Mysterious Woman Found Alone on an Island

In 1853, a mysterious native American woman was found on an island at the coast of California. What makes it strange is that she was all alone by herself, and even today nobody knows how she ended up there or whats her true name is, she is now just referred to "Juana Maria".
Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@LRuiz-yq8uq]

Imagine surviving completely on your own for all those years, a testament to true grit. Then, out of loneliness for human contact, you agree to leave your humble home for another isle... only to be killed by disease that your body cannot handle... in just over a month. How sad.

[@tedoychorizo6434]

😔

[@yvetterizcallah6904]

Thats a really good summary of the clip

[@nycg801]

Spain and the rest of Europe Mande the whole world sick

[@technomickdocumentalist2495]

I thinking she left with the sailors with the thoughts of companionship and an easier life / existence, better food etc. Shame it was the companionship and the food they shared that ultimately ended her life.

[@user-fc7yi4ud3m]

I like to think that in the short time she spent with other people, she was immensely happy.

[@Boy_Gentle]

She wasn’t a wild woman. She wasn’t discovered. She wasn’t lost. She was only living in her world and you came to her with your complicated world.

[@lifefacts6301]

This is real story for all new land occupied by so called explorer

[@jeffkerr7418]

Well said.

[@briandonald3831]

A world that killed her... Like millions of First Nations throughout the Americas.

[@catholicdad]

You're right. This is all illusion

[@user-yg6jn4yo6r]

True.

[@deprofundis3293]

Island of the Blue Dolphins was one of my favorite books growing up! I do wish we knew more about the real version of her, but we can say with confidence that she was incredibly strong and inspiring to have survived nearly 2 decades on her own. And yet, she was so open and welcoming to the strangers, despite the horrific history of her people on the island being massacred.

[@SunraeSkatimunggr]

Me Too!!!

[@desirreemarlenaclonch7593]

Mine too, the movie hasn't been remade, so sad

[@Lael1]

One of my fav books as well!!

[@moobrien1747]

THE BLUE LAGOON. EXCEPT THEY WEREN'T RELATED?

[@moobrien1747]

7 weeks???? Her weak c

[@deputybluevein93]

She shows them hospitality by cooking them a meal, they call her The Wild Woman

[@jeffreyknight3884]

Then they screwed her life up.

[@MrJm323]

Did you just insult "wild people" (which is the literal meaning of the French-derived term "savage", by the way) by implying that such people lacked the custom of hospitality? She was a savage (existing entirely outside of civilization -- that's what it means) who was hospitable to a group of people who she understood could easily overpower her. Where's the incongruity of identifying her as a wild woman?

[@angied.6874]

When they came, I knew it would end badly for her.

[@angied.6874]

@@MrJm323 you are a PC WS fool.

[@xrpvegas5407]

@@angied.6874 WS ??

[@gelynch52phPH]

How can somebody be "the first to discover" an island with people already living there?

[@Ragnarok3918]

First discovered by someone in the modern world. the people living there living in the "olden days/world"

[@Ragnarok3918]

@BubonicTonic it wasn't on the map yet. Technically that's what he meant by it being discovered. he was implying

[@smileybubbles9894]

Euro-ccentic crap

[@jesuskrisv9761]

I discovered another ignorant comment in youtube today

[@person-xd3wb]

I'm going to discover Beverly Hills tonight.

[@305savage]

Damn... she died in company but survived alone

[@malgretout563]

Yeah

[@Ahriman_II]

They raped and killed her

[@phillipdaugherty1486]

She said her son was still on the island. Who got her pregnant?

[@AlwelePojas]

@@phillipdaugherty1486 you did not listen..... reveiw the vid....

[@Candy_Gal]

4ourfutureinfinity obviously....

[@robbalink]

I was born and raised in San Buena Ventura aka Ventura CA. There is a elementary school there named after her. Juana Maria school is still open and continues to educate generations of K -6th graders. This brave woman's name lives on and she is remembered. God Bless her

[@Shadobanned4life]

One tough lady ! How sad that she was doing just fine until she was 'rescued'.

[@michaelbienicewicz2993]

One of "God"s little pranks huh?

[@Xx-nm5pn]

Pamela Morris “willingly” lol seems like you skipped the first part of the video

[@misscleo378]

Who knows, she could have willingly gone with them out of sheer loneliness. It sad that she died shortly after.

[@frankdalton483]

I'm not sure she was fine. But I agree.

[@steveswangler6373]

@Harry Canary if she was "doing just fine" why did she so quickly and willingly leave with the sailors?

[@jeffkerr7418]

Every time explorers arrived at any island the locals always got screwed. Always.

[@CJWegen]

SURE HOW RUDE Every time explorers arrived at any island the locals always got screwed. Always.

[@emncaity]

You're not under the illusion that indigenous people didn't also take over land and kill people, are you?

[@sarahsu4863]

Yeah tottally, plus they prob catch illnesses n germs from the explorers

[@animalyze7120]

Yep, the British did it, the Japanese did it, the Spaniards did it, The Dutch, Greek, Roman, Celt, Norwegian also did it. When African tribes 1st crossed the med sea they did it too. The stronger of the 2 meeting groups prevails, just plain human nature. South American cannibal tribes and some African tribes still do this to this day, though usually it's not island hopping anymore but the treatment is the same.

[@sarahsu4863]

@@animalyze7120 yep. it is amazing to watch though when thel tribes first meet explorers n white man.

