Rw's Random Life Storytime: The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island

The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island

Hey folks here is a Californian based story about Juana Maria enjoy. 1853 ad there was an Indian woman who spoke a language not known to the natives was found on San Nicholas Island by Cptn George Nidever from(1802-1883).

Cptn Nidever arrived in California in 1834. A renowned hunter known for his skill in tracking Otters along the californian coastline and on the Channel Islands. Nidever was also an accomplished sailor, at one time employed as a pilot by government surveyors when they developed maps of the coast and the islands.

San Nicholas is the most remote of the Channel Islands, and located  53 miles off the Coast, west of Los Angeles CA.
Cptn Viscaino landed on San Nicholas on December 6, 1602. According to him it was densely populated at the time.

The Southern Channel Islands (Santa Catalina, San Clemente and San Nicholas) appear to have been inhabited by people of the Takic branch of the Uto Aztecan language. Skilled sailors at their craft.
Not much is known about the San Nicholas Islanders from 1602 to 1800 except that by 1800 the population had declined markedly.
1811, a group of 25-30 Kodiaks from the Russian camp at Sitka (Alaska) were landed on the island to hunt otter and seal.