Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-01-02
First Discovery of California.

ed from Plynouh win hve ships, carrying lb4
men aud officers, professedly on voyage TO
Alexandfia, in Egypt, but really with the in
ienllon of sailing into the Pacific Ocean, there
the English flag had never, been seen before.
Alter passing the Cape de Verd Islands. he
sailed during Sd days without the sight of land,
and then entered The River Plate. After sop
plying his vessels with waller from the great
river, Drake sailed southwards, and passing
through the straits named after the only circum-
navigator Of the globe who had preceded him.
the Straits Of Magellen-he he entered the Pacif-
ic Ocean on the 9Th Of September. He arrived
off Valparaiso on the 29lh of November He
pundered the town Of Of 81. Jago, where he
look booty Of rs, 900 piezos Of very pure and
fine gold. ga 5a sd rs--.a .2s4 ,yaaafe.4
Proceeding lhence 10 port named Tarapa-
ca, he landed and found Spaniard sleeping
by the seaside, with 3 bars of silver lying by
him, of The value of 1000 ducais. He took the
silver and left the owner to finish his nap
Not far from ihence, going inland for water he
met Spaniard and an Indian boy driving eigh,
/ Lamas, or sheep OF Peru, which are as big
as asses" everv one Of which had on its back
TWO bags of leather, each bag containing 50b
/ weight of fine silver. Bringing the Lamas and
their burdens 10 the ship, they found in all 4
! cwt. of silver.
I Thence they proceeded 10 Africa, " here they
! plundered vessel conang 81 wedges Of sill
| yer, each weighing 20 ID. On the 30h of
I February, they arrived at Lima where they
1 plundered all The ships in the harbor, in one of
which they found chest full of rials Of silver,
and good store of silks and linnen clorh.-
Here they heard of rich lreasure-ship, named
the Cacaluego, which had sailed 20 Paua They
linn tiaJa RI,
Paia, found Iha, The Cacafuego had sailed for
Panama. They al once renewed the chase,
and in the course of ii, they picked up a ves-
1 a cruciix of the same metal, ." with goodly
great emeraids set in it," Continuing the pur-
suit, they at last came up with the Cacafuego,
which well repaid them for The trouble il had
given Them. Beside precious stones, hey found
l3 chests Of rals OF silver, sob. we ghi of gold
and 26 tons of unconed silver. This rich cap
leagues from Panama. From This point they
proceeded 10 Gualulco, and thence 10 Ceno
whete they careeBed their ships. ,rs-.u-.-
On leaving The Island Of Ceno, I" y hich is
eight degrees norh laluude," Drake RESUMED
his cruise, and took another rich ship; and now
being satisfied with his booty, he determined
and "1henc 10 sail by The course of,he Portu.
gals, tyaIhe Cape of Bonas Esperanca" For
this purpose he ran norhward for 500 leagues,
to gel favorable wind and on the 5rh dsv of
June, being in 43 degrees tow ards The Pole
Ariic, being speedily come out Of extreme heat,
Drake found The air so cold ha! his men being
pinched with The same complained of The ex-
uemi'y thereof; and The further they went the
more cold increased upon ihem>
Whereupon they thought il best to seek land,
which they found to be mountainous, but low
PLAIN land. I'VE drew back again (says ,he
historian Of The voyage) without landing, I'LL we
came within 3S degrees towards he line. Ia
which height ii pleased God 10 send US into
fair good bay, with good Wind to en'er the
same" This country as no doubI the coun-
Try which has recently Become so famous un.
der The name of California, and This bay was
probably the great bay Of San Francisco
The Inhabitants came down 10 he shore, gase
Drake very friendly reception, and he king
offered him the government of The comfy
/" Wherefore, in the name aud to the use Of
her Majesty Queen EEizaheil) lie took the
sceptre, crows, and dignity of the said country
in his hands, wishing that tho riches and treas
ures thereof might SO conveniently be trans port
ed, TO the enrlching Of her kingdom as it a.
bouDdeih in the same There is no part Of
the earth here 10 be taken up v herein there is
not some special likelihood Of gold or silver
Al his department from the country, Drake
sci Sp, as monument of his having been there
as also of her Majessy's righ, and tile to The
same, +" plate, nailed upon fair great post,
whereupon was engraved her Maesty's Queen
Elizabeths) name, The day and year of our ar
rival lhefe, with the free giving up OF the prov
ince into her Alsjesiy's hands, together with
her hlghness's picture and arms, and piece
OF sixpence of curren, English money :" nnderI
'he plate was also written the name of Drake. !
II seemelh fsays The historian of the .oy-
sge) that the Spaniards hitherto had never beer
IN This par' of The country neither did they
ever discover The land, by many degrees TO The
southwards Of this place" st-f <-
go Such was the account Of this land Of gold |
published in England In the reign OF Queen E.
lzabeth. II certainly is one OF The curio,lties
OF history that The irsland 8, er taken
10 by The English on the continent Of A msrica
should have been the new famous California,
and that IL should have been oecuned ,sone
years before The first atiemP was made To col
onlze The provinces, which have since grown
10 he The tInied States of America Baine'S
History Of Liuerpool. qliaI sraeI sas sad
Life on the Turning of a Card.
q friend narra ed TO US day or Two sinc e an
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