[@horaciohernandez598]

I read this book in school as a child. Flash forward into my twenties, and I start working on this island. The first day I was there I was walking from my room to the island store and noticed a bench with the words, Island of The Blue Dolphins engraved in it. I asked the cashier about it and he told this was that island! I never would’ve imagined visiting this island let alone living there for 5 years. Such a magical place.

[@andyokus5735]

Would love to hear more about your experience on the island 🏝.

[@daragildea7434]

The island was "first-sighted" after it had been inhabited for 8000 years.

[@lhnyahooyahoo4215]

As always, it’s not really discovered to most westerners unless it’s done so by Europeans. Very weird and narcissistic.

[@harrygreb3457]

@@lhnyahooyahoo4215 I have a legit question for you….had this country or any other been “discovered” by African or Asian or middle Eastern or ect would you have the same attitude or is it only because “whitey is bad”

[@lhnyahooyahoo4215]

@@harrygreb3457 I have a question for you. Are you really that stupid?! Any people of any race that claim they “discovered” an island that has been inhabited for 8000 years are a problem. It just so happens that Europeans are notorious for doing this of shite. Morons who excuse this behavior because they are “white” are an even bigger problem.

[@blackwater7183]

@@harrygreb3457 Are you white?

[@AndreaHernandez-7722]

@@harrygreb3457 no viva la razas never heard of it …no black people the world face failed 😮

[@frankhernandez4642]

Who said those natives needed to be evacuated in the first place. That was their home

[@bastiboyza]

Their community had been broken down by the previous raids and it may have been difficult to survive without the possibly knowledgeable people they may have lost

[@donnageorge6506]

Agreed

[@tieztoez]

You're kidding, right? Frank, good question. Anne would not be happy that you're acting like a jerk using her name.

[@bobsaturday4273]

@Anne Frank you neither dummy

[@tylersmith5920]

Slaves

[@robertevans1486]

She was neither lost nor wild

[@kodiyathorganicfarm2718]

Agree with you

[@mhnbysheterrambeauty7784]

@Martin G false again

[@margokarr8783]

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[@margokarr8783]

@@mhnbysheterrambeauty7784 k90n 8 7 6 ii 9 l.p. pl

[@margokarr8783]

No t66th h8th koo

[@willitsguy]

She was Ataxxum, Payuum Kawichum. Today known as Luiseno. We know this because words she spoke which were phonetically written down by Spanish Priests, are Luiseno words. The Luiseno are still here.

[@snowsongvideopix8680]

Can you tell us more about her?

[@900108Chale]

Yup! More details?

[@robbalink]

really i didnt know that. Where are they? Santa Barbara County or San Luis Obispo Co,?

[@nevermind6358]

It always starts with trades . They come to you with a trade agreement and booommm ...Next thing u know is that you are now their workers

[@nevermind6358]

@Fahad Taher indeed

[@vermontsmostobesetubaplaye1988]

@Fahad Taher derp

[@badweetabix]

@Michael Lam Would that be before or after the Wuhan virus kills China?

[@humma91]

China is not a synonym for Chinese. People die, not countries.

[@Siouxthenation]

I hope aliens di this to us so we as a species realize what we've done to each other. Then all the sudden people actually would give a fuck

[@Ohsonatural2010]

Why would they need to be evacuated from an island they thrived on for generations?

[@G_Cs]

>"Why would they need to be evacuated from an island they thrived on for generations?" That's just it; they weren't thriving. Their numbers had declined (peak of around 300 natives on the island down to maybe 30 or so) even before the Russian massacre, and there were maybe 8 left when they were taken off the island in 1835. There was at least one adult male (and possibly one younger male), a couple of adult females, and some children. The oldest male was given the name Black Hawk after the rescue. Some versions say that the Lone Woman had a husband that was on the rescue ship in 1835; other stories do not indicate that the Lone Woman had a mate. The video does a poor job of telling the story. If you have the opportunity you should visit the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History to learn a lot more, and it will be based on research. This video is not. The National Park Service also has good information about her story.

[@vermontsmostobesetubaplaye1988]

@Jamal Al-Uqdah jealous.

[@SanxBile]

@Jan Bily Why do ppl feel that the best counter against racism is racism? Dont you ever get tired of the bs?

[@RMStrasser]

Great question. It's difficult getting into the head of a Spanish religious communities during the 1700s. They weren't as smart as we are.

[@JosannaMonik]

@@G_CsTheir decreasing numbers were probably because they were attacked. They had an whole island to themselves, probably a variety of small animals, limitless fish and warm enough to grow wild berries, etc. Even the woman on her own figured out how to feed herself plenty. I find it doubtful that they would have been starving?

[@SSmith-fm9kg]

Lived alone for years with no problem. "Welcome to civilization, we will save you!" oh, she died...from civilization.

[@HobbyOrganist]

It was religious zealots- father whats-his-name who is the one responsible, I also don't buy the claim that she went willingly on his ship leaving everything behind, more likely she was forced or tricked, or both so father whats-his-name could score another "notch" on his bed post marking people he "saved" by force conversion.

[@vermontsmostobesetubaplaye1988]

@Martin G Definitely a SJW. Many are on this thread bemoaning the fact that they rescued her and she wanted to go with them.

[@vermontsmostobesetubaplaye1988]

@Martin G very true.

[@donaldduke2233]

Kinda like "Hello, we're from the Government and we're here to help you".

[@sigaries4062]

@@HobbyOrganist Wow, quite a story teller aren't you?.

[@mattychristian]

I grew up near Torrance in souther California and remember being taught this story in school. Absolutely amazing story of survival.

