Cache Part 2 - West of the West

Greetings from the Chumash Coastal Native American Nation

I have the chills...I was obsessed with "Island of the Blue Dolphins" in grade school.

Her grave is in the Santa Barbara mission I was surprised to see it there the first time I was there to see friends that moved from Chicago areas to live on the cliffs of Santa Barbara where you could see the Chanel island and the city below I really liked to see the air planes landing at night

We may never be sure if they are hers but they are most certainly the belongs of people she knew and most likely buried by her or others being 'evacuated' from the island, wonderful find :)

Those hooks are an absolute standout in the collection, in my mind.

Awesome stuff... What a story... What a History!

It wasn't said here that many of these objects could have been mementoes of "Juana Maria's" loved-ones. Perhaps her husband smoked that pipe, or her father. Remember that those fur hunters murdered most of her tribe! Only a handful of people left with the priests. And probably all died once on the Californian mainland... Just like poor Juana Maria when Captain George Nidever finally came to rescue her too. How happy she had been to be reunited with those left of her tribe! Only to find out that they had all disappeared, probably died... She died after only a few short weeks in that settlement, from disentery or some such from the totally different diet to hers on the island. And during the months of "Lockdown" when I heard of how badly many people came to grips with that aloneness, I often thought of how this woman was alone FOR 18 YEARS!... How admirable is that!? And all the previously found artifacts had been taken to a museum shortly after her death, I think, and that museum was destroyed during the San Andreas Fault earthquake in the early 20th century... So, how wonderful it is that all THESE objects of the Nicoleno people have been found now!

What a find!

I really do think these are her things. This is really amazing to see.

Island of the Blue Dolphins was one of my favorite books as a young teenager. So very cool to see this video and all that you found!

This is great. What are the chances of me seeing this video. I use wonder how she lived on the island all by self. It made me sad, but this has uplifted me. Thanks for the video.

This book is from my childhood thanks for posting the videos❤

After this find Hollywood really needs to do an adaptation of The Blue Dolphin. How cool!

The Littlest Angel had a magic box that he kept under his bed and God let him go back to earth to get it. It contained all things of the Earth, RobinRobin eggs, and sparkly rocks and bird feathers. This is the gift he gave to the Christ child which was his favorite gift of all. These boxes were all her treasure boxes just like the Littlest Angels box.✨

Incredible finds guys! It’s amazing to think about the synchronistic turn of events that led you to this fantastic discovery!!

You'd have a blast looking at old world buildings hiding in plain sight

There is no evidence to support that these items were hers. It's possible of course, but it could just as easily and statistically far greater that they belonged to one of the tribal members that were evacuated. People lived on that island for thousands and thousands of years. It may be hers it may not. Regardless they are amazing finds.

Amazing thanks for posting

"Island of the Blue Dolphin" was a book I recall reading as a child, and reread a few years ago now as a Californian for over half of my life. I grew up in Hawaii, so the initial reading did not hit home quite so much as to person I am currently who fishes the story's waters. I feel it would be very poignant should the boxes had truly been placed on San Nicolas by the heroine. Though, to attribute it to her, such as this clip eludes to, is a major stretch. I do feel that the discovery provides an intriguing way to keep the lives of the native Channel Islands people alive and remembered, however.

So I know this is a weird aside, but… I’m 70 and grew up in a military family. Kids as a whole had few toys and personal objects in those years, plus we were always moving and were allowed one small box for personal belonging every time we moved. It seemed that all kids had a single tobacco box or shoe box to hold all our most dear objects. If you made a good friend, you might show them your box, but most,y these were our secret items and I’d spend hours sometimes just going through those few dear items. Looking at the content of that box floods me with memories.