHANNEL ISLANDS TO EE VISITED
M ENPLORERS.
Inter, sting Questions Is TO the Archipelago
on the california toast The Counties
From fhc Chicago Record


FROM me oh'coGo h"r"rd
SAN FRANCISCO NOV y An cAr'onloh
al scientific sitG'h'H mas b'ch htIe W III los
Angeles ana Phs"oehn TO 'Allof' 'hofoush's
the channel lsiandS on that Iaft oi 'he coast
CT taitorna known as Sah'a Iafbufa anu
Snn BuenaNentura countries oufihs 'h' ieN'
SiN months IN" larry II 10 o' SuS'"H'u ''
Sthniofd tmNtfshN larttN aiu 10 "SS
extent 10y several dehomlha'ioh"I 'olce'a ~
southern california AnthroI"ioHlcal ana
archaeological students, who have sIcht sew
cral weekseach on 'hesc lslahuS' say 'he' are
one of the very rIchest heIns lor "ork W '''a'
department OF knowIeoH" on 'he Iac'iC ' "as'
The channel ISLANDS constitute '"I'"fn'"
only archiIelaro win 'he IosSipe eAc'I''oh
Of the rocky and soaLV tafaIlohe isi"hos
They have been objects oi romance iesehus'
curiosity and my 't'r, ior e'he,"'ioh'
,,'i,a. ., coii,ornia.s .hore ,hcy
''-"' wv "''',o ~ '"'''', 80, - 49,, ,'ao., r,,i,
arc SOLITARY ara unireuheh'eu' ana se"fH ''''
b, with visits 10 them cf less than City rcoi e
ornrall, Each island hn, its own tart ocular
"""'""' ~ y '"'""t - - =,
strange uncanny traditions OF the tribes "f
red men, and each has the countless traces
of an oesupotion by thousand, and thousands thousand,
Of Indians when Juan hodrieuez ,apr''o.
the ror'nsHe'e no,,',,'r s'"d s nr ,e dov ov" or
Vi 'a'i'"l n,' ~ .y'-' =. ,.I,ad. and his
two nj each of the 'hahh'i is'atlus' anu MS
ua,a pa,hara C,,ali,a C,omen,e and 81
sum-" n"ip"I"' .''"',''a' a..,,n niv'o %"I ,rs,r
Nicholas there were vigorous ana lu''y
race Of natives who thronged the shores Of
the little bsya and headlands" and gazed in
naytgntor4 Today tho islands stand as they
did n~.r q,o ,ocrs AGO. hut the native. are
only memory. represented hy immense
Quantities Of stone imrlements. barrels Of
hne "aml ''n aiI ,"rt'mus , ., nu,m'. Vo. -,
81 Nicholas l~lard lies eighty miles I'M
mcdiately opposite the little city of San
rnaraysn.rro frecently colled by the more
bh"haN'h'"la "e'ehu! 'u"r" "N '"' ~
modern and easy name of ventura ana IS
the most interesting Of all the Channel isl
ahas from many po's's W Wv" -
I back as the memory oi any person III s"uth-
eru California runs hundreds Of white skele-
"9s have d9,ted th'cysnsgntt ana sand,tHne nrgn
hhiIu h S''n,n t az ia W. i.iand ond its erst
nggiian nggiian hhonnitssa,' honniss a,'' bare historv 60 curious
that !, i tiniGnlt Of Gomprehen'i'on Santa
BnrharS MISSION learning that there we're
but but SKI Sixteen Of the stra%fg and almost ex
tinct human race men nVi1a ~ ihtIn"d owEi", M a,
eu Manf ovsr ,9 i'nco in soon end succerdrd as ey
thought. In getting 9ll on board o,nrrnI ~ tn%
~, r ir"ttii ud ,nd ono 81 Tho fr"",,e,t .torms
Of The the channel ISLANDS spIinrinF up tie
loop was drysn , ro" aWey Tpn% pnnt Cnnceptinn
sdp snd TTns were o iost I sixteen year- later Cant
no' @ et ,urnr, r, a., h h,,t otYcr ~ :, Nirholas
on Ianding thev We're. like trnsoe. aston
i-hed q, discover human {oo1nrinI' Ee,I in tho
., sslu in,nEr.IIaG ny ,he, r. pnt 10 s"a II
ns. II, 90 vnors thareafter that the adyen-
,mto,,s W. artain, ravolyinv in his mind the
,ln.@ "di,a,i' , j., tba unnornW Island
5dsr 9" te en and " discover and brine
oror thn lonely m woman ma of whom he had
.
