Word: chumash
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...film as in the book, the heroine is a maiden named Karana, the daughter of a Chumash chief. When the chief and most of his warriors are slaughtered by a treacherous fur trader, the discouraged remnant migrates to the mainland. But Karana's little brother misses the boat. "He will die!" Karana screams as she leaps from the ship's dory and strikes out for the shore...
Ainsworth is a local-history buff who garnishes his prose with obscure tidbits of information and relishes exotic place names. Driving through Malibu, he can look past the cantilevered homes of the movie stars to a time when "Cabrillo in his voyage of exploration in 1542 saw the Chumash Indians in their settlement of 'Maliwu...