![]() ![]() This is a later addition to the story, attributed by some to Victorian romanticism. Some say the young woman was not initially left behind, but jumped off the ship when she realized a young boy, either her son or younger brother, had been left on the island. During the evacuation, a young woman was left behind when a storm forced the departure of the ship. In 1835, it was arranged that the Nicoleños would be removed to mainland California for their own protection. They clashed with the Nicoleños, killing most of them. She was part of the Nicoleño tribe that inhabited the island, the most remote of the Channel Islands at 61 miles off the coast of California, for some 10,000 years.Īs in the novel, Native Alaskan hunters came to the island to hunt otter. Named Karana in Scot O’Dell’s Island of the Blue Dolphins, the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island’s native name is not known. Her story inspired one of the most popular children’s novels ever written. From 1835 to 1853, a Native American woman, stranded after the evacuation of her people, lived alone on San Nicolas Island. ![]()
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