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The river journey proved difficult, with the canoe unmanageable. The
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On 1 October 1769 a 42-person party set out for the ship: Isabel, her servant
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Joaquin, then Rosa and Elvia, the remaining Frenchmen and Isabel's brothers. Heloise wandered off in the middle of the night, never to be seen again. With the others dead, Isabel was left wandering alone in the jungle.
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authorities to return for his family. After years of waiting for the authorities to relent, Isabel
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to investigate. The party returned two years after having discovered the waiting ship, four years after its initial departure. Isabel's father, Don Pedro, went ahead to the ship to make arrangements and to wait for Isabel.
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