tales-of-Fogo-Island

could hear strange noises. These sounds terrified the three people. They didnot understand the sounds were probably the calls of wild birds and animals.As time passed, life on the island became more difficult for the small group.They had been on the island for eight months and had not seen a ship sincethey arrived. The young man became depressed and died. Shortly after hisdeath, Marguerite gave birth to a child. She missed her true love, but she wasa very tough young lady. She took over his share of the chores and cared forher baby and old servant. While she went about her daily work, Margueritekept constant watch for ships, but none came.The small group of castaways was managing to survive until things againchanged for the worst. This time, both the servant and the child died. For atime, Marguerite nearly lost her courage. However, she was determined tobeat the odds and lived alone on the island for more than a year beforespotting several fishing ships. Marguerite ran to the beach and lit a fire, andbegan to run up and down the shore, shouting and waving. The fishermensaw her, but thought she was a demon. They were too afraid to go close toshore.Finally, they were able to see that Marguerite was a person, not a spirit. Theysent a few men in a small boat to investigate and were shocked to find aFrench woman stranded on this island in the sea. At first Marguerite did notknow if she could leave her dead family behind. However, the fishermenconvinced her that she should return to France with them.Two years and five months after she arrived, Marguerite left the Isle desDemons forever. After returning to France, she became a school teacher andoften told of her adventures on the far away 'Isle de Demons'. Fortunately, shealso told her story to several writers who preserved its details in writing.This is the story of Marguerite de Roberval. Possibly one of the first Europeanladies to walk and live on Fogo Island.Questions to think and write about:1. Why was the captain angry with Marguerite2. What did the captain do to Marguerite as punishment?3. How many of Marguerite's group are buried on Fogo Island?