[@bellahontas510]

I grew up in Oakland, we learned about it in school too

[@darkkiss7247]

@@bellahontas510 I was born in Oakland ☺️

[@intergalactic4160]

Gold Pager I was born and grew up on earth and I heard this story. Maybe I heard it because of the famous children’s book I don’t know.

[@bigmona2741]

I had never heard of this story

[@carloscarpinteyro332]

I grew up in the San Fernando Valley, and I remember the 4th grade teacher reading the whole book, portion, by portion to the whole class, and remember it to be a great story, as well!

[@Ptah1130]

Island of the Blue Dolphins was one of my favorite elementary school books.

[@gachacat210]

YES IK MY teacher cried when rontu died

[@anthonylabeau6159]

I'm going to check it out, thanks

[@rev.jeffradcliff8683]

That, and The Witch of Blackbird Pond...my two favorite books growing up.

[@Bryan-ks6cw]

Same here

[@AsHB.85]

Same

[@junipers7174]

She lived on that island alone & survived for so many years. Then died a few months after being “saved” from that island.

[@LouBloom21655]

It says she willfully wanted to go with them. Still sad but she was probably tired of being alone.

[@bulletsfordinner8307]

Why did they felt the need to relocate everyone in first place??

[@junipers7174]

Jojo oli - The Spanish felt the natives were basically wild people w/their souls at risk. So they relocated them to missions so they could be turned into good little civilized Catholics.

[@karlblume9419]

Europeans use of 'saved' and 'discovered' is white ethnocentrism in action.

[@ka-zr1ts]

@@bulletsfordinner8307 probably because there were only a few left and would be vulnerable to future raids by the Russians looking for furs

[@cierakitty]

Rest in peace dear lady.....your story lives on as does the mystery

[@gilleslefebvre882]

Amazing! You have a tribe that lived on an island, undisturbed for 8 000 years, then the Europeans appear to "rescue" them and they all disappear!

[@misssweet8362]

Finally someone gets it !

[@atwax]

Yeah, I think the intelligent natives understood they would need to offer one of their people to let the idiots think there was only one left.

[@strfltcmnd.9925]

Disappeared because of death from infectious diseases brought to the New World.

[@SailoOlias]

Its crazy

[@staceyfromkc]

HMMM

[@forreal245]

Interesting. She was an amazing woman to have found ways to survive alone for so many years.

[@evontoussaint2313]

She kept the faith

[@gregorsamsa1364]

Well she was born and raised in a primitive tribe on the island so she presumably had a lot of background knowledge about how to survive on that island

[@thehuntermikipl1170]

Thumbsdown

[@coleparker]

@@gregorsamsa1364 You could hardly call the Chumash or possibly Tongva tribes in the region primitive. They had very sophisticated cultures with great knowledge of the sea, canoe building and food resources from both the terrestrial and sea areas.

[@nicolehowell6064]

And she would have lived to a ripe old age had she been left alone 😔

[@billyjoechambers8494]

Nicole Howell and not be exposed to illness like smallpox or influenza

[@daniellelewis8043]

Right

[@jesuskrisv9761]

And alone.

[@coolkidzmedia3259]

Nicole Howell you probably right

[@allenhopkins9318]

ßex

[@jeswick1483]

The “Nicoleño”. They lived there for 8k years and had no idea that was their real name!

[@piergrace0127]

That was the FIRST thing I said.

[@royfearn4345]

But why should they? They had no need of a named identity living in isolation. So-called civilisation should keep its nose out out more often. Ultimately not minding one's own business usually turns out badly, for example Bush, Blair and Iraq, and look where that's got us!

[@SA-121]

Zhōngguó - China Deutchland - Germany Nihon - Japan Hellas - Greece Suomi - Finland Magyarország - Hungary Kalaallit Nunaat - Greenland Etc...

[@ericvaria7807]

😏 HOLA SEÑORITA MI NOMBRE ES NICOLEÑO 🧝‍♂️ what's yours?

[@ignatiusmaziofa2393]

she lived for so many years alone but could not survive a few weeks with company

[@TheAkwarium]

the perks of being an agoraphobe

[@ronni8840]

I feel that way most days..

[@JESSICALIN879]

Had no idea that this story and that book were connected. The book is one that my mom and I both enjoyed. The story of Juana Maria has also now fascinated me for a while now.

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

imagine your family lives happily for centuries until a burgler comes and you are forever known by the burglers name.

[@Ty-fc7ml]

History & Maps exists as per White peoples definition. Indigenous tribes & cultures have been literally wiped out by them integrating the natives into their religion. Even today in remote Polynesian Islands its easy to find a Misionary, a Chapel & natives named Mary n John

[@DizzyDez613]

@@thegoodtom1718 Just go with the joke. Jeez

[@homerosanchez204]

That is how I feel ax an American whose families have lived in America 4 centuries. Now just in my lifetime strangers have invaded

[@silvarajoomuniandy4316]

I have nothing against the whites, only the evangelists who go around saying that they come to save souls, or I call harvesting souls.

[@homerosanchez204]

@Ali Desch white people were advanced and there was a good side and bad side

[@Pezled]

If they know where she is buried, maybe they should try to get some DNA to see where she originated... very sad story but fascinating.

[@findingtoolpurpose6195]

They didn't bother placing a headstone or marker of any kind. Her actual burial site is unknown.

[@deprofundis3293]

@@findingtoolpurpose6195 oh that's awful. I had been thinking the same thing about doing DNA testing...

[@mre.n.ybaggz18]

She “voluntarily” came OR was she KIDNAPPED 🤔

[@donnageorge6506]

Who no's ?

