: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 9:14AM PST (-0800 GMT)
I. The Story ………………….. Ahoy me Mateys, we have a story to tell that is a little known mystery about the Channel Islands …… On the remote side of a Channel Island, before the California Gold Rush, it is rumored a Spanish treasure was buried by an English Pirate, possibly the fearless young Thomas Cavendish. It is known that Cavendish captured a Spanish galleon and its treasures off the coast of Baja California, and he may have then sailed north and landed at a southern Channel Island where part of the treasure and loot was buried …….. ……………………. ........ Some years later … an American carpenter working at Mission San Gabriel was befriended by the Channel Island native Indians who had been moved to this inland Los Angeles-area mission from their island home. The elder of the Indians told the carpenter a story. He said he remembered being told that a pirate had come ashore on his island years before, and buried a Spanish treasure on the Pacific side of the island. He gave the carpenter a treasure map …..

: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 9:15AM PST (-0800 GMT)
II. Can you find the location of the treasure ? ......... Answer these questions on your path of discovery :

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1. When did Thomas Cavendish sail the waters off Alta California ? How old was he ? SEARCH button

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2. Was he a pirate ? Or a privateer ? SEARCH button

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3. What are the next islands he might have stopped at off the coast of what is now California ? SEARCH button

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4. Which of the southern Channel Islands has a legend associated with a lost treasure ? SEARCH button

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5. Who was the carpenter who learned the tale ? SEARCH button

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6. When were the native Indians probably removed from the island to the Mission San Gabriel ? SEARCH button

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7. How many years would have elapsed since Cavendish might have buried the treasure on the island and the old man who knew the tale might have been born on the island ?

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8. What did the carpenter do once he heard the story ? SEARCH button

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9. Did he ever find the treasure ? SEARCH button

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III. More Clues ……………… Here are a few further clues to discovering the location of this purported treasure – you will need a map of the island to study the clues effectively. You can find a map online by searching the web sites that specialize in this island. You will need to print a 8’1/2 x 11” map out in order to complete the challenge………………. Here is a link to a good map to use button and another version of this same map has clickable areas so you can open up to study more details about the possible location of the treasure by starting from this interactive map (but it will not print out – just use it online) button

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1. Study the Pacific side of the island, which is where the pirates would most likely have landed to remain unseen from the mainland shore.

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2. Look for a small pair of coves separated by a small headland... they are very small on this map but can be seen on the clickable map if you open it up and look at the different photos ....

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3. At one of these beaches there is a prehistoric rock art painting on a weathered cliff … and it has one of the few coastal dune ecosystems still intact on the island.

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4. Just inland from one of the coves is a small palm tree grove now, but it would not have been there when the pirates landed. ... use those clickable feaetures on the online map to search for the palm trees ....

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5. Once you have found the two small coves … and where there are now palm trees ….. select a spot nearby that you think the pirates would have chosen to bury their treasure AND MARK AN X ON YOUR MAP – qualities to look for are : a) Not too far from the shore as they would have had to carry its heavy contents........... b) Far away enough from the shore that the tides would not have disturbed it........ c) A site with soft, easy to dig soil, not rocky....... d) A place which they would be able to recognize later with clear landmarks.

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IV. Tell Us What You Discover ……………………….. When you think you have found the best spot where the treasure might be … mark the spot with a big X on a 8-1/2 x 11” map, and fax it, with the answers to the first nine questions above, to Camp headquarters 805-686-1149 – AND post here in the chat room what location you think matches all of the characteristics described above. Be sure to put your teacher’s name on the map, and the names of the students who undertook the treasure hunt. We will let you know who picked the right spot ….

Ayami - grade 7 - PHS: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 10:42AM PST (-0800 GMT)
1)Thomas Cavendish sail the waters off Alta California in 1587 he was twenty-seven-years-old.

Ayami - grade 7 - PHS: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 10:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
2)he was an English Pirate.

Tsunami, P.H.S., 10: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 10:55AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Thomas Cavendish sailed the waters off Alta California in 1587 .Thomas Cavendish was twenty-seven-years-old.

Ayami - grade 7 - PHS: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 11:09AM PST (-0800 GMT)
the next islands he might have stopped at off the coast of what is now California are Santa Catalina, Anacapa, San Clemente or Santa Barbara Island.

Tsunami, P.H.S.,10: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 11:10AM PST (-0800 GMT)
2. Cavendish was an English privateer.

Ayami - grade 7 - PHS: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 11:19AM PST (-0800 GMT)
4)The Island of Santa Catalina.

Tsunami, P.H.S., 10: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 11:22AM PST (-0800 GMT)
3.San Clemente, Santa Catalina, Santa Barbara Island,San Nicolas,Anacapa Island,Santa Cruz Island,Santa Rosa Island, San Miguel Island.

Ayami - grade 7 - PHS: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 11:23AM PST (-0800 GMT)
5)Samuel Prentiss was the the carpenter who learned the tale.

Ayami - grade 7 - PHS: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 11:28AM PST (-0800 GMT)
6)in the the mid-1820s the native Indians where removed from the island to the Mission San Gabriel.

Tsunami, P.H.S., 10: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 11:28AM PST (-0800 GMT)
4. Catalina.

Tsunami, P.H.S., 10: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 11:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
5. Samuel Prentiss was the carpenter.

Tsunami, P.H.S., 10: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 11:43AM PST (-0800 GMT)
6. By the mid-1820s the few Pimungans left had migrated or were moved to the Mission San Gabriel.

Ayami - grade 7 - PHS: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 11:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
7)177

Tsunami, P.H.S., 10: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 11:55AM PST (-0800 GMT)
7. 177 years.

Tsunami, P.H.S., 10: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 11:59AM PST (-0800 GMT)
8. Prentiss went to the coast and built a makeshift boat and sailed across to Catalina.

Tsunami, P.H.S., 10: . . . . Mon, Feb 19, 12:01AM PST (-0800 GMT)
9. He searched for the treasure for 30 years but never found the treasure. In the meantime, he built himself a cabin overlooking the beautiful Emerald Bay, and lived a quiet life on the isolated island, exploring the hills and valleys, until his death in 1854 at the age of 72.

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