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What happens to Karana at black cave?
Karana is afraid the Aleut girl might happen upon her house while looking for food or water, but decides to stay in the cave in the ravine. She collects some food and water and goes back to her cave. During the long days in her cave, Karana works on her cormorant skirt.
Why did Karana hide her canoe each day?
Karana happily stores her canoe for the winter thinking of the spring when she can bring it back to the cave. During the winter, Karana makes herself another dress and the spear she needs to catch the devilfish. When spring comes, she goes to Coral Cove to hunt. Rontu does not go with her.
What happened when Karana went to the ravine to get water?
Instead of trying to make it home, Karana crawls into a cave near the spring, where she stays for six days, only leaving to get more water, until her leg is healed and she can walk. From his teeth she makes four new spearheads. She makes two new spears from these and is finally ready to attack the wild dogs.
Why is Karana afraid of the Aleut girl?
Karana was afraid the Aleut girl would find her cave because lots of different types of food grew in the ravine near her cave (page number). Karana hates and fears the Aleuts because they killed her father and most of her people.
What does Karana get at Tall Rock?
Illustration by Michael Ward. Karana continues to gather food for winter: abalone, small fish, roots, and seeds. She and Rontu also visit Tall Rock by canoe, where Karana kills 10 cormorants. She will use their skins and dark feathers to make a skirt for herself.
How did Karana get water?
Karana has to crawl all the way to the ravine. On the way, the big bad wolf pack starts stalking her. The leader with the yellow eyes watches her. Fortunately, she makes it there in one piece and gets her fill of water.
How long was Karana on the island?
18 years
Alone on an island for 18 years. Island of the Blue Dolphins is a work of historical fiction based on the life of an American Indian woman who spent 18 years in isolation on San Nicolas Island, one of eight Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California. In the book she’s named Karana.