Establishing the Wladfa

Women and children go missing!

It was arranged that the women and children would be transported in a ship. Over a month passed until it was possible to arrange this. The journey usually took a day or two but this journey took a fortnight! All the families were very worried after a couple of days. They thought that they had lost their lives at sea. Thankfully, the boat arrived after two full weeks. Everyone was so happy that the ship had arrived safely. It had been a horrible experience for the whole group.

According to the captain of the ship, strong winds had blown them off course. However, according to others, the captain had changed the course on purpose.

He had decided to call at another island to collect bird droppings, guano. The story is that the captain wanted to make some extra money by selling the guano as fertilizer for the land.

Following this horrible experience, wives and daughters from two of the families decided to cross the desert on foot with their husbands. The journey was long and tough but perhaps a better choice after all.

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