Nag" n,,I n,I u,ho,. - 90 10 "mrf b,,ten
49, ~ ,,,nar Win long tawny hair dressed
SI'ne u "uI"an ~, ", 'cioreS hird s,i"s and
;' ,l a rue,r r,,E E bnrs knife The bluhhar from
a'atnns Th,. Mn prrnundnd ond apnrnarhej
yer sl'aM,nl'A; M INV nv, AVE. in ,hn last ,,raid
hn, ,cd c' and then falling on her knees
prayed pa tot to the @ sun. The wild woman offered
% u" 1,nnd rs,on ,hat sbe va. to 90 win them
in IN q,ota'u bnat '"'' '''
III ~ puu, rnooho al so,ta porhara across tho
ro,sh sen' and th" first thing the Indian
,n, i"itn 80, o.. n'u o. ~ - m r;ding n hnrsa SIa
vi Mh"T'Ta ,a e@" 80 nor haard oT anv object ike
i,'u "a ~, ,,rio,,'r, ,hn ,noo and L"r.e vars onn
ar nId i',i H., pnit on the bore and nfrered her
devoti"ns /" IT, TWO Weeks afterward the
i ~ oti,ont rort r;bhed terr nest
ta.s.d r. Ni"boIas died from eating food
:" rhicb .he Wos unnccust0med furnished
L,. Gnr ro.,,'.r" ana tha curtain fell on her
race forever, The woman, known as tho
.Inne Woman Of Nich"Ias'" has been the
sabicc, Of a Score of romance; and poems.
uiles IriIs M ,he widest nolrt IT, tonog-
rrnmh, h",a pa"riv ierai nla,a,u win
~ 10 ay,t,nr ~ 500 70 ! ooo foo, Two,birds
81 ,Lo swrfnca ;e covered with drifting sand
ami Tho ranaindcr grows a snecies Of mn
- oras" md NO. on which n tbousand
Ien, t-nd r".t',ra several snrinv. have
haen' disrnyered but ,her wateris SLIGHTLY
hro"ki-h nr Iate vear. the island is rereiy
yi.,t@d n,cent by sheen sEearer- and sLcl
rn.ha ar.rs Who make animal trims In schoon-
cr. Cs bir''y IN arl,s or tbine.e irnks
Tho only .afc landing pround M 81 Nicho-
lnu l. a, Gorai hnrhnr "A nrettv cove form. cd
nv tvo sardstouc arms 'hru.t ont from tho
man harriar of tho shore Tho entrance is
mi six or seven wards across and the water
witbin il n rIaCid ms n Iakc and su0,i.utlv
Gncn to e"at a vc.sel of tweutv ION. hurden
On ,be bi.ak s;ivcry st-in nf beach im,nense
vhito peiicans are Ia be seem M almost apy
SEASON Of the veor nronennding with stately
oignitv on the apnroacn of the jingy thcv
snrcrd their heavy rniuted wings and vanish
over tho rocks Farther M the slopp of thn
haa,h there il n diiaridotaS shearing sLed
and n weatLer.wnrI shunty helonrinr tn
Chine.e she'll rnth,rers Nothing more desc
i,te than Tho general onnepranCe of the island
can we'll he Imagined
a. far "A. the evo Cun traCo therc prc b,r
ron lnvcis vim innti,nern ale ,irrt,l,r d.
iressions sIcwirv whrr. nri,ritive dweI
In. uI,cc stnod Not n yeltige rouoins 81 |
~. r,aterinl. used in tho crnstrurtinn ~,
these roncLerias U,Iudr.ds of 81 eli moi,,Jl
nr, ,rnt t.red nLotIi ma Hrr rnInd To- ~
Si,t of nstoi,i, hing rr,nhor. of nnilu.ts 10