[@interestingfamilyorigin3574]

More than likely taken against her will if she seemed happy there I'm pretty sure that she would've kicked off after all they said she was happy and eating well. But i suppose there's a small possibility that left with them willingly but don't think i would've

[@WholesomeHolisticKitchen]

If it was the whites she was definitely kidnapped whites love to fucking kidnap.

[@doja954]

MR E.N.Y BaGGz more than likely kidnapped like they did Pocahontas

[@watergawdess1793]

Probably kidnapped. 🙄🥴

[@geminisword2494]

I'm going to purchase a boat , sail to Spain and claim that I discovered it...

[@francesgrigsby7400]

It's about time someone gave them a taste of their own medicine!! 👍👍😉

[@RMStrasser]

Word brother. Do it. You'd make history,

[@monolithgeometry3221]

@George George we really have devolved into purely beings of emotion, emoji's and emoticons .I certainly hope the West never has to square off against a nation of wisdom and true understanding of Nature

[@sueeason275]

...Be sure to educate the natives .

[@snartshack]

Considering they haven't been apart of any conquering for hundreds of years, I'm sure the Spaniards won't know what you're on about.

[@doodlebug7349]

I read that book over and over as a child! I believe I actually still have it, I LOVE to read and took very good care of my books!

[@jacksonlow7470]

Hi there... How are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe??

[@wulfheart101]

As I was listening to this I was thinking this sounded like the island of the blue dolphin and when you said that it was based off this tale I literally got shivers. Love your videos. I learn so much!

[@deprofundis3293]

Same...I was like, this has to be Island of the Blue Dolphins. I adored that book growing up.

[@Monkeys4Peace]

I agree! One of my favorite books.

[@edwinmoux8216]

Strong woman who knew how to survive with a sad ending. Is that the real lady in the picture?

[@akashicisis]

Betting those people didn't call themselves the Nicolenõ.

[@approachinggnosis4613]

Amber Johnson just like the Deutsch don't call themselves Germans. It's called an "exonym"

[@islandkingent]

@@approachinggnosis4613 which is then kinda like how Europeans didn't call themselves Europeans.... I'm wondering who the heck started the name calling?!🤯😩

[@approachinggnosis4613]

Rude Nesian "European" is not an exonym

[@islandkingent]

@@approachinggnosis4613 right. It was never anything until someone said it was... Who, is what I'm after.

[@rudolphschmitler725]

That's probably why the narrator never said they called themselves the Nicoleños.

[@elderlypoodle9181]

She’s beautiful!! I remember loving the book Island Of The Blue Dolphin 🐬

[@G_Cs]

>"She’s beautiful!! I remember loving the book Island Of The Blue Dolphin" The photo is not of the Lone Woman. The photo has been documented as a photo of a Tongva woman, taken by Santa Barbara Mission photographers Edwin J. Hayward and Henry W. Muzzall. The photograph was found alongside a picture of Maria Sinforosa Ramona Sanchez Nidever (1812-1892), George Nidever's wife, with whom Juana Maria had lived after arriving on the mainland. There is no clear reason to believe the photo is of the woman in question. Most researchers do not believe this is a photo of the "Lost Woman." The photo is of a woman in her late 20s. The Lone Woman was much older (between 45 and 55). The photo shown here is now in the Southwest Museum of the American Indian. I do agree the photo is of a beautiful woman.

[@bluepearlgirl-emelie]

Island of the blue dolphin by Scott O'dell was my very favorite book as a kid. Gave a copy to my niece this year for her bday. It tells this story beautifully! I reccomend to anyone to read it! It is a beautiful and sensitive recount of this event.

[@db5202]

Poor woman, imagine living for so many years alone? Even after being brought into human fellowship, having no way to communicate. Such a beautiful woman whose face has seen too many a tear.

[@AsimAli-xs3bj]

So sad to know that European businessmen at that time burned and killed the entire tribe just because of trade dispute.

[@Sporkonafork1]

@Azarello shut up worthless being

[@davidcerasuolo5194]

That's not cool Azarello

[@chrisnamaste3572]

@Azarello Azarello. Glad I found you. You owe me money. Now what is your address.....

[@tnwhitley]

Asim Ali : it said it was Russian fur traders in 1811 when they got mad at the natives over trade disputes they attacked and murdered almost the whole tribe there.

[@hotcrazycatladyme168]

European people (among others) have actively been committing genocide for hundreds of years. It's still happening now. Things are a bit better, but in some ways, not really.

[@lunaoyashii]

Oh my goodness!!! I've been trying to remember the name of that book for almost 30 decades!!! I had to read it over summer vacation one year, and loved it. It got destroyed in a flood. My entire library was just destroyed. I've always loved this book. Seven hundred and odd pages. That summer was fun. Now I remember what it REALLY about. I searched but some other book came up. Niiiiiiice. Thank you!

[@rogerscottcathey]

Well! Your life story should even more interesting, being 300 years old!( ;-°)

[@lunaoyashii]

@@rogerscottcathey Oh my, nooooo my youth. I am several thousand years old. Yes, my life is that intriguing. At least I found one of my favorite books! Hey, what ya know Joe?

[@laloreyes1970]

The book,"Island of the Blue Dolphins" is an account of this woman's story that fills in more of the blanks and provides details that were related by the woman herself to missionaries before she got sick and died in their care.

[@vatolocosforever803]

You just sent me on a mission,, objective of the day is hearing the audio version of this book,, cuz I'm too lazy to read

[@victorcontreras9138]

This brings me close to home as I lived and was raised in Huntington Beach since 1949. Those islands were not far off the coast!

