Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-14
EXPLORING
.sURoN.

] rom the I1bnroD explorers, thsir
 friends are beginning to fret and wor-
 " over their long silence. but just
 why no one acquainted with the sit nation can find out. So far as can be learned these people went there
 to explore the island and as the is land itself is 1ncommunicado" no
 word need be expected from them
 pending their return.
 The dangers attending a visit to
 the island have been overrated by
 the newspapers and by the explor-
 rs themselves. True there is some
 anger. and so there was and is yet
 n portions of Arizona, But few year. ago the isolated prospector and
 ranchmsn were subject to greater
 dangers than the limits of the island
 of, Tiburon ever contained. Beyond
 doubt the Seris Indians are as power
 ty stricken set of cut threats are can
 be found on the Pacific slope In former years they frequently visited
 in Hermosillo for barter and trade,
 but of late years they have not been
 known to have left the vicinity of the
 island The only things they, at that time, could offer for sale were the
 breast skins of the white pelican. Several of these when sewed togeth- CT made a rug of about two by four feet. and for which they received less than a dollar in value in merchandise They never asked for or purchased ammunition, but took the, little com ing to them in provisions, trinkets, white and colored caIieos. That they bought no ammunition was evidence that they had no weapons for it's use. At the time that Robinson and part ner met their deaths they were kill ed with borrowed gun. There have been many stories told of this lament able tragedy, but the account given by themselves to Dr. McGee, through an interpreter, was in substance that Robinson and two companions rowed from their sIoop to the island for the purpose of hunting deer. Outside 1 of Robinson, whom the writer per sonally knew, the names of his com l panions have been forgotten. Robin | son with one of them, went inland 1 while the third party was left to l guard the boat. They had been gone but half hour before the man at l the boat was persuaded to loan some | Indians his rifle for the purpose of killing large turtle, said to be above | a short bend in the bay. Later. ne heard men shout. As these noises i grew closer he became alarmed, push ed his boat off and rowed out into | the bay, and was beyond comfortable gun shot at the time the Indians re- turned. He later joined a sick com panion left aboard the sloop and got J away. Some years later they com mitted other murders. but always on the unsuspecting. During the two days stay on the island, on his sec ond visit to the place. Dr. McGee did , not see an Indian, neither will the | bunch of prospectors now there if it is possible for these people to avoid l them. The winds blowing over the
 stands gre confessedly cold in winter and the Indians are compelled to oc- | cupy fairly good shacks In the sum- mer they wear but little in tae way of clothing. even adults occasionally go- ing stark naked. Without modern I weapons they are absolutely harmless against a small body of cool headed 1 men. such as the present explorers | are sapposed to be, Unfortunately, a miscelIan3spus gathering of prospec- tors are npt always among the most 1 malicious. In a pickup of such kind there is Generally some one to weak. 1 en ratheH than strengthen the party, i and due fto this accidents are liable D happen. but aside from such pos sitilitie there will be nothing to pre- vent safe return of the en.ire is' so far ss danger f--r tte .na.aEc Is coace-aec - -'-.