Year: 1879

with asphaltum She would put in several small
pieces of the last mentioned substance and then
drop them small stones or pebbles about the size
of hulled walnuts, heated sufhciently 20 melt
the asphaltum. and. grasping the neck with both
hands, the lower end on the ground give II rapid
rotary motion for several minutes and then empty
the stones ON the ground. The vessels had Q con-
tnuous coating the inside. and are reported to
have been water tight the Inning even resisting
She had both stone and earthen vessels in which to
boil and cook If desired To procure seal blub.
ber she could kill the seals with club when on land
summing themselves snare them with her sinewy
ropes. She obtained fire by rubbing two dry sticks
along its entire length. the other was pointed and
fitted into the groove in which it was rubbed rapidly
backward and forward until it burned.


As usual q storm compelled the party to leave the
island and embarking with their island queen. soon
found themselves at sea in q storm. She made signs
that she could stop the storm and, obtaining permis-
sion she knet the deck facing the quarter whence
the wind came and commenced muttering something
supposed to be prayer. She soon got up but con-
tinued the prayer intervals during the day, appar
entity without fear, and when the wind began to
abate she turned TO her fellow voyagers and with
smile made signs that her prayers had been answered


When they came in sight of Santa Cruz Island. OIL
this coast. she told them by signs that It was an
island. and indicated from there how she had seen
from her island ships pass up and down. but never
land. Also that she had seen the Nidever party the
head of the island. She was afraid to make herself
known until she knew there was no danger to her
person. There were many places OF conceaiment on
the island and unless taken unawares she would have
been hard to find


AS she was about to land at Santa Barbara
team passed, which delighted her that
she talked, laughed. danced and gesticulated,
and before that excitement ended q
pleasure thau the appearance Of the OK team At
first it was Supposed that she thought the man and
horse constituted one animal but II so the mistake
the horse and carefully examined it.. The examina-
ton gave her additional pleasures she would turn to
look at the horse. She straddled the thumb Of the
left hand by the two forehngers of the right. and
moved them to represent the horse and rider as they
passed along the beach,


She was taken to the house Of Mr.. Nidever, where
she became the centre OF attraction. The Mission
Fathers took great interest in her, sending to Los
Angeles and other places, hoping to find some one
who could converse with her. but failed. Even tine
Pepimaros Indians who said 10 have had an ac-
quaintance with the Indians on the island could not


The family of Mr. Nidever became very much at
tached to her, and although the captain Of the brig
Fremont offered largely for the privilege OF taking
her San Francisco and placing her exhibition.
1t was refused; also, an offer OF 1000 from an
other party for a like purpose was refused.


Many people called on her and she received them
receiving calls when she would put on her shag skin
dress and entertain her callers with song-dance.
She cared nothing for money giving 1t to the chill
in bed, and when in bed, did desire bed cover
ing but careful not to expose her person. Her
manners were not rude and in many things she
much more refined than many who enjoyed civilized
privileges; yet in many things she was very much
like a child. She wanted everything she saw that
appeared pleasant to the taste and II fruit
withheld from her she would plead for it in such
child-like manner that it was hard to refuse her.


When found she was in excellent physical condi-
ton strong and active; but the eating of fruit and
vegetables brought on diarrhDa or dysentery in
about three weeks after she landed, and that, in
necton with injury to the spine received by fall
ing from porch. terminated her life four weeks
later. or seven weeks from the time she landed.
During her sickness she reluctantly permitted her
kind hostess to dress her in flannel underclothes.
and took her bed under proper covering, but posi-
lively refused to return to former plain diet
proposed by some of those who called to her.
Her oress of shag skins, basket and trinkets were
given to Father Gonzalez. of the Mission, who. it is
said, sent them to Rome.