[@charlespeterwatson9051]

If they only transcribed her words to print, we might have a story of her through etymological research of local dialects.

[@Tokuijin]

They did transcript her "Toki Toki" song.

[@karlblume9419]

I strongly doubt the original residents of the island called themselves "nicolenos."

[@stevedyches4635]

That's what the explorers called them.

[@karlblume9419]

@@stevedyches4635 Of course. It's just the matter-of-fact tone with which the narrator said it, as though it was a given. It was irritating.

[@kanyegang2810]

Right

[@merrymary501]

😆

[@user-yp5fp8gn7o]

Yeah, wasnt that a restaurant in Sunnyvale. Lol.....likely they called themselves "homeless and hungry" after bein forced onto that shithole tiny Santa Barbara Island, and for what? I dont think any gold or anything else of value was found on that isle then or now so why move them usless it was to make them dependent on the shios of the euros to supply all they had for free on san nicks. Rich San Jose

[@higherresolution4490]

That was a VERY good mini-documentary on San Nicolas Island and "Juana Maria". What an amazing physical, mental and emotional constitution this woman possessed. SO much time totally alone and successfully self-sufficient. Now the island has two Navy bases. One underground and one underwater. Santa Barbara island is now a protected seabird rookery.

[@Is..4110]

She should've stayed by herself... Society sucks...

[@martiansurgery]

Exactly... she felt safe eating the bullshit they was cooking - and thats when it gets you

[@KirksCORNER-1983]

Yep

[@vintagesavoiur]

She made the decision to

[@thereisnopandemic]

Yeah society sucks, you should stop using society product. Don’t use the shower, stop using smart phones, stay away from the internet, no cars, no fast food, grow and raise your own food since you do not need the rest of us the society. Don’t depend on electricity produced by others in society. Yeah society sucks

[@norahkalunda1234]

@@thereisnopandemic eat D

[@lawrenceabramson7660]

She looks like the people who lived on Tierra del Fuego and who were the victims of a particularly cruel genocide.

[@G_Cs]

>"She looks like the people who lived on Tierra del Fuego and who were the victims of a particularly cruel genocide." There are no known photos of her. The photo used here is not her. Using it as fact has caused a lot of misinformation.

[@WeeeWriter]

Cruelty, thy name is human.

[@vibecheck4623]

@neva why even mention race 🤦‍♂️

[@angelareele858]

neva..... duetornomy 20:17..........biblical legitimization of. genocide

[@jackycook64]

The Island of the Blue Dolphins was based on this. I was reading comments and am surprised I didn't see anyone reference this. It is worth reading if you haven't.

[@georgeanderson7499]

I have. It's a really good book.

[@gachacat210]

Did yall know that the wild dog

[@gachacat210]

Died rontu

[@carvinlambert6899]

​. .....did what?

[@Acadian.FrenchFry]

I lived in Ventura and my mom always sailed out to the islands, but I never heard his story. Wow!

[@setnomA]

Telegraph rd ?

[@Acadian.FrenchFry]

@@setnomA No, but I knew people that lived off Telegraph. I used to pay my mom's slip fee for her boat in VTA Harbor and lived there for almost a year while she went to Canada, (before that I was in Ojai). Then I lived off Pierpont Blvd. Later moved to Buena Vista. I miss VTA.

[@BadTV1993]

Port Hueneme here!

[@Acadian.FrenchFry]

@@BadTV1993 I know it well! lol :)

[@thewillofabeast9079]

I get that people in the comments are discouraged that she died because she was rescued but, it wasn't there fault, they just wanted to help her besides, she went willingly. And at least she didn't die alone. And that the people around her were caring, and thoughtful towards her. If I found a woman or anyone on an island, and went with me willingly, in today's time, I would've found ways of communicating with him/her, go to a doctor to see what there allergies are, and just do what I can to help them. As ling as they don't kill me.

[@elsarodriguez1105]

We could have learned a lot from her and how she lived. She lived off the land and took care of herself.

[@rockabillyguitar3596]

Hi from Avril in the UK ,this is the first I,ve heard of this, fascinating but sad she only lived for 7 weeks after being found

[@miltonedwin8237]

yeah so sad. the only good thing came out of this is that she didn't die alone and was accepted and happy during her last 7 weeks alive

[@rockabillyguitar3596]

That's my thought too

[@tiffanyjohnson3336]

Read the Newberry award winner, “Island of the Blue Dolphin” by Scott O’Dell. It is based on this story!!

[@miltonedwin8237]

@@tiffanyjohnson3336 thanks will read that.

[@rockabillyguitar3596]

@@tiffanyjohnson3336 thanks

[@lynnwest4307]

There are many possible reasons on why the tribe could not understand her. I think it is possible that she was not actually a blood member of that tribe. She could have either ended up on the island due to a shipwreck. There is also the possibility that she was of that tribe but not an actual member because she was a captive or brought over from another tribe to marry into it

[@funkmasterdub]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@lordhostile]

considering the link the island has to Russian traders one could assume she came from Siberia or Alaska on a Russian ship and probably escaped to the island.

[@funkmasterdub]

@timothy labeaux thanks for your positive input!!! So the possibilities are endless hey?? Don't think they are though, unless you consider possibilities like she was grown on a test tube with her DNA mixed with some kind of fauna and she sprouted/hatched/whatever shortly before she was found.....so perhaps if you consider that then the possibilities truly are endless.

[@srk7479]

@Patricia Marciano well said

[@vilhelmhammershoi3871]

@Patricia Marciano She did know how to fillet a whale.

