The Natural Wealth of California ...Bancroft, 1868 - 696 strani Order book for this title. Consists of sample pages from the original book followed by blank order sheets with columns for subscriber's name, address and comments. |
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... , until 1840 , furnished the currency for all the tribes along that section of the coast , and from the Tulare valley . This currency was called ponga , and was made of the hard shell of a species GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY . 89.
... , until 1840 , furnished the currency for all the tribes along that section of the coast , and from the Tulare valley . This currency was called ponga , and was made of the hard shell of a species GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY . 89.
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Titus Fey Cronise. and was made of the hard shell of a species of edible mollusca , which abounds along the southern coast . These shells were rounded , had a hole made in the middle , and were strung on fibres of wild hemp . This was ...
Titus Fey Cronise. and was made of the hard shell of a species of edible mollusca , which abounds along the southern coast . These shells were rounded , had a hole made in the middle , and were strung on fibres of wild hemp . This was ...
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... species of bee sometimes found in dry and bar- ren countries . It is a sweetish , viscid liquid , resembling honey , and though never used by the whites , is gathered by the Indians , who , boiling the grass and twigs on which it is ...
... species of bee sometimes found in dry and bar- ren countries . It is a sweetish , viscid liquid , resembling honey , and though never used by the whites , is gathered by the Indians , who , boiling the grass and twigs on which it is ...
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... species of berries being indigenous to the country . Flax and tobacco are also natives of the soil , and many varieties of wild flowers flourish during the short period of summer . There being little occasion for grist mills none have ...
... species of berries being indigenous to the country . Flax and tobacco are also natives of the soil , and many varieties of wild flowers flourish during the short period of summer . There being little occasion for grist mills none have ...
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... species of pine , buck- eye , manzanita , and other shrubby trees . Large patches are covered wholly with the chamiza , an evergreen shrub with a delicate leaf , which , seen from afar , gives to the mountains a beautifully dark ...
... species of pine , buck- eye , manzanita , and other shrubby trees . Large patches are covered wholly with the chamiza , an evergreen shrub with a delicate leaf , which , seen from afar , gives to the mountains a beautifully dark ...
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abundant acres auriferous average bushels California cañon cattle chiefly climate Coast Range contains county seat creek cretaceous crops cultivation deposits Diablo range district dollars east eastern eight erected extensive Feather river feet high fifty five forty four fruit gold grain grass Grass Valley growing hills hundred feet important inches Indians inhabitants lake land large number latter located lodes manufacture Mexican miles wide mills mineral mining mission Monte Diablo Monterey mountains nearly northern Pacific pine placer mining planted population portion pounds quantities quartz railroad rain rich river rocks Sacramento Sacramento river San Francisco San Joaquin river San José Santa Cruz season shipped Sierra Nevada sluice soil southern species springs square miles streams summer supply thousand feet timber tons town trees Tuolumne county twenty valley vegetables veins vessels vicinity vines winter yield