The Treasures of Suwarrow

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Interesting enough Mair's descendants are still around to day in New Zealand.

Perhaps a good one goldnboy to track down?

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Here is a little more about the fate of Captain Mair.

In 1881, five years later, New Zealander Gilbert Mair, aboard the Isabella, a government recruiting ship from Sydney, under Captain Hawkins, was preparing to land at the small island of Espiritu Santos in the New Hebrides.

Captain Mair and his party cautiously approached the beach in the whaleboat and noticed that there were no women or children to be seen. As he and a crew member stepped onto the sandy beach, a group of natives suddenly sprang from the trees and attacked. Mair was struck down along with another crew member, the remaining crew quickly turned the boat around and rowed franticaly out to sea with spears and tomahawks landing in the water close to them, while they fired their rifles into the group of natives on the beach.

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Hello Idaho Jones

Thank you for the interesting story.

Tom Neal wrote a book"Island to ones self"

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Incredible story...I wish I could follow up on it...but ugghhh...work...ick..

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Hello Idaho Jones Here is picture of the hut that Sterndale and later Neal lived in. Not a bad part of the world  to drop out in. At least there is no grass no mow

 A few of these Island women in grass skirts would do nice also

I could think of much worse places to end up in.

Goldnboy If I was younger and seeking adventure and not tied up with other things I know a way to get there on the cheap. Working for free as "crewie" on Yacht. Many of the pacific ocean going yachts use the island as a stop over from Tahiti to New Zealand or vice versa. I did that many years ago across the pacific and it was awesome. There are many places and things I have done ending up without a cent to my name but hell the experience was priceless.

You both have raised some interesting points about possibility of Spanish treasure. there seems to be no evidence of any manila galleon being off course and being shipwrecked there. But it could possibly be a burial site of privateers from South America during the war of Independence?

Anyway I may of found an interesting lead. records of the company Captain Mair was working for when he was killed. I am working on the hypothesis that Mairs letter was sent through the company nad never delivered to his family.

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