tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776222898849461648.post5664016604219015947..comments2023-05-30T06:59:26.493-07:00Comments on Day by Day Discoveries: Island of the Blue DolphinsDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05895897568006441289noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776222898849461648.post-48538420491607207482007-11-19T13:45:00.000-08:002007-11-19T13:45:00.000-08:00From what I've read it seems to be either getting ...From what I've read it seems to be either getting sick from the radical change in diet (lots of fruit which she'd never had on the island) or a fall, possibly resulting from being weak from the diet related sickness.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05895897568006441289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776222898849461648.post-80733728489461396682007-11-19T08:40:00.000-08:002007-11-19T08:40:00.000-08:00Funny, I grew up in Santa Barbara and never realiz...Funny, I grew up in Santa Barbara and never realized that she was buried there until recently. <BR/><BR/>We've been studying California history this year and it's such a recurring theme, of course; European explorers assuming ownership of native peoples, renaming them, selling native lands to one another, keeping native peoples as slaves at the Spanish missions. In fact, I think that this woman died shortly after being rescued by missionaries. A disease of some kind, wasn't it? <BR/><BR/>Making history fun can be so difficult at times :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776222898849461648.post-69406062138674943042007-11-16T06:54:00.000-08:002007-11-16T06:54:00.000-08:00Oh, I didn't know there was a sequel! Thomas read...Oh, I didn't know there was a sequel! Thomas read this book to me in the 4th grade. Well, we took turns reading it. We loved it. I'm checking my library to see if they have the sequel! Thanks for mentioning that.Frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02443594220588498332noreply@blogger.com