[Age of Reason]

Ishi was found in 1911...do you happen to knwo when he died and exactly what he died from...

He died from TB about four-years after emerging from the wilderness--in between, he worked as a janitor for the museum.

I remember that he considered the flush toilet a clever invention.

Even as early as 1911, people were almost as astonished to see him come out of the bushes as we would be to see a Moose come out of the bushes in Manhattan's Central Park.

I read that book so many decades ago, and saw the movie many years ago, so dont really have my dates accurate...thanks for the info...

I also read a book about him (twenty + years ago), but I didn't know they made a movie about him.

(I did see "Trog" with Joan Crawford, though.)

Why not search the web on him (Ishi, not Trog).

Ishi's out there in text and photos.

For the search-challenged, here's one hit:

PHOTOS OF ISHI, THE LAST WILD INDIAN IN NORTH AMERICA

[palo verde]

Hi Age of Reason
thank you for your post and your link
I read the book 'bout him 4 years ago
(I did not know there was a movie)
I remember how happy Ishi was living in the museum
he liked making his coffee on a hot plate
when the anthropologists at the Museum asked him to take them camping in the wilderness
he did not want to go
he was comfortable with his modern conveniences
but he was so grateful for their hospitality
that to do them the favor
he led them on a wilderness camping trip
he was a lovely man
Love, Palo

[andysandmikesmom]

I am going to search the web in search of Ishi...I wonder if that movie about him will be on again....I know it has been on TV several times before, and I always like to watch it...should it come on again, I will alert those who are interested...

[andysandmikesmom]

Well, I just did a brief search on the web, and there are several different websites relating to Ishi, and also relating to the film about Ishi...there was also mention of a PBS documentary, narrated by Linda Hunt, which has as its subject 'Ishi'...I have never seen that documentary, wonder if that will be on again...

[palo verde]

Even as early as 1911, people were almost as astonished to see him come out of the bushes as we would be to see a Moose come out of the bushes in Manhattan's Central Park

Hi Age of Reason
your description is vivid
I spent my toddlerhood in Manhattan's Central Park
it is a world of squirrels
I only saw a moose once
(when I stopped overnight in Jasper National Park in Canada)
it was standing in the woods by the side of the road when I was walking down the road with my friend Ruth
I had never seen an animal that huge before and wondered at first if it was real
when it took off I was astonished at how gracefully and light on its feet it was
Love, Palo