Three years in California
By: by Rev. Walter Colton.
Publisher: A.S. Barnes & Co.
Published: 1852
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
Subjects: California -- History.; California -- Gold discoveries.
Table of contents: label: CHAPTER
title: I.— The flag.— Meeting of citizens.— Disposition of forces— Col Fremont's band.— Alcalde of Monterey.- Indian mother.— Military leaders.— A California farm
pagenum: 13; label: CHAPTER
title: II.— Fecundity of the Califomians.— First intelligence of the war — Wild Indians on board ship.— The chief.— First newspaper published in Cali- fornia.— Raising the materials.— The rival suitors.— Flight of Gen Castro — A Californian on horseback
pagenum: 27; label: CHAPTER
title: III.— A thief obeying orders.— Game.— No penitentiary system.— The California cart on a gala-day.- The niuaway daughter.— Faith of th'e In- dians — Return from the war.— First trial by jury.— Indian and his squaw on the hunt.— Whales in the bay.— The two gamblers.— Ladies on horseback.— Merriment in death — The Englishman and his mistress
pagenum: 39; label: CHAPTER
title: IV.— Funeral ceremonies.— Elected alcalde.— Flight of Gen Cas- tro.— Los Angeles taken.— Oven-bath.— Grog in a chimney .—The flea.— First rain.— Rising of the Califomians.— Measures of Com Stockton.— Mormons
pagenum: 54; label: CHAPTER
title: v.— Fire on the mountains.— Emigrants.— Pistols and pillows — Leaders of the insurrection.— California plough.— Defeat at San Pedro.— Col Fremont's band.— The Malek Adhel.— Monterey threatened.— Soldier out- witted — Raising men — Bridegroom — Culprits
pagenum: 72; label: CHAPTER
title: VI.— Santa Barbara taken.— Lieut Talbot and his ten.— Gambling in prison.— Recruits — A funny culprit — Movements of Com Stockton — Beauty and the grave.— Battle on the Salinas.— The captain's daughter — Stolen pistols.— Indian behind a tree — Nuptials in California
pagenum: 89; label: CHAPTER
title: VII.— San Josfi garrisoned.— A California rain.— Escape of convicts —Shooting Edwards.— Two washerwomen.— Death of Mr Sargent.— Indlati hens.— Hunting curlew.— The California horse.— An old emigrant.— The grizzly bear
pagenum: 106; label: CHAPTER
title: VIII.— Little Adelaida.— Col Fremont's battalion.— Santiago In love —Sentiments of an old Californian.— The prize Julia.— Fandango.— Winter climate —Patron Saint of California.— Habits of the natives.— Insiurection in the north — Drama in a church.— Position of Cora Stockton
pagenum: 121; title: 8 CHAPTER IX.— Day of the Santos Innoccntes.— Letting off a lake.— Arrival of the Dale with home letters.— The dead year.— Newly-arrived emigrants — Egg-breaking festivities.— Concealment of Chaves — Plot to captiu'e the al- calde
pagenum: 134; label: CHAPTER X
title: — Destruction of dogs.— The wash-tub mail.— The surrender in the north.— Robbing the Californians — Death-scene in a shanty — The men who took up arms — Arrival of the Independence — Destitution of our troops — Captiu-e of los Angeles
pagenum: 149; label: CHAPTER
title: XI.— AiTival of the Lexington.— The march to los Angeles, and battle of San Gabriel — The capitulation.— Military characteristics of the Cali- fornians — Barricades down
pagenum: 163; label: CHAPTER
title: XII.— Return of T O Larkin.— The tall partner in the Califomian — Mexican officers — The Cyane — VV^ar mementoes — Drama of Adam and Eve.— Cai-nival.- Birth-day of Washington — A California captain.— Appli- cation for a divorce — Arrival of the Columbus
pagenum: 173; label: CHAPTER
title: XIII.— The people of Monterey.— The guitar and runaway wife — Mother ordered to flog her son — Work of the prisoners — Catching sailors —Court of Admiralty.— Gamblers caught and fined.— Lifting land bounda- ries
pagenum: 189; label: CHAPTER XIV
title: — A convict who would not work.— Lawyers at Monterey — Who conquered California.— Ride to a rancho.—Leopaldo.— Party of Cali- fornians.— A dash into the forests.— Chasing a deer.— Killing a bear.— Ladies with firearms — A mother and volunteer 19D CHAPTER XV.— A California pic-nic— Seventy and seventeen in the dance.— Children in the grove.— A California bear-himt.— The bear and bull bated — The Russian's cabbage head
pagenum: 210; label: CHAPTER
title: XVI.— A Californian jealous of his wife.— Hospitality of the na- tives.— Honors to Guadalupe.— Application from a Lothario for a divorce.— Capture of Mazatlan.— Larceny of Canton shawls.— An emigrant's wife claiming to have taken the country.- A wild bullock in Main-street
pagenum: 220; label: CHAPTER
