A Tour of Duty in California: Including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage Around Cape Horn; with Notices of Lower California, the Gulf and Pacific Coasts, and the Principal Events Attending the Conquest of the CaliforniasC.S. Francis & Company, 1849 - 305 strani |
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... arrival at Rio . Our stay there was short , as we were under orders to get on our station as soon as possible , in view both of the threatening aspect of our relations with México , and of the expectation which then prevailed that ...
... arrival at Rio . Our stay there was short , as we were under orders to get on our station as soon as possible , in view both of the threatening aspect of our relations with México , and of the expectation which then prevailed that ...
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... Arriving off Staten land on the twenty- second day out , we found ourselves near the coast , with the Straits of Le Maire lying most invitingly open before us , and a fine leading wind from the northward , which would have carried us ...
... Arriving off Staten land on the twenty- second day out , we found ourselves near the coast , with the Straits of Le Maire lying most invitingly open before us , and a fine leading wind from the northward , which would have carried us ...
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... arrived in the latitude of the Archipelago of Chiloé , did the kind and beneficent fairy , who rules the pleasant breezes and smooth sea of the charm- ing Pacific , take us under her protection . But once secure in her embraces , our ...
... arrived in the latitude of the Archipelago of Chiloé , did the kind and beneficent fairy , who rules the pleasant breezes and smooth sea of the charm- ing Pacific , take us under her protection . But once secure in her embraces , our ...
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... arrive in the course of the war which ensued . This looks very much as if there had been an un- derstanding concerning Mexican affairs between the Cabinets of St. James ' and Washington , although the Mexicans were led to think very ...
... arrive in the course of the war which ensued . This looks very much as if there had been an un- derstanding concerning Mexican affairs between the Cabinets of St. James ' and Washington , although the Mexicans were led to think very ...
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... arriving on the coast , that my curiosity was highly excited . It had been represented as the El Dorado of this part of the continent ; and the fact that it would probably soon be annexed to the United States , even whether war gave it ...
... arriving on the coast , that my curiosity was highly excited . It had been represented as the El Dorado of this part of the continent ; and the fact that it would probably soon be annexed to the United States , even whether war gave it ...
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abundant adobe American animals arms arrived Bay of San bear beasts beautiful caballada Cali Callao called camp Captain Carthage castles Castro cattle civil coast command Commodore corral countrymen dollars Dolores enemy Feather river feet force fornia Fremont garrison gold grizzly bear Gulf of California harbor horses hundred hunting Indians inhabitants Lake land Lima mare Mazatlan ment Mexican Mexico miles mission Monterey morning mountain mounted Napa Napa Valley officers Pacific party Pico plain population possession probably quicksilver race Ramon rancheria rancheros rancho remarkable riata rifle river ruins Russian river Sacramento Sacramento valley saddle San Francisco San José savage season señor settlers ship side Sierra Sonoma soon Spanish Sutter's Sutter's Fort Tepic thousand tion titles Tom Cole town travelled tulé United Upper California Vallejo valley vaqueros Walla-wallas whole wild
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Stran 261 - I was with Hercules and Cadmus once, When in a wood of Crete they bay'd the bear With hounds of Sparta : never did I hear Such gallant chiding ; for, besides the groves, The skies, the fountains, every region near Seem'd all one mutual cry : I never heard So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.
Stran 210 - Mexicans now established in territories previously belonging to Mexico, and which remain for the future within the limits of the United States, as defined by the present treaty, shall be free to continue where they now reside, or to remove at any time to the Mexican republic, retaining the property which they possess in the said territories, or disposing thereof, and removing the proceeds wherever they please, without their being subjected, on this account, to any contribution, tax, or charge whatever.
Stran 139 - One burnished sheet of living gold, Loch Katrine lay beneath him rolled, In all her length far winding lay, With promontory, creek, and bay, And islands that, empurpled bright, Floated amid the livelier light; And mountains, that like giants stand, 218 To sentinel enchanted land.
Stran 47 - The King of France, with twenty thousand men, Marched up the hill, and then marched down again.
Stran 230 - ... the sand. A party of four men thus employed at the lower mines averaged $100 a day. The Indians, and those who have nothing but pans or willow baskets, gradually wash out the earth and separate the gravel by hand, leaving nothing but the gold mixed with sand, which is separated in the manner before described. The gold in the lower mines is in fine bright scales, of which I send several specimens.
Stran 211 - In the said territories, property of every kind, now belonging to Mexicans not established there, shall be inviolably respected. The present owners, the heirs of these, and all Mexicans who may hereafter acquire said property by contract, shall enjoy with respect to it guarantees equally ample as if the same belonged to citizens of the United States.
Stran 234 - The country on either side of Weber's creek is much broken up by hills, and is intersected in every direction by small streams or ravines, which contain more or less gold. Those that have been worked are barely scratched, and although thousands of ounces have been carried away, I do not consider that a serious impression has been made upon the whole. Every day was developing new and...
Stran 229 - We reached San Francisco on the 20th, and found that all, or nearly all, its male inhabitants had gone to the mines. The town, which a few months before was so busy and thriving, was then almost deserted.
Stran 232 - ... coarse gold has been found. I there saw several parties at work, all of whom were doing very well. A great many specimens were shown me, some as heavy as four or five ounces in weight; and I send three pieces, labelled No.
Stran 170 - Bernado, a party of them took possession of a hill near to it, and maintained their position until attacked by our advance, who quickly drove them from it, killing and wounding five of their number, with no loss on our part.