Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-28
HUNDRED ARMED
MEN TO INVADE
T|bURON
ARMY TO LEAVE SAN
DIEGO IN SHORT TIME
Veteran of Three Campaigns
in the SOudan viii Lead In
trepid Followers Against the
SavageS.

W. j.. McGee, probably the foremost
ethnologist in the world, who has Wis
tied Tiburon island, has fatty denied
all the stories Of fierce tribesmen
which have come from the island.
William Mackey-Caldwell, soldier Of
fortune. has Just returned from there
with the most glowing account Of the
riches on the rocky islet, says the Los
Angeles Examiner.
on his word as to the h~erceness OF the
savages which inhabit the island and
the vast deposits of gold and copper
which ii contains, Senora Guadalupe
Andrade Rlinn, beautiful heiress-quUn
of the golden island of TiburOn, in
the Gulf of California. is about to send
a little army to conquer the savages
of her insular realm.
one hundred armed mon, under the
command Of Mackey-Caldwcll. are to
leave San Diego at an early date for
the island. They will try. he says.
to force n landing from the Scri In
dams, last descendants Of the Aztecs,
who now hold the rocky islct, and
wrcst from them the rich lodges Of
gold and copper Mackey-Caldwell de-
clares the island contains.
Twelve miles out from GuaYmas. in
the Gulf of Baia, cal. lies the mys-
tcry-haunted isle. 1t is a rocky aud
sterile mountain peak. rising from The
waters of a rough and often stormy
sea. 1t Is practically unknown, though
the bones of many adventures are
said by the soldier Of fortune to
whiten its f%orbidding coast. II in the
stories of those who hav returned
from expeditions to II lurks always the
lure Of tho yellow metal.
Veteran Of the Soudan.
Mr.. Mackey-Caldwell. veteran Of
three campaigns I'm the Soudan. and Of
other books Of adventure, IS willing TO
talk of Tiburon and its people.
Years ago. Guillermon Andrade,
later Mexican consul to this city" said
the soldier OF fortune, Ted an cXpcdi-
ton into Tiburon. Andradc and a
mere handful of men who follow Vi
him across tho waters Of the gulf re-
turGcd. Tho remainder of tho party
fed cannibals OF Tiburon on were lost
in the arm of the sea that sashcs far
into the continent.
But by his trip and by grants from
the government which he represented.
the brave Senior Andradc came into
possession of the island and all its fa-
hled riches. Yet. like the pot ofgoldat
The T~ainhow's end. the wealth of Ii
huron Law ever lust beyond his grasp.
He know. Of his own sight. the treas
IRE OF Tiburon; OF his own experience
he knew. too. the dangers that hcsct
". the saVagerN of the fredericksburg
Serbs who guard u. and the emporium
ity to return and wrcst glittcring metal
from the rcmnan of tribcemen never
came to him. He died ere he could
gather together a sufficiently daring
body Of men to invade the home Of the
c%annibals.
Vow. his beautiful widow. styled
the Queen OF the Golden Isle of Ii
buron.' because she is one OF the six
.,VIH.nufa1 h.Fa- =, NhA fVNaaVsro ENna
has never seen. is planning to finance
an expedition into the islet where her
former husband al hut lost his life.
give thousand Serbs arc supposed
to inhahit Tiburon. Possessed Of but
few firearms. yet provided with pois-
Oned arrows, powerful bows and
spears which they can rnrOw with
deadly accuracy; fearless Of death. and
with but one object-to protect their
island and their gold from INVADER
they have 50 far succeeded not onlN In
repelling all forces which have been
sent against Tiburon. but staying hun
drcds Of soldiers Of fortune who have
landed on their shores.
Tho island is believed TO be COM
posed almost entirely of rich gold ore,
how rich no one knows unless II bc
Guillermo Andrade. and in his life he
did not spread his knowledge Of the
mysterious island 10 the four winds
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meut's forces Of organized scientists. /
~othnologist Of worldwide note. has
quite another story to toll Of the pcu-
pie of Tiburou and OF its richness. or
rather Of its poverty in the precious
metals.
with . small party. six or seven
men. Or. MCGEE visited Tiburon island
and from that visit has written q re-
port which goes into detail concerning
the Seri. Where MackeN-Caldwell
claims there are 5000 Indians. Dir.
MCGEE saw only "a few more than a
hundred. In other words. the rowing
eve Of the soldier Of fortune saw
greater hordcs than did the trained
observers who are paid for what they
know Of he wild tribes Of the earth.
DR.. MCGEE puts a very low value on
tho riches Of the island. Barren and
sterile no admits II Is. so does MI
MaCkey-CaldWcll. but as Tor great
lodges Of gold and copper or V M
small placer. DR.. Niece and his men
could find none. MOI I'm the camps OF
the poor. frightened "cannihals." from
which the Seris fed al the approach ~
this handful Of white men, did they
n any ornaments Of the precious
metals.
Instead they found the most crude
wcapons ever known 90 any indian
tribe in North America. They found
that the people lived practically WITH
out shelter in summer ~ me rud-
est Of brush houses la winter; that inc
greater mart Of their foo consists 81
shellnsh and small animals which they
Kill only with the greatest labor.
or arts and crafts Dr. McGcc DE-
clarcz they have more. save possibly
crude fishes made froin shells. or hol-
lowed with infinite labor from stones
Occasionally the men OF ne Serbs APP
pear on the mainland and do "a l|itttt"
work on the ranches Of the sonora
desert. and far from being brave tn
hIoodthirstiness. the scientists Of tho
government found them a humble.
~.cowardly people. deserving their
homes at the approach 20 strangers.
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