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Nathaniel Savory, a descendent of one of the original American families to settle in the Bonin Islands, stands behind a native canoe, ca. 1915. (Photo by Lionel Cholmondely)
Nathaniel Savory, a descendent of one of the original American families to settle in the Bonin Islands, stands behind a native canoe, ca. 1915. (Photo by Lionel Cholmondely)