title: XVII.— Rains in California.— Functions of the alcalde of Monterey —Orphans in California.— Slip of the gallows rope.— Blaking a father whip his boy.— A convict as prison cook.— The knacka.— Thom Cole.— A man robbing himself.— A blacksmith outwitted
pagenum: 230; label: CHAPTER
title: XVIII.— First discovery of gold.— Prison guard.— Incredulity about the gold.— Santiago getting married.— Another lumpof gold.— Effects of the gold fever.— The court of an alciilde.— Mosquitoes as constables — Bob and his bag of gold — Return of citizens from the mines — A man with the gold cholic— The mines on individual credit
pagenum: 242; title: 9 ■wolves.— Watch-firps.— San ,Ios(i.— A fresh start.— Campinc; on the slope of a hill.— Wild features of the country.— Valley of the San Joaquin.— Band of ■wild horses
pagenum: 257; label: CHAPTER
title: XX.— The grave of a gold-hunter.— Mountain spurs.— A company of Sonoranians.— A night alarm.— First view of the mines.— Character of the deposits.— A woman and her pan.— Removal to other mines.— Wild In- dians and theirweapons.— Cost of provisions.— A plunge into a gold river.— Machines used by the gold-diggers 2G9 CHAPTER XXI.— Lump of gold lost.— Indians at their game of arrows.— Camp of the gold-hunters.— A Sonoranian gold-digger.— i?abbath in the mines.— The giant Welchman.— Nature of gold deposits.— Average per man — New discoveries
pagenum: 282; label: CHAPTER
title: XXII— Visit to the Sonoranian camp.— Festivities and gambling —The doctor and teamster.— An alcalde turned cook.— The miner's tattoo — The little Dutchman.— New deposits discovered — A woman keeping a monte table.— Up to the knee and nine-pence.— The volcanoes and gold.— Arrival of a bai'rel (5f rum ■ •
pagenum: 295; label: CHAPTER
title: XXIII.—Natural amphitheatre.— No scientific clue to the deposits of gold.— Soil of the mines.— Life among the gold-diggers.- Loss of our caballada — The old man and rock — Departure from the mines — Travelling among gorges and pinnacles — Instincts of the mule — A mountain cabin
pagenum: 309; label: CHAPTER
title: XXIV.— A lady in the mountains.— Town of Stockton.— Crossing the valley of the San Joaquin — The robbed father and boy — Ride to San Jos6 — Rum in California — Highwayman — Woodland life — Rachel at the ■well — Farewell to my camping-tree
pagenum: 324; label: CHAPTER XXV
title: — Cause of sickness in the mines.— The quicksilver mines — Heat and cold in the mines — Traits in the Spanish character — Health of California ladies — A word to mothers — The pingrass and blackbii'd — The Redwood-tree.— Battle of the eggs
pagenum: 339; label: CHAPTER XXVI
title: — The public domain — Scenery around Monterey — Vine- yards of los Angeles.— Beauty of San Diego.— The culprit hall.— The rush for gold — Land titles — The Indian doctress — Tufted partridge — Death of Com Biddle
pagenum: 351; label: CHAPTER
title: XXVII.— The gold region.— Its locality, nature, and extent — For- eigners in the mines.— The Indians' discovery of gold.— Agricultural capa- bilities of California.— Services of United States officers.— First decisive movement for the organization of a civil government — Intelligence of the death of Gen Kearny
pagenum: 365; title: 10 —Fossil remains.— The two classes of emigrants.— Life in California.— Heads against tails
pagenum: 377; label: CHAPTER
title: XXIX.— The tragedy at San Miguel.— Court and culprits.— Age and circumstances of those who should come to Calilbrnia — Condition of the professions.— The wrongs of California.— Claims on the Christian comratini- ty — Journalists •
pagenum: 391; label: CHAPTER
title: XXX.— The gold-bearing quartz.— Their locality.— Richness and extent — The suitable machinery to be used in the mountains.— The court of admiralty at Monterey — Us organization and jurisdiction — The cases deter- mined — Sale of the prizes — Convention and Constitution of California — Difficulties and compromises — Spirit of the instrument
pagenum: 403; label: CHAPTER
title: XXXI.— Glances at towns sprung and springing.— San Francisco — Benicia — Sacramento City — Sutter — Vernon.— Boston — Stockton — New York — Alvezo — Stanislaus — Sonora — Crescent City — Trinidad
pagenum: 414; label: CHAPTER XXXII
title: — Brief notices of persons, whose portraits embellish this volume, and who are prominently connected with California afiairs
pagenum: 425; label: CHAPTER
title: XXXIII.— The mission establishments in California.— Their origin, objects, localities, lands, revenues, overthrow — California Railroad
pagenum: 439