Detail View: Native Americans on the Central Coast: Burial entry for Juana María, the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island : October 19, 1853, in the Libro de Difuntos (Book of Deaths) at Santa Barbara Mission. The entry states that no one could understand her language, so her baptism was bestowed conditionally by Fr. Sánchez.

Title: 
Burial entry for Juana María, the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island : October 19, 1853, in the Libro de Difuntos (Book of Deaths) at Santa Barbara Mission. The entry states that no one could understand her language, so her baptism was bestowed conditionally by Fr. Sánchez.
Creator: 
Peter Howorth
Date: 
10/19/1853
Description: 
Copy print of handwritten text written in Spanish. Image originally obtained from the Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library.
Type: 
image
Format: 
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 X 26 cm.
Contributor: 
Black Gold Cooperative Library System
Subject: 
Juana María
Subject: 
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Subject: 
Santa Barbara Mission
Subject: 
Chumash Indians -- California -- Santa Barbara County
Subject: 
Funeral rites & ceremonies -- California -- Santa Barbara
Language: 
eng
Copyright Holder: 
Copyright status unknown.
Copyright Statement: 
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Note: 
Part of "Historical Photos of Four Ethnicities on California's Central Coast" Collection
Note: 
Originally published as part of Native Americans on the Central Coast: a photo essay
Identifier: 
NA086
Filename: 
BG-NA-14-086.jpg