

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 ……..
Can you find the location of the treasure ?
Channel Island Treasure Hunt: . . . . Tue, Feb 25, 8:46AM PST (-0800 GMT)
1. Which of the southern Channel Islands has a legend associated with a lost treasure ? SEARCH
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2. Who was the carpenter who learned the tale and from whom did he learn it? SEARCH
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3. When were the native Indians probably removed from the island to the Mission San Gabriel ? SEARCH
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4. What did the carpenter do once he heard the story ? SEARCH
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5. Did he ever find the treasure ? SEARCH
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Channel Island Treasure Hunt: . . . . Tue, Feb 25, 8:49AM PST (-0800 GMT)
6. Are you willing to now try to find the ‘treasure’ ? If so, then follow this fun fictional treasure hunt and learn Channel Island geography along the way. First, view this map of the Channel Island where the missing treasure was buried.
DRAW your own version of the island on a piece of paper. Once you have drawn your own version, use this online clickable Camping Map to look for a site that matches the information below ( no need to print this as you need to use it online to click on to look at pictures) button
Channel Island Treasure Hunt: . . . . Tue, Feb 25, 8:50AM PST (-0800 GMT)
7. Study the WESTERN Pacific side of the island, which is where the pirates would most likely have landed to remain unseen from the mainland shore. Look for a bay that is actually a pair of small coves separated by a small headland. It is now a popular camping place. 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. 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. Look for a bay on the WEST side of the island, with palm trees, that is actually two coves divided by a headland of rock.
Channel Island Treasure Hunt: . . . . Tue, Feb 25, 8:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
8. Once you have discovered our pirates landing place, you next need to select a spot nearby that you think the pirates would have chosen to bury their treasure – qualities to look for are : Not too far from the shore as they would have had to carry its heavy contents / Far away enough from the shore that the tides would not have disturbed it / A site with soft, easy to dig soil, not rocky / A place which they would be able to recognize later with clear landmarks.
Channel Island Treasure Hunt: . . . . Tue, Feb 25, 8:52AM PST (-0800 GMT)
9. Now MARK the spot with an ‘x’ , put your name, your teacher’s name and your school’s name on it in a corner, and fax your Treasure Map to Camp Internet (fax is 805-686-1149). Or you can scan it and email it, or write us and tell us where you think the treasure would have best been buried (camp@campitnernet.net). At the close of the DIG we will announce here in the Dig room which students or classrooms guessed the right location of the treasure on our treasure hunt!
: . . . . Tue, Feb 25, 2:09PM PST (-0800 GMT)
NOTE: Correct email to send maps to if scanned is camp@campinternet.net
Avtar/Gallatin/madison: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:32AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig1.The Isolated island has a legend assioated with the lost treasure.
Avtar/madison/Gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig1.
Michael/Alex/Madison/Gallatin/: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
dig1 The southern Channel Islands lengend is on Catalina.
Spener/Christy/Gallatin/Madison: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1
Emerald Bay was a legend with a lost treasure.
Avtar/madison/Gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig1.
Yolanda/ Jonathan/Gallatin/Madison: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
1)The island that has a legend with gold is Cataline.
Vanessa/Madison/Gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:36AM PST (-0800 GMT)
1) Catalina has a legend associated with a lost treasure.
Avtar/madison/Gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:36AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig1.Emerald Bay has assioated with the lost treasure.
Jose/Jorge/madison/Gallitan: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:38AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#1 The southern Channel Island with a lost treasure is Santa Catalina.
Cory/madison/Gatllatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:38AM PST (-0800 GMT)
The gold was buried in Catalina.
chad c. & kevin i./madison/704: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:39AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 The buried treasure is on Santa Catalina.
Kenya/Mariela/Gallatin 704: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:39AM PST (-0800 GMT)
1# The isolated island.
Andrew/madison/gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:41AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig1#-On Emereld Bay.
Avtar/madison/Gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:43AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig2.The carpenter was Prentiss and he learned it from Turai.
Spener/Christy/Gallatin/Madison: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:43AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2
Turai was the carpenter and he learned the tale from Samuel Prentiss.
andy/jefferey/madison/704: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:44AM PST (-0800 GMT)
dig#1
Michael/Alex/Madison/Gallatin/: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:46AM PST (-0800 GMT)
dig2 Prentiss learned the tale from Turai.
chad c. & kevin i./madison/704: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:47AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 Prentiss is the carpenter who learned the tale from Turai.
Melissa/Lylybell/Madison Gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#1 The gold was buried on Catalina.
Isaiah/Madison/704/Gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG#1 One of the southern Chanel Islands that has the legend of the buried treasure is in Catalina.
Melissa/Lylybell/Madison Gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#1 The gold was buried on Catalina.
Kenya/Mariela/Gallatin 704: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:49AM PST (-0800 GMT)
2# Sanuel Prentiss learned the tale from Gabrielino.
Spener/Christy/Gallatin/Madison: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:49AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 They left in the mid-1820s.
Jose/Jorge/madison/Gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:49AM PST (-0800 GMT)
dig#2 Samuel Prentiss was the carpenter that learned the tale from the elderly chief,Turai.
