The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21

and 1 Tcesif thss siiihcpsA Ss bad n s. csFstul
ttooos iii,ls lint %in;s re sD IN tSs s i stories ioSid
day, after day b., men down from tn, minss
E fo.nd Fs Som a1 oId so S5ant IN W my Z h TTSss TSsa ooils 60
tton, and | think he went through all Of them
He used 70 read. o? fast as We could get them
which were then coming out. and he, would
talk about the characters In the novels, He
about TsnS On The ot time s's our pG family iy% Vent soatSwsTd 70 70
Monterey. which was then one. Of. the booming
and ~liveliest ~towns-outside of the mining re-
I've lived in Monterey for slx years. and
my husband dealt in cattle ana sheep, which
Ihavs seen hundreds Of fair steers that brought
$500 In gold each in those days, but whom you
romember what exorbitant prlces:had TO be
raid for feed and for ranchmen there was not
such great profit In the buliness; besides,
everything We ate and wore was put on q gold
mining basis. My husband paid n common
vaquero 5000 Q. month In gold for three yearr.
and my calico dresses used TO cost, 500 and SAC
S Sound, In OF sS SSsSor days az se We = po sNid a ana so%o at at
- q pound, but It was too slow u way of max:
inE money in those extraordinary times, and
we did not make ore,,auarter "s much butter
TN. to 1850 | had enough personal incl
a a,ipt: to to a hnr. = book in o nnSo d rode Sn ssv ss4TIed dv .
one-yearold child In front of me. l was go:
ing TO see q sick woman At San jose. and l
my hushand's health began TO fail in 1850.
and we started for a hot, dry climate. Such as
best days 81 for i.G gold mining FOR 70 poor men were
over by that time, ami tho mining companies
that have put In cauitai aud made millions by
work on quartz mines und at the placors. In
1T we drifted into Texas. whore we were
were out hnntinq Wild turkeys. and a woman
and her children and | and mine were there
alone. | discovered the Indians approaching
our camp. which was situated III. Il nrashy
place. | loaded the guns we had and sug-
rtsted that all hide themselves; The two old;
BOY wen went ' alone s" to "'q hid Ing place st.''1 We Women
and the smaller children secreted ourselves In
a small cave In the bark of the ravine, could
that we had along, and with which we In
h ttnsra they tS S SSd s siIiascd 70 the SF'n saia 40 G and 9rssn
the money $4,000 they started off and dis.
covered the two oldest girls. They succeeded
The other girl could hear the blows and her
sisters screams as they struck her down.,
girls story. but did not lind my girl. as she had
recovered sufiiciently to wander around In
but, oh! the anxiety felt during that long
night! Yes. we found h,r. and my anguish
was horrible when / discovered. that she had
been scalped and was partially, deranRed; Ny
husband and seventeen men followed tho IN
dians 200 miles; but never caught NJ WITH IN
February. 1868. Ny daughter who was scalpcd
died in Tulare. Cal, when she was IL years
old. from the injuries she received six wears be-
fore. Those years were the most fearf nl of any
l ever knew on the frontier. and ! don't like to
think OF them.
There. do you not think I have had a life
filled with remarkable victssitudes! Often as
/ sit here in my chair get to thinking about
ordinary phases of life / have participated in.
! wonder II really ! am one and the same per-
sou who has experienced all this and seen a
great State CroR In one lifetime as has Cali
iornis. Yes. | have been visited by many
literary men and historians. \ few years ago
no less n person than Charles Dudley Warner
came out from Pomona one day WI lie he WAS
Spending tho season IN so them California.
Gnd he talked with me about life as | saw IL In
California In the early ffties.'