[@dorenemellene960]

They should have left her alone. She would have had a better chance of living a full life.

[@Akybert]

You're right. Instead of taking her away, people should have stayed there with her to warn her up

[@WeeeWriter]

I agree, she died eating the food on Santa Barbara.

[@genewhite9408]

Maybe we need to leave you alone. No more services or conveniences should be given to you from others. You could be killed in a car accident or die from eating fast food, if we continue down this path. Civilized society should never again intervene in your chance of living a full life. God speed in the wild, Dorene.

[@mishh216]

@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 who wouldn't though, imagine how lonely she must of felt

[@tinanickerson1006]

I dont think she wanted to be alone anymore ...I mean she left everything to go with them. I hate that she passed so quickly after bein able to reconnect with people...but im also glad that she was not alone anymore.

[@tieztoez]

Lemme save u some time. Russian fur trade, killed "all" natives. 15 years later lone woman found, taken to neighboring island, can't communicate, dies.

[@doja954]

tiez toez DONT forget the rape part. I’m pretty sure she either died from nasty spoiled food or diseases thru sex like they did Sara Baartman.

[@paulleckner8235]

The Island of the Blue Dolphin.

[@rubix187]

But how would they know she was 50 if they couldn’t communicate?

[@stevedyches4635]

They were guessing she was between 40 and 50.

[@rohnerw]

The statement in the video was, that they thought she 'looked' to be about 50 years of age.

[@awpetersen5909]

@Zk AY Idiot

[@MossyMozart]

@@awpetersen5909 - @Zk AY = reported.

[@JDMaya]

@Rodger Hodgson FUNNY COMMENT TO MAKE PEOPLE DIE LAUGHING.

[@robertevans1486]

How could he discover it when people were already living there

[@alicewilloughby4318]

Robert Evans, the same way Columbus "discovered" America.

[@thegoldenboy294]

From the point of view of civilised world they discovered these lands.

[@absolutebollocks2258]

'founded' on terrorism, genocide and sheer barbarism.

[@Lesbiana31]

@@alicewilloughby4318 His name is COLONBUS LOL

[@thegoldenboy294]

@@absolutebollocks2258 study some of oborigenn culture, their rituals and all their babies and human sacrifices and brutality. Stop being stupid and ignorant, just regurgitating one side of history...

[@billwoehl3051]

"they thought it was other visitors who stopped by and left immediately", that's a big mistake,, why build a hut if they left immediately? Some people just don't think.

[@rockyduarte5960]

She wasn't rescued , she was captured n lead 2 her death

[@cainshin9919]

she happily accepted their offer to be taken to a community.. there wasnt any case of abduction.. she ddnt die alone.. stop making things complicated with your cynicism..

[@Xx-nm5pn]

Good Krypollo given a real home lol yes that’s why she died right after that but she lived a by herself

[@charliefoxtrotsky4104]

@@cainshin9919 he just wanted to post something so he could show his moral superiority.....but instead, showed his lack of IQ

[@staceyfromkc]

THAT SOUNDS 4MILIAR 2 ME

[@Sabatuar]

Island of the Blue Dolphins. I remember reading that book.

[@pixiestix726]

Right! as soon as I saw the title I knew what it was about.

[@Lucky7tattooNettahoe]

Loved that book!

[@brittanybpeterson1]

The first book I remember reading! I finished it well before chapter assignments were due. I think about it 20+ years later

[@jjscott1216]

I came to the comment specifically to see if anyone else got that too! I LOVED this book as a kid!

[@kittysparklr6626]

@@jjscott1216 it still remains one of my favorite books

[@StephanieWilsonxoxo]

She's beautiful

[@G_Cs]

>"She's beautiful" The photo is not of the Lone Woman. The photo has been documented as a photo of a Tongva woman, taken by Santa Barbara Mission photographers Edwin J. Hayward and Henry W. Muzzall. The photograph was found alongside a picture of Maria Sinforosa Ramona Sanchez Nidever (1812-1892), George Nidever's wife, with whom Juana Maria had lived after arriving on the mainland. There is no clear reason to believe the photo is of the woman in question. After all, she was there for only 7 weeks before she died. She may or may not have been photographed on the mainland. Most researchers do not believe this is a photo of the "Lost Woman." It is now in the Southwest Museum of the American Indian. The photo is of a woman in her late 20s. The Lone Woman was much older (between 45 and 55). I do agree the photo is of a beautiful woman.

[@menzieldon1680]

I sometimes wonder if these people claiming other people's discoveries are human because they are more wild then those people they find in islands and I don't believe she agreed to leave they could have forced her to leave with them

[@jennycasakadosh]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@nanovahidy5172]

What a brave woman. More than anything, I would have succumbed to the sheer, interminable loneliness of the ordeal.

[@Rikki0]

That is probably why she smiled and offered no resistance to being relocated.

[@approachinggnosis4613]

Rikki0 yes she was clearly being punished by her tribe

[@LIT70]

I loved "Island of the Blue Dolphin". I read it over and over as a child.

[@MeowsTheTime]

Me, too!

[@jasonlomax4761]

Hello

[@danidesip2432]

Mee too. My mom got that book for me. She would always get me good classics.

[@421CPilot]

Too bad the narration of this video was so bad.

[@reneemoreno7924]

Me too...ancestor of mine, Im sure. Chumash, San Gabrielanos. Never heard of the Nicolinos...and my family is indigenous to this area.

