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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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Tag Archives: Chumash
Wild Cucumber, Trout and Pictographs
Wild cucumber (Marah macrocarpus, previously called Echinocystis macrocarpa), also known as Manroot or Bigroot, was called molo’wot’ in Barbareño Chumash and chilicote in Spanish. Got it? “And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah; for … Continue reading
Posted in Reference
Tagged Chumash, Fishing, Flora, Foraging, Hiking, Indians, Los Padres National Forest, Native Americans, Nature, Pictographs, Rock Art, Traditional Knowledge
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Fallen Rock Chumash Pictograph Rock Art
In September 2012 I had the privilege of naming a Chumash pictograph site theretofore undocumented by the U.S. Forest Service. In August 2012 I mentioned on this blog that I stumbled across some Chumash rock art I didn’t know existed. … Continue reading
Posted in California
Tagged Archaeology, Art, Chumash, Hiking, Hiking (2), History, Los Padres National Forest, Photos, Pics, Pictographs, Rock Art
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Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: A Female Robinson Crusoe (1897)
Map of California coast showing Santa Barbara Channel Islands In 1835, a ship set sail from San Nicolas Island off the California coast, 78 nautical miles south by southeast of Santa Barbara, and headed for the mainland forcibly removing the … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Channel Islands, Chumash, History, Indians, Lone Woman San Nicolas, Native Americans, Nicoleno, Non-fiction, Writing
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Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure 