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ILLUSTRATION BY FRANK GOLDEN
They survived hardship and near-tragedy in settling a remote
island; now comes the happy time and an
ironic message from the past that tells them how rich they are
By MARGRET WITTMER
On the primitive Pacific island in the Galapagos off Ecua
dor where the Wittmer family moved from Germany in 1932,
contact with civilization came only with visits oj ships. Some
brought news of the outside world, some took news back
about the "Swiss Family Robinson" of Floreana. A son, Rolf,
was born the first year and a daughter, Inge, four years later.
There were tragedies, too: Dr. Karl Kilter, tvho delivered
their children, died, and their eldest son, Harry, whose ill
health brought them to Floreana, lost his life in a boating ac
cident. Their brave experiment caught the imagination of the
world and brought many famous visitors, among them Presi
dent Franfelin D. Roosevelt, anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl,
and a Walt Disney expedition. In the final chapter of our
story condensed front "Floreana" by Margret Wittmer, to be
published by E. P. Dufton in April, 25 years have passed
since the Wittmer first came to their island home. It is the
day Rolf, the boy born in a cave, is to marry Paquita Garcia,
a mainland girl whose brother operated the only radio sta
tion. War and the story of the Wittmers have brought some
50 other families and the inroads of civilisation to Floreana,
including the radio station.
When I looked at Rolf on his wedding day, I thought of
his birth in a cave nearly 25 years before. He was the
first European to be born on the island; now he would be
the first to get married.
The wedding would take place on my birthday, when we
would also celebrate our 25th anniversary as settlers. Every
thing was ready for the wedding, including the cattle, pigs,
and 35 chickens for roasting. Now we had only to wait for
the guests to arrive; but at 10 p.m. on July 10 a radio mes
sage came from the governor of the Galapagos saying the
Family Weekly. January 22, 1961
launch" could not come, having run out of fuel. The next
morning I settled down at Floreana's radio station to arrange
for a chartered boat to bring the guests, the governor's dele
gation, and the monsignor who was to perform the ceremony.
Everything was ready for receiving guests, but at midday,
when Heinz, my husband, came down from the farm, there
still were no guests to receive. I was growing extremely agi
tated, but Heinz only laughed: "Good heavens, woman, no
body would think you'd been 25 years on the Galapagos the
way you worry about minor delays! Haven't you learned,
anything?" He was right. In time, our guests arrived.
The civil ceremony took place in the morning, and the
governor's representative performed it most impressively.
He delivered a short address to the bride and groom before
declaring them man and wife. Paquita was so wrought up
she could scarcely sign her name afterward, and I thought
I noticed that Rolf's eyes were moist.
Then we went to the "church," one of the big acacia trees
near the house. Candles burning, white and colored table
cloths, a carpet, a sea of gay flowers, bright clothes and uni
forms, the bride and groom in the foreground, Paquita in a
lovely wedding dress all under the broad "roof" of the tree
with the blue sky above. No wedding could have had a more
solemn and beautiful scene.
Our first meal on Floreana had been rice pudding cooked
in the open on the beach. Now we stood in our fine house
near the beach, holding glasses and drinking toasts to Rolf
and his bride Paquita.
Presents came from all over the world. When Paquita
looked at them after the wedding breakfast, tears streamed
down her cheeks. "Tanto carino.' Tanlo caririo para mi.'"
she repeated over and over. "So much love for me1."