Ibekwe ngasogwini lwaseCalifornia kukhona i-Catalina Island, indawo eyaziwa ngobuhle bayo bemvelo obumangalisayo nomlando ohehayo. Kodwa ngaphansi kwendawo yayo ekhangayo kukhona imfihlakalo eye yadida abacwaningi amashumi eminyaka - ukutholakala kwemidondoshiya engaqondakali.
Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, indoda egama layo linguRalph Glidden yathola okuthile okungavamile ngempela. UGlidden, umvubukuli nomzingeli wengcebo, uthole uchungechunge lwamathambo e-Catalina Island abekela inselele izinkolelo ezivamile mayelana. impucuko yasendulo.
Indawo yokumba ye-Glidden iveze okutholakele okumangalisayo – amathambo angamafidi ayisikhombisa kuya kwayisishiyagalolunye ubude anezinwele ezi-blond ngendlela ehlukile. Lezi ziqhwaga ezingaqondakali zangcwatshwa emathuneni angashoni, okuholele ekutheni uGlidden nethimba lakhe babuze ukuthi bangobani laba nokuthi bagcina kanjani eCatalina Island.
Ukutholakala kwalawa mathambo kwaletha ukushaqeka emphakathini wezemivubukulo. Kwakuphikisana ngokuphelele nalokho izazi-mlando ezazicabanga ukuthi zazikwazi ngabantu basendulo baseNyakatho Melika.
Ubude obungavamile nezici zalaba bantu ngokuqinisekile baphakamisa amashiya. Yaletha imibuzo ephathelene nemvelaphi yazo kanye nokuxhumana okungenzeka nezinye izimpucuko zasendulo.
Njengoba abacwaningi behlola amathambo, babona ukungabikho okuphawulekayo kwezinto zobuciko noma izinto abanazo - umbono odidayo. Ingabe lokhu kusho ukuthi lezi ziqhwaga zazingabahambi noma mhlawumbe ngisho ababaleki, abafuna isiphephelo eCatalina Island?
Amanothi kaGlidden acophelela ayebonisa ukuthi lezi ziqhwaga zaziyinzalo yohlanga lwemidondoshiya enesikhumba esikhanyayo, enamehlo aluhlaza nezinwele ezibomvu ezazihlala kulesi siqhingi kudala ngaphambi kwanoma yimuphi umlando oqoshiwe. Ama-akhawunti emidondoshiya enjalo angatholakala emlandweni womlomo we-Northern Paiute. Lezi ziqhwaga, ezaziwa ngokuthi i-Si-Te-Cah, noma i-Saiduka, zingabantu abadumile abangasekho abahlala ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene e-Nevada.
Naphezu kwemibhalo eningi kaGlidden, lokho akutholile kwahlangatshezwana nokungabaza kanye nempikiswano ngabavubukuli abavamile. Abaningi bakuchitha lokho ayekusho njengokumane nje kuyizincazelo ezingelona iqiniso.
Abangabazayo bathi abukho ubufakazi obuphathekayo obusekela ukuba khona kweziqhwaga eCatalina Island. Kubalulekile ukugcina iso elibukhali futhi ungavumeli izinganekwane zisibekele ulwazi lwesayensi olusunguliwe.
Ngokucabanga ngemibono engabazayo, kubalulekile ukuhlukanisa iqiniso nenganekwane. Izimangalo ezingavamile zidinga ubufakazi obungavamile. Ukuhlaziywa kwesayensi, njengokuhlolwa kwe-DNA kanye nokuhlolwa okuningiliziwe kwezinsalela zamathambo, kungasiza ekuxazululeni le mpicabadala unomphela.
Namuhla, imfihlakalo yama-blonde giants of Catalina Island isalokhu ingaxazululeki. Amathambo, ngeshwa, alahlekile ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ashiya kuphela izithombe nama-akhawunti ka-Glidden njengesikhumbuzo salesi sahluko esiyindida emlandweni.
Kuthiwa uGlidden, ngasekupheleni kwempilo yakhe, wathengisa lonke iqoqo lakhe lezinto zobuciko namathambo ngamadola ayizinkulungwane ezinhlanu nje ngo-5. Kuye kwathiwa amanye amathambo eqoqo le-Glidden athunyelwa eNyuvesi yase California kanye neSmithsonian Institution. Kodwa-ke, lapho bebuzwa ngakho, lezi zikhungo bezilokhu ziphika ukuthi zinezifanekiso ezinjalo emaqoqweni azo.
Ngokudabukisayo, uGlidden washona ngo-1967 eneminyaka engu-87, ngokunokwenzeka ehamba nezimfihlo eziningi zomsebenzi wakhe kanye nezimpendulo ezingaba khona ezimfihlakalo ezimzungezile.
Njengoba inkulumo-mpikiswano iqhubeka, i-Catalina Island manje iseyindawo enokuthula yezivakashi ezivela emhlabeni wonke. Ukuthi iziqhwaga zaseCatalina Island ziwumcabango nje noma izinsalela zempucuko ekhohliwe, ubukhona babo noma ukungabi khona kwabo kuzoqhubeka nokuthatha umcabango wethu futhi kubhebhethekise isifiso sethu sokuthola.
Ngemva kokufunda mayelana nokutholakala kwezinsalela zamathambo ama-blonde giants e-Catalina Island, funda mayelana Iziqhwaga zaseKashmir zaseNdiya: I-Delhi Durbar ka-1903, bese ufunda mayelana I-Conneaut Giants: Indawo yokungcwaba ebanzi yomjaho omkhulu owatholwa ekuqaleni kwawo-1800.
