The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20
A MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
San Nicolas Was Once Peopled
by a Race of Indians.
AN ENIGMA OF THE PACIFIC.


On This Barren. Wave Swept Sand
Dune Are Mounds of Shells and Bones
and Stopa Ironlenoen+s Mo,upoents ~
,Iost Rae - nn.io.. poo,,l.
About eighty miles due northwest
bf san Pedro, in California, lies u
desert island that has all the combined
romance Of thc apns in lis history II
l. ,.orcI,. ,.iyttod md ,,og btt si,,,,o
;.I,aI,itant cot - ,,a. = ,,ao,,ti,#u Ca.
80. :. 80,
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menus seoii ~ ooiisiiie 10 iiah' tiie
pace fofbladeh' as It almost invariably
blows gale of wind In the vicinity,
and when one reaches the lnhospitable
island there Is no bay or harbor for a
craft mich larger than n rawhoat
Tho is1ord i, ohnnt cocoon ,ai,o, ,ona
L., t,,.,, =. .,,uao :, .,.,,.. -, t., a.
-, GOO 49,. ~,
~ 'A'e
''ii''i' " iiio swept ioi piuai''s' hiuiit'
ell by the spirIts OF storms. 1t does not
invite inspection and appears to have
been cursed by the elements, yet de
spite this the island was mt one time
the home of n numerous Deople n race
49, ~, -, - I'LL, - m, ,..,,e..
ND. sororai o,.a,7,1ts =, raa.t' 40
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la,d that oyto,,i, ont mt ,b, nooon
,,harn tho tIdo ron Iita ,,,pi raa,
ond haa,.,, ,,na,,a.1 Ill ,.,,'a.t
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nIar nm, disnositin, =, Ioorr !, ~ Ia
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mains al fhase ,{nod ,ea,le Ia, sha,rod
an facffnotf,,, =, la,,.a l., all ,.gt,.
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rem3rls,tla mound i, Ina s.on Ahant
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In lon,,,h ~ 49,, 40 MI. t,,,,a ,.a,I.',
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ipnle,nonts ~ tha 1ost noo,In o,.r,.
chanrin,, oyor= shiftln. todav ovnos
In, ,,n,nhnrs oe sl,aln,a,,.. t',,,,orr,,,,,
coyorin,, mon, ~, ~ shaats - san1
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witch l,,r,,Iroaa az ,o,,,,n ha., H.,
for untold ,res pho, had bronoht In
tboir .b.fls a.d u.h t,,nos ,,tl,,,,, tho,,
IN NJ tho doors az thotr hut stn,,iy
hniIaing thon,sel,.s mn hi,,,,or an1
birl.r until In ,,,3o tha,, come 10 u,,o
an tho ton or a v,ot shoIi mound uora
tbnv buried tbcIr dad conceoIed tha,r
bonsebold Goods md whom n mon or
woman died his or her nassrssions we're
buried with tbem and 90 tbe hIg
monnda wore mndn mn Of sholIs stone
imnlcmonts Gsh md human hn,o.
monument Of this lost race
Whore thn ,ri,t,,I i.landors c.,,o
from wbo tho, wore or u,hr thoy
li,ed an such = ,v,n1 syont noor,y