[@jeffreycooper5187]

She was fine until they came and took her away

[@originaluddite]

She seems like she was very resourceful in living alone, but also very sociable, so jumped at the chance for some more community. It's interesting how there are always these adaptable individuals who can fit in with different groups.

[@vermontsmostobesetubaplaye1988]

She wanted to leave. Did you pay attention?

[@vermontsmostobesetubaplaye1988]

@Ana nimity trail of tears is a bullshit story. Their chief made a deal and no more people died on that trip than any other caravan trip of the day.

[@BadBoyMark1]

@@vermontsmostobesetubaplaye1988 lol those are the words of a person that was not there...nobody knows the truth except her and those who were there. Just my opinion

[@vermontsmostobesetubaplaye1988]

@@BadBoyMark1 and if they left her there they would be accused of leaving a stranded woman, all alone. It's a no-win situation.

[@shleepydragyn8940]

Would love to know her daily routine for survival.

[@jennywilliams123]

This was one of my literature books in Fiji in late 70s. I had no idea that it was non fiction wow! It's more than forty years ...

[@raquelmay5817]

My husband was station in San Nicolas island for four years I’ve been there also very peaceful place

[@jcagy2]

4 years? Highly improbable. I was there in the Navy in 1958-59. 4 year deployments unlikely.

[@hokulaninalani6975]

kingkiser666 guys like you >> guys like him lol

[@coraldawn191]

Ok .... so youre saying they turned that into a military base?????

[@patticarson7276]

National Park Service?

[@thatswhatshesaid.literally737]

😒 🤔 *Is anyone else even just a smidge curious how she managed to **_KILL A WHALE_** for petes sake?!*

[@charlotteskiftun753]

Was thinking the same thing!!

[@Lalo6169]

She Who Knows All probably washed up shore when they die out

[@Lalo6169]

She Who Knows All probably washed up shore when they die out q

[@jmaraf7741]

Ever heard of a "beached whale?" Happens all the time....

[@debirowe213]

Yes how did she get whale blubber?

[@cowboygeologist7772]

Island of the Blue Dolphins is one of my favorite books and movies.

[@MrGuelson007]

facts thats a very good book

[@SarahAndrews24]

Very true.

[@ahartis]

Legend has it they really just wanted to discuss her car's warranty.

[@Gerry1280]

Island of the Blue Dolphins was a favorite book at school.

[@lisalang7096]

Gerry Dunn That was my favorite book when I was young!

[@Suey4249]

@@lisalang7096 Same

[@LadyWhinesalot]

all those comments about "how can it be discovered if people were already living there?" ...you didn't listen well. @0:40 he said "they made a strange discovery. They found this woman living all alone" @0:50 he said "it was first sighted" - no one said it was discovered.

[@renaissanceman21c]

Ganieda Morgan Good observation! Other people on here just run their mouths with stupid comments.

[@tashaarellano7680]

Or maybe she was put there for punishment reasons or maybe disease reasons from her tribe.

[@rlowle1228]

Very interesting story. Lesson learned stay away from rescuers.

[@vab_ito7820]

Island of the blue dolphin!! Love that book! One of the best novels ever written!

[@awho33]

Holy crap that was my favorite book growing up! CRAZY!

[@bassmaster7874]

There's a book about it good book called island of the blue dolphins I was born in Santa Barbara I have heard many tales about it from my grandpa we are chumash natives

[@cainshin9919]

man's greatest fear - dying alone.. at least she ddnt...

[@benjaminh958]

My daughter read me this story in the fourth grade. It was called island of the blue dolphins or something like that. Good story.

[@coolkidzmedia3259]

Min'the Patriot wow are you frfr

[@anglatorpetdalarna8814]

You can't get some privacy any where!

[@sesherats.3182]

Doesn't seem so! Lol

[@imanpriyono8002]

Yes, u right

[@swizzleproxi4810]

Exactly, she seemed happy enough, until they came.

[@nataliehidalgo8933]

at 3:44 George Nidever looks so creepy. I'd hate to think she saw him first.

[@aprilbright8415]

How can you discover something already there and change the name smh

[@vermontsmostobesetubaplaye1988]

The same way a new planet gets "discovered", dummy.

[@vermontsmostobesetubaplaye1988]

@Huh? good point.

[@kasheem1747]

New planet! I don't think so .

[@thandimentile3080]

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[@Valerie-gn1rr]

@@kasheem1747 Of course new planets have been discovered! You're idiot!

[@gregj4857]

Sad she passed so soon after being rescued

[@tonyawilliams4356]

I wish there was an "strickly enforced law" to STOP & PROTECT undiscovered territories & civilizations. Those people DON'T deserve to DIE from outside interference into their villages.

[@G_Cs]

>"I wish there was an "strickly enforced law" to STOP & PROTECT undiscovered territories & civilizations. Those people DON'T deserve to DIE from outside interference into their villages." This was not an undiscovered territory or civilization. After the Russian massacre, their numbers had dwindled to less than 7 left. What do you think would have happened if they left them there? They would eventually die off completely. It is called a Humanitarian effort to offer these people an alternative. They gladly took it. The Lone Woman was accidentally left behind. She knew that she would die alone to be eaten by scavengers. When offered the chance to leave, and the prospect of getting to see her fellow islanders again, she also gladly took it. Unfortunately, her fellow islanders were not in Santa Barbara at the time (one young man that was only 2 when he left in 1835 was still alive and living in Los Angeles at the time, but he did not speak to her). No one expected her to get sick. The other islanders had not suffered the same fate, so it was an oddity and tragedy that she came down with dysentery, which was fairly common at the time. People that have researched the case in great detail have determined that leaving her people or her there would be far from a humanitarian effort. It is no different than what we do today when we offer help to places like Haiti and Puerto Rico. Of course, we could just leave them alone for fear of causing them to die from outside interference.

