California the GoldenSilver, Burdett, 1911 - 362 strani |
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Alta California American Angeles became Bennet Riley building Cali called camp Captain CHAPTER Chinese citizens civil coast Columbus Congress conquest constitution convention Cortez Cruz delegates Democrat discovery early elected emigrants expedition explorers Father fire flag fornia Franciscan Frémont Golden governor harbor heart horses houses hundred immigrants important Indians January Jesuits John Junipero labor land last spike Leland Stanford Lower California Manifest Destiny Manly ment Mexican Mexico miles miner mining mission missionaries Monterey mountains nation native never organized organized territory padres party pioneers population Portolá presidio pueblo race railroad reached Republican River Russians Sacramento sailed Sän San Diego San Francisco San José San Luis Sän'tä Santa Barbara SEAL OF CALIFORNIA settlers ship Sierra Nevada slavery South Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit Sutter Sutter's Fort territory thousand tion town Union United Valley Vigilance Committee Vizcaino wild WILLIAM LEWIS MANLY
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Stran 197 - The whole country from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and from the seashore to the base of the Sierra Nevada, resounds to the sordid cry of gold ! GOLD ! ! GOLD ! ! ! while the field is left half planted, the house half built, and everything neglected but the manufacture of shovels and pick-axes...
Stran 43 - Californians," says P. Venegas, " as well as of all other Indians, are stupidity and insensibility ; want of knowledge and reflection; inconstancy, impetuosity, and blindness of appetite ; an excessive sloth, and abhorrence of all labour and fatigue...
Stran 324 - What do we want with this vast, worthless area? This region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts, of shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs?
Stran 292 - A light car, drawn by a single horse, gallops up to the front with its load of rails. Two men seize the end of a rail and start forward, the rest of the gang taking hold by twos until it is clear of the car. They come forward at a run. At the word of command, the rail is dropped...
Stran 269 - ... no thief burglar incendiary or assassin shall escape punishment, either by the quibbles of the law the insecurity of prisons the carelessness or corruption of the Police or a laxity of those who pretend to administer justice.
Stran 191 - I reached my hand down and picked it up; it made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold. The piece was about half the size and of the shape of a pea. Then I saw another piece in the water. After taking it out I sat down and began to think right hard.
Stran 342 - Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have Honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And Damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog in public duty and in private thinking...
Stran 292 - Jehu, who drives furiously. Close behind the first gang come the gaugers, spikers, and bolters, and a lively time they make of it. It is a grand Anvil Chorus that those sturdy sledges are playing across the plains.
Stran 20 - Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise; and it was peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they lived in the fashion of Amazons. They were of strong and hardy bodies, of ardent courage and great force. Their island was the strongest in all the world, with its steep cliffs and rocky shores. Their arms were all of gold, and so was the harness of the wild beasts which they tamed to ride; for in...
Stran 280 - I went into it as a religious duty to society, although I knew I was going antagonistic to the law of my city and state, which every good American looks upon with a great deal of dread, certainly. After embarking in it, as I did...