Eldorado
Subtitle: or, Adventures in the path of Empire; comprising a voyage to California, via Panama; life in San Francisco and Monterey; pictures of the gold region, and experiences of Mexican travel.
Edition: Ed. 3.
Publisher: Putnam
Published: 1850
Place of publication: New York
Subjects: California -- Description and travel; Mexico -- Description and travel
Table of contents: pagenum: i
title: VOL; pagenum: i
title: Taom CHAPTER I Trom New Tork to Chagres— The Shores of Florida— Night in Havana Harbor— ^ New Orleans— Chagres from the Sea; pagenum: ii
title: VOL; title: Fagb Election Scenes and Mining Characters— Voting on the Mokelnmne— Incidents of Digging— An Englishman in Raptures—" Buckshot"— Quicksilver— My own Gold Digging
pagenum: 5
label: CHAPTER I; title: The Rainy Season — The Ferry — Deception of the Diggers — Dry Creek and Ama- dor's Creek— A Ranche and its Inhabitants— A Female Specimen— A Vision Re- linquished
pagenum: 10
label: CHAPTER II; title: Night in Sacramento City— Perils of a Stroll— The City Musie— Ethiopian Melo- dies—A Californian Theatre— Playing the Eavesdropper— Squatters' Quarrels- Fate of my Mare
pagenum: 26
label: CHAPTER III; title: The Overland Emigration of 1849— Its Character— The Cholera on the Plains- Salt Lake City— The Great Basin— The Nevada— Descent of the Mountains- Apathy in Peril— The Close
pagenum: 34
label: CHAPTER IV; title: The Italy of the "West— Steam on the Sacramento— The Sunsets of California— A Company of Washmen— A Voracious Donkey— Attempt at Squatter Life
pagenum: 46
label: CHAPTER V; pagenum: 53
title: P40E CHAPTER VI San Francisco four months Later — Character of Business — Life and Society — Un- fathomable Mud— Streets and Men; title: Society in Califorjia — The Transformation of the Emigrant — The Norsemen Re- vived—The Energies of Society— California Democracy
pagenum: 64
label: CHAPTER VII; title: Leaving San Francisco— A German Crew and Chilian Schooner— AV'eathering a South-Easter— The Fire on Shore— We put Back in Distress— The Burnt Dis- trict—Stemming a Flood Tide— The Steamer— Paso del Mar— Down the Coast
pagenum: 69
label: CHAPTER VIII; title: Mazatlan— A Chinese Boniface— The Streets by Night and Day— The Atmosphere of the Gulf^Preparations to Leave — Solemn Warnings 8< CHAPTER X Travel in the Tierra Caliente— Tropical Winter— A Lazy Mule— Night at a Ranche— A " Caminador'"— Evening at a Posada— Breakfast in El Rosario— A Jolly Hostess — Ride to La Bayona — The Palm and the Pine — Indian Robbers — Chat with the Natives— El Chucho— The Ferry of Rio Santiago— A Night ol Horror
pagenum: 87
label: CHAPTER IX; title: The Ascent to the Table-Land— My Friend and Caminador— A Bargain— The People — Tepic — Sacred Mysteries at San Lionel — The Massacre of the Inno- cents — A Valley Picture— Crossing the Barranca
pagenum: 104
label: CHAPTER XI; title: The Robber Region — Meeting a Conducta — Tequila Below — Suspicions— The Robbers at Last— Plundered and Bound— My Liberation— -A Gibbet Scene— The Kind Padre of Guadalajara
pagenum: 116
label: CHAPTER XII; title: Three Days in Guadalajara— My Hosts— An Unlucky Scotchman— Financiering— The Cabal— Notoriety— Movable Fortresses- The Alameda— Tropic Beauty by Moonlight— An Affectionate Farewell
pagenum: 127
label: CHAPTER XIII