J.P. Harrington shared the four words attributed to the Lone Woman with various California native people who spoke Uto-Aztecan languages. One of those men was José María Zalvidea, a Gabrielino man who was familiar with two Uto-Aztecan Takic branch dialects: Gabrielino and Serrano. Zalvidea could not identify the Lone Woman’s words as belonging to either of these two dialects.
DATE OF BIRTH: 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH: Mission San Gabriel, Alta California, Mexican Republic
DATE OF DEATH: After 1917
PLACE OF DEATH: California, USA
References
Schwartz, Steven J., Susan L. Morris, John R. Johnson. The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: Her Story from Native American Sources. Presentation at the May 2018 meeting of the Santa Barbara County Archaeological Society, Santa Barbara, California.
DATE OF BIRTH: 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH: Mission San Gabriel, Alta California, Mexican Republic
DATE OF DEATH: After 1917
PLACE OF DEATH: California, USA
References
Schwartz, Steven J., Susan L. Morris, John R. Johnson. The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: Her Story from Native American Sources. Presentation at the May 2018 meeting of the Santa Barbara County Archaeological Society, Santa Barbara, California.
Last updated: November 29, 2018