The Republican journal., 1885-04-16

! I'll place before them daily a generous bil-Of-
fare:
| And ii there's any money left Iii have law
Yer fix
| Ny will so | can found Home for Little Or
phan Chicks"
! Malcolm Douglas. in St. Nicholas for March.
Before Forty Nine.
A FEW OF THE MEN WHO SETTLED IN CALI
FORNIA BEFORE GOLD WAS FOUND HERE OR
THE AVERAGE PIONEER WAS KNOWN.
In nearly every paper or periodical
published nowadays one viii see some
article about ihe 49ers, the Argonauts.
Writers on tie early history and settle
fnent Of The Pacific Coast by the Ameri-
can people will allude only to The 49ers
as the starting point or beginning ct en-
tctplise on the Slope. Were there no
Americans here before 40 T? Why should
the 49ere have all the praise and credit
Of starting the Golden State! Where
were the six hundred or more Am. ricans
who rallied under Fremont in 1916, and
Who with him made that famous march
10 Los Angeles, half clad, half armed,
D36ino thronoh mnd and miro cvi,nminer d
through floods. sleeping on the wet
ground and toraging ior supplies? Where
were the families Of these hardy Missou-
lians, who came in time to joir Fremont
in the conquest of California, after Sc
GQesterlng their families here and there
in the most secluded places. while the
older men and groWn-up bows shoulderpd
their rifles aud entered the service of
their country under the different military
commanders If the L. :. Army. stationed
along the Coast at Monterey. San Jose
Sunoma. Suffers Fort, and other initial
points, where they were regularly enlist
ed and served until the close of the
Mexican War. in lSl1. and were honor
abl} diSchuUed Uith0W paY!" But let
lis 20 a little farther hack and see if there
were not some Ar2onauts. or real Pion-
pers even ahead of these patriotic men
who served under Fremont. Letus look
over the list and see if there were not
qute a number Of BOLD. brave men" who
faced the
taT-
J., ,5, g. v-,... -, - rt
iii -f' nae oiu odH'olilldu aoos
I.'' - ~ 'Iio Nc'oi "H h1"uht"lleti,
C"t,'"In ~ opo ""Ihe'' i" nan MHo "Illlereo
III 9'I' l-%he N"HeS uci0Te IelnonI was
|'i"- am, NI!"Se lldiis are Iolio"ed To
'H'' N"S NdIheI hiNtI' "dlkef faSs
SiF I"'liil'"i "1I"S " tHt PiVSPectorS oI
'.'Ti H"''' ne @"" VI" pm IIlldlIis
" i'IINS llou'lt",ii 'dii'e' ,tli GREENWOOD
lt''t ,f 'e' 9,il' tH' "rIe an l4r"u5h tai-
no ~ III" R,H9 "ei'iG '!I"hel hoii4as H.
''''I'"ti ~ 0"''ih'u ['lt HiSI applopIId'i"ii
'lii us 20 |" aelI"! tHt eApeil9eS oi
'',9 7oii. nt9V 1APeul'i"h on us
~ ~ t4o' '''i,''o VI lDe hoehH iHouhl"ll:
iiGl 'll0i' "olo many ''lei pioHeeIS oI
W. ,o1',i '-o'e' "iiU many Vi NHo1M are
nv 'II9 III ouI Il''S' 10 NillS da! NhaI
t'o' @"eH h"t ItIllHIi4ptl tAe veteran
Mana conniy-sj1i hale and he.rt, and
able 10 bring down his buck whenever he
goes out on his usual hunt And old
Uncle Charlie HOPPER now deceased
one of natures noblemen ? Charlie came
over the Sierras in 1910 with a hand of
adventurous Missourlans. and Drospectpd
the country through the San .Joanuin
They were captured and taken prisoners
to San Jose bv the Spanish authorities
and were released on condition that they
would leave the country. General Vallejo
and Dr. Marsh, Mexican citizens going
their security for the faithful discharge of
their pledge. What other Arconauts
were there before 40 and 80? WHY.
there was a host of them. whose separate
history would fill volumes of the most
interesting events and incidents of ad-
venture, that would make Fenimore
Cooper's romances fail to interest their
readers. We would bv no means desire
to detract one iota of credit from lhe
tnterDrisng business adventurer who
came TO this coast in IS49 or even 1850.
but the writer desires that the fact that
many brave men had ventured to come.
and did come to this coast
rEropF THE n1scovrrv or corn
CIV 'alilt IIn 'iie SIeM " nlahID2 ilIls
',iIli ,ipliiC o'9li II tlioy ilao u NV I'VE
1nt.oi n;t I Slo sieAie"ii oovci liiIieiit' ne
-" !le' % li"S ~ ms posSessloil d passport
r1"'iI e,,e = ll,e' '2ye''eo ''oN eiiilieit 10
'ho n,oa;1 lP''n 'l'G",' aiu osilou ny
,+1r t,lo l,os.,. W r 'V"'09'
,'.- Nlio h "G'ut 81 anu liio i'Ii,ily projection
I'I',' -. '''t 9ng - pass iilo lle country, III
'Lf"' ou' ouo'' 'ollV e'tlts prevented
'''U ileC094t's VI uSliis ~. i.iele are
,'u,,Ip?a' ,,d3 ~ ~ Pioi'eeis u l9+o WHO ar
C'' ~ I'il' :" :aAo pd' III tlie conquest
VI o'i.iol c' md llEi"S dIl through Ine couh-
,Io' VI oo,lo!h", Nap" una LAKE, VINO
DiuuSll. ,Is l'iel idlliiieS WIN Ilehi ana
H' 11'',o' 'nI r"iieS Vi Nortnetll oailiorhia'
oaPtalu .:I '"liu' Aiar'ili' aithousn piihu,
sli s'lii 'iNeS vi MS lalicho near UllFoy,
li'le emu noallH llidH' ne renoereu lln-
t'ot 't'ilo th aol W. uulils me war ol 1910
i'nu silo "ilteI - l'eisoiialy coSnilahI 10
li;'. i'is SCI 'eo III iVCi uitins men ior ser
n'aro" ,Iu ",'i' I'M, raI hleiiioel Oh Ihe
't''r ro,o" , tn ',i " ~ ,''i 'aiieisco uses
,'D. ,on''. .i,o0i 'uo l"'so p"1H',i'S thd'
'iun? VIZ wv ""I' VI ,heii nan repre-
't''t9 Ia GtpuP ~ {! '"ii li''ll ltaiilg Oh
'i'1 13 my, "l.n MS ne anu olllio' ana an
it' u 'y i;o' 81 o'"i'tllS ineehlS oy theiI
,oG- 9nl u'S ooo,io ~ eeeil's the Sellal
iii, '''u ",n',i'tiu a. ~ VI dy sun, Mle ana
of f,u, ,'' oli rneIi neiioIui,is 'nelI n[st view
rne oGFn fifl al1ei'o Iia a.ies ili toto' ne