| BEAR TRACKS TO THE PAST |
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| When visiting where our family lived, I could visualize Grandma (Mary) and Mama, hauling water from more than a mile away, by horse and buckboard, on a daily basis. There -- life was tough, but filled with love, honor, and respect. |
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| The house where Mama lived as a child on the rez |
| Sara Castro was wife to Simon Castro, who was mentioned in the Harrington notes as part of The Ethnology of the Salinan Indians* publication and were Mama's God Parents. Whenever Mama couldn't be found, she'd be over at Sara's house. |
| *The Ethnology of the Salinan Indians - by Alden Mason, published by University of California Publication in American Archaelolgy and Ethnology - Dec 14, 1912 |
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| Simon Castro on the rez with the unhappy ending of a cougar that got just too close for comfort. |
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