[@tabbs3]

She must of been their and left her. Throughout the years being alone anything can happen. Rest her soul.

[@johndow1774]

The moral of the story is... You can do bad all by yourself & you don't need no help doing it.

[@ivanguthrie0420]

She killed Wales all by herself. She had a wale house and was eating blubber. That was a strong women.

[@stevedyches4635]

Washed up onshore most likely.

[@MuchLoveMa]

Whale probably washed up on shore..who knows.

[@user-jq8qv4yx4h]

I don't think she actually killed them herself. She likely found them washed up on the beach.

[@user-jq8qv4yx4h]

@John Smith It's a lot of dangerous work. You can harpoon them from your canoe, but you have to avoid being over-turned by their large tail. Then you have to drag them to shore. The Eskimos did it routinely, but they had a lot of team work.

[@G_Cs]

>"She killed Wales all by herself. She had a wale house and was eating blubber. That was a strong women" Nowhere does the video (or any other research on her) say that she killed whales (or even Wales). The video narrator first states they found "seal blubber" but when they find her, he states she was "scraping the whale meat apart." Just because she was in a windbreak made partly from a whale carcass does not mean she killed it. The remains of beached whales would provide good materials to fabricate a strong windbreak enclosure.

[@willwhitwham5255]

Love the way the narrator murdered the word ecclesiastical. Made my day

[@warrenny]

Did the same with Santa Barbara as well.

[@Kanamit.]

He also said "Ceremony" when the narrative showed "cemetary"

[@janesmith9024]

Yes, he may just be young

[@macplastering]

Incredible woman to survive alone

[@thetruthexperiment]

How did she survive? When they found her she was making food. Obviously she knew how to make shelter and catch and prepare food. That’s sort of all there is too it.

[@the5thprofession]

I can only hope that those explorers who discovered this woman had treated her right.

[@meezogaso5564]

Right w a male pipe lmao

[@romrichdale2937]

Christians never treat people right because of thier ignorance.

[@conlaiarla]

@@romrichdale2937 Is that a fact ? Maybe move to the middle East...

[@romrichdale2937]

@@conlaiarla whats the point?

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

This must have been right at the infancy of photography. If that’s a true image of her it would be among the earliest daguerreotype photos ever taken and is of surprising quality. I remember seeing the film around 1963 at age 4. Tragic to die so soon after “rescue” .

[@dindinprivate3477]

She died *because* she was "rescued". Her body couldn't adapt to the new foods.

[@junejuly5288]

She looked so young and pretty. So sad. RIP

[@snowsongvideopix8680]

I agree, Also, from her photo, you can see that she looked so much, much younger still than the age they gave her. She must have been able to take better care of herself without any help than they thought. The only reason I can see for her accepting the invitation to go with them must have been loneliness. It is sad that even though she was so well-liked by others that unfortunately she was also exposed to their diseases and died soon after.

[@newjack1982]

She should of never left. She died because she wasn’t used to disease

[@universalelement]

So sad

[@stormstorm7396]

I agree smh💯💯🙏🙏

[@mahomedakoon8363]

B Jackson civilization diseases (llab infection )

[@charliefoxtrotsky4104]

Brandon Jackson well you've convinced me...... nobody should ever get around any other human being because we only "catch" human transmissible diseases due to being around other humans. Congrats...you've just saved the planet, we simply never need to interact with each other again.

[@newjack1982]

@@charliefoxtrotsky4104 Stfu what I said was the truth idiot

[@MamaPinks]

My mother had me read this. I have had both my daughters read it as well. I hope someday I will have a granddaughter to read it.

[@angeloflight8714]

What's the name of the book , please?.

[@MamaPinks]

@@angeloflight8714 Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

[@angeloflight8714]

Thank you

[@MamaPinks]

@@angeloflight8714 of course!💜 I hope you had an amazing day!

[@fellowcitizen]

No sons?

[@LindaCasey]

Wow I was born and raised in California, but in all my 70 years never heard this story. Fascinating. 🌹

[@traveltodiscover2500]

u r so lucky to be raised in california i never even got a visa ...

[@emmanuelaizik5630]

The world with so many mysterious things... Tomorrow they will tell us how one man got trapped in the moon and survived without oxygen.😂

[@massymarole529]

😂😂😂😂😂 I agree

[@emmanuelaizik5630]

@@massymarole529 Yes but that's True...

[@aliavarzea3847]

Best comment 🤣

[@pamelacarter5917]

Agreed, Jerry Lynch. Hubris. I think Juana Maria may have actually been from further East (a different Channel Island), North, Alaska? Or perhaps from the west or Northwest and the Sandwich Island Chain (Hawai'i)? They were known for travelling 1000's of miles via outrigger to reach California and trade with the local California Tribes.

[@DataJuggler]

I barely survive if grocery stores close for a day or two.

[@vlmilillo]

Data Juggler 😂

[@DataJuggler]

@@vlmilillo I don't know if I just bored you to tears, or what that (emoji?) icon means.

[@vlmilillo]

Data Juggler your comment struck me as funny! But I could see your confusion.

[@DataJuggler]

@@vlmilillo I feel better; for a minute I thought you said I was a cry baby. How did you know was my next question.

[@renaeadams7868]

I hear ya there. I have hard time living without necessity like grocery store, and water.. Gotta have a shower and coffee. ;)