Cory/madison/Gatllatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:49AM PST (-0800 GMT)
dig2
The name of the carpenter was Prentiss and he learned the tale from Turai.
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Dig#1 The spanish gold was found on Catalina island.
Ivy/Madison/Gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:50AM PST (-0800 GMT)
dig#1 The treasure was lost in santa Catalina island.
Jonathan/Yolanda/ Gallatin/Madison: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:50AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 The carpenter was Prentiss, and he learned the tale from Turai.
Vanessa/Madison/Gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
2) Samuel Prentiss was a carpenter. He learned the tale from a elderly chief named Turai.
Jefferey/Andy/madison/704: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
1# The spanish gold was found on the Catalina island.
Nick/David/Madison/Gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:58AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#1 The spanish Gold was on Catalina island
Guadalupe Yolanda/Gallatin/Madison: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 8:58AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#1 THE island with treasure is Catalina island.
Starfish/madisom/704: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:18AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#3.By the mid -1820's,the few Pimungans left had migrated or were moved to the mainland.
Starfish/madisom/704: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:18AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#3.By the mid -1820's,the few Pimungans left had migrated or were moved to the mainland.
Seahorses/Madison/Gallatin\\: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:22AM PST (-0800 GMT)
3) By the mid-1820s the native Americans were probably removed from the island to the Mission San Gabriel.
Starfish/madisom/704: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:24AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#4 He searched for the treasure for 30 years and he never found it.
Yolanda/Chad/Jorge/madison/Gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:24AM PST (-0800 GMT)
dig#3 By the mid-1820s they were removed from their island.
Starfish/madisom/704: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:25AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#5 No,he never found it.
Seahorses/Madison/Gallatin\\: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:26AM PST (-0800 GMT)
4) He went to look for the treasure.
Seahorses/Madison/Gallatin\\: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:28AM PST (-0800 GMT)
5) He looked for it for thirty years, but never found it.
raul ianh madison 705: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:28AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 The iland is San Gabrielino.
: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:28AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1)It was San Gabriel.
Yolanda/Chad/Jorge/madison/Gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:28AM PST (-0800 GMT)
dig#4 The carpenter built a cabin when he heard the story.
ALEX/eDUARDO/705/Madison: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:29AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1)It was San Gabriel.
Ryan&austin/705madison: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:29AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1The island with treasure was Catalina island.
Kayleigh/Francine/Anissa/705/madison: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:30AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 The island was Alta Califorina.
Amber/Samantha /Madison/.705: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:30AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 Catalina was the southern channel island that associated with a lost treasure.
Yolanda/Chad/Jorge/madison/Gallatin: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:31AM PST (-0800 GMT)
dig#5 No,he never accomplished to find the treasure.
ALEX/EDUARDO/705/Madison: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:31AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2)It was Pentiss.
Samantha\Israel\Madison\705: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:32AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2Prentiss,a poor man himself,went to the coast and built a Makeshift boat and sailed across to Catalina.
michael/damian/705: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:32AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 Spanish gold buried on catalina. The eideriy chief, turai, gave prentiss a treasure map. The name of the Iland
was the mexican goverment.
Omar\Brian\705\Madison: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:33AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1Catalina to the mission, and was told in death-bed confidence that there was Spanish gold buried on Catalina. The elderly chief.
Isaac/705/Madison: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
There was spanish gold buried on Catilina island
raul ianh madison 705: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 Samuel Prentiss was the name of the carpenter.A old man told him.
Ryan&austin/705madison: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:37AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 The carpenter was Samuel Prentiss.He learned from Thomas Robbins.
Amber/Samantha /Madison/.705: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:38AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 Prentiss was the carpenter who learned the tale from Turai.
kevin/Isaiah/Gallatin/madison: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 9:41AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 When he heard about the tale he looked for the tresure.
Marissa\Lam\madison\705: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 10:24AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1The name of the Island is San Gabriel.
gabriel /anthony/705: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 10:25AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 The island is San Gabriel.
gabriel /anthony/705: . . . . Wed, Feb 26, 10:27AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 The man was Turai
Jeffrey,Presley,Simon,Tony : . . . . Fri, Feb 28, 9:23AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 The carpenter was Samuel Prentiss and he learned the legend from Turai.
Nellie, Nightingale MS, Mrs. Gomes: . . . . Fri, Feb 28, 1:16PM PST (-0800 GMT)
The carpenter started searching for the treasure but he never found it.
William, Nightingale MS, Mrs. Gomes: . . . . Fri, Feb 28, 1:22PM PST (-0800 GMT)
The carpenter search for the treasure for 30 years, but he didn't found it.
Minh, Lina, Jackie, Nightingale MS, Mrs. Gomes: . . . . Fri, Feb 28, 1:26PM PST (-0800 GMT)
The carpenter that head the legend was Samuel Prentiss.
Yareb, Nightingale MS, Mrs. Gomes: . . . . Fri, Feb 28, 1:30PM PST (-0800 GMT)
The carpenter searched for the treasure for thirty years but never found it.
Mr. Decroo: . . . . Sun, Mar 2, 10:57AM PST (-0800 GMT)
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