...Governor. I asked their business, and one answered that they had just come down from Captain Slitter on special business, and they wanted to see Governor...on his table, in which lay about half an ounce of /ifocer-gold. Mason said to me, " What is that ? " I touched it and examined one or two of the larger...

...After some time the colonel came to his door and called to me. I went in, and my attention was called to a series of papers unfolded on his table in which...two of the larger pieces, and asked : " Is it gold ?" Mason asked if ever I had seen native gold. I answered that in 1844, I was in Upper Georgia, and...

...had just come down from Captain Sutter on special business, and they wanted to see Governor Mason m person. I took them in to the colonel, and left them...on his table, in which lay about half an ounce of placer-gold. Mason said to me, " AVhat is that ? " I touched it and examined one or two of the larger...

...land-titles, of which Fremont first had possession, but which had reverted to us when he left the country. I remember one day, in the spring of 1848, that two...on his table, in which lay about half an ounce of placer-gold. Mason said to me, " What is that ? " I touched it and examined one or two of the larger...

...door and called to me. I went in, and my attention was directed to a series of papers unfolded on the table, in which lay about half an ounce of placer...'What is that?' I touched it and examined one or two pieces, and asked : 'Is it gold?" Mason asked me if I had ever seen native gold. I answered that in...

...see Governor Mason in person. I took them in to the Colonel, and left them together. After sometime the Colonel came to his door and called to me. I went...table, in which lay about half an ounce of placer gold .... Colonel Mason then handed me a letter from Captain Sutter, addressed to him, stating that he (Sutter)...