Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-09
THE BEAR FLAG.
An Account of the Circum stances which
Led ;o Its Adoption.

led Ia It's NIortiou.
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tha1 rtmont M INoHnS and promouns
the Bear Flag party. acted by authority Of
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Ger "i I"' h''d states army. 'hl ''in-
man Icd a. such. Suddenly there arrived
g., AI.,t.rs,- r-.,,,, .,.ir.-f.,, r,.i,.I
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We "'''' '''' ''''. ''''',I
iie took horse "' once and SGT ""t '">ei-
tak, Fremont. Wc,,,,rharl.' hf., ,,, th.
south i,.,r,l,,. of n~..-,,, ...,,..,f-,- yr.Ir.
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bus certain 80 Is t.c latter o uuc. ry,uugd
ami suddenly app.ar.l .t th, Bu,t.> near
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me S'"'SrN E'..''' '' "'' ''"V. @id
party formed There and descended uu
EDi,-It., I9,.l;r.- ,,> ,,o,y lt..,yn .,, N-f,
county ''''" 80 .|.'' '' '''''' '' ''' ''
sent to General CASTRO. ii'vN scat L..H.iii
message 20 General Castro, ryturui with
/ the horses {" f',mo"i camp, :ut l'nAt-
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In. .,;,l,,,,,t min ~ ,,,, tL, General hoy-
/ Ing hut am Orderly there. and not another
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Fart and fL, ,i,ntors o~rauilrd iu1n 81, c,n-
nony Win, " i Id, as Cap,qin Al This
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I Vcyiclu H9G still tIyin.. :t the bcld of ia,
da,.t,F II ono. II ,y,s u,iIIed down
What shall 90 llp in its place
They arc perplcXcd'
some Kind OF tlar must bn substituted.
They think Of a lone star, but Texas
has appropriated that design.
But they would have star ON the flag
anyhow.
piece of common cloth Is obtained and
| William Todd, nephew oi NFH. Abraham
Lincoln, and who was brought up by her
husband, aiterward President Lincoln,
General Bidwcil : account, tl,pr"rcedcdW with
! Il rude brush and pot "i redipaini I" place
/ a star ON one corner. ~ he worked, put
a grizzly bear in the center iacnS.thc star,
exclaimed Ford
it was agreed 10, the bear was rudciy
painted, a stripe added ut the foot and
amid hurrahS the tag wa' sent to the head
of the Ntatl. WeEY' however, "th[r rec
orols concerning Fremont part IN the re-
volt. The -lha t"F"r"", OF June 3D. I9oo'
said.
AyyIvERsARy OF TIRE BEAR rLNG.
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c';,i',,,I ~ tie T,s ari, CRY !" ~ which Lo y fb.
,, ,l''.l,,v, % af ''ti NJ. na,n"pi and declared
,tI, H.. s,,,1ri,',,. in thr t.rri.,ry had
,, Il''', atl,,.d ~'cIaIootior from The
.,;i.r III of ne afor.seiI niifarv dos
-, ma ,,,',,rr,,.,, ,,r C,ilorniy5 with
80, II; tIa, ,yopIJ na ,lrrart ont
,I,',i. ica,i,... MI l'.il l,r.rerlv
.i ''.e .,,I Lc5sts If [ur9.,,' T5;s was Il
great mistake on the ragt of ido aad his
friends. The authorizes &C California bad
iss,i,.j M, .,,,.t ,,r,.lsii.ti.u nor vas such
,,,.,tt.,. tb.,t.-tt Of Al this very time the
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