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A tour of duty in California; including a description of the gold region: and an account of the voyage around cape Horn; with notices of lower California, the Gulf and Pacific coasts, and the principal events attending the conquest of the Californias. → Diff

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Revision 2 by mikemccabe October 12, 2011
Revision 3 by ToCb0t October 12, 2011
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0 *  | CHAPTER | I
1 *  | Departure, 1 — Off Cape Horn | 2
2 *  | — Fire on Board | 3
3 *  |  | 4
4 *  | — Straits of Magellan, 5 — Decay of Lima | 6
5 *  | — An Attractive Group | 7
6 *  | — Appearance of Lima | 8
7 *  | — Church and State | 9
8 *  | — Modern Innova- tions, 10 — Reminiscences of Lima | 11
9 *  | — Feet; Saya y Manta | 12
10 *  | — Amusements, 13 — Architectural Decoration | 14
11 *  | — Castles of Callao, 15 — Spanish Fortifications | 16
12 *  | — The three Carthages | 17
13 *  | — Climate of the Pacific, 18 CHAPTER II Mazatlan, 19 — Inhabitants and Revolutions | 20
14 *  | — Revolutions and Rollers, 21— Feat of the Worms, 22— Monterey, 23— The Junta, 24— Speech of Pico | 25
15 *  |  | 26
16 *  | — General Vallejo, 27— Speech of Vallejo, 28, 29 — Mexican Orders | 30
17 *  | — Don Jose Castro | 31
18 *  | — Anchorage of Monterey | 32
19 * CHAPTER III | Hunting, 33 — Carmel Mission | 34
20 *  | — Camping Out | 35
21 *  | — About a Bear, 36— A Landscape | 37
22 *  | — A Shot-Gun | 38
23 *  | — Los Infernos | 39
24 *  | — Tom Cole and the Bear | 40
25 *  | — Ride to Salinas | 41
26 *  | — A Ride with- out a Bear, 42— The Ride ends | 43
27 * CHAPTER IV | View from Picacho Verde | 44
28 *  | — Naval Ball | 45
29 *  | — Fremont's Expe- dition, 46 — Valorous Feat of Castro | 47
30 *  | — Gillespie's Expedition, 48— A Charge at Night | 49
31 *  | — Castro's Threat | 50
32 *  | — Sansalito Harbor, 51 CHAPTER V San Francisco, 52 — Changes in the Bay | 53
33 *  | — Great Arable Plain, 54 — Quicksilver Mines | 55
34 *  | — A Commei'cial Operation | 56
35 *  | — Castro Bells out, 57 — Remarks on Quicksilver | 58
36 *  | — Gold and Silver Mines, 59 — Communication | 60
37 *  | — Magnetic Telegraph | 61
38 *  |  | 62
39 *  | rV CHA.PTER VI The Missions, 63 — Bear Revolution | 64
40 *  | — Singular Inconsistency | 65
41 *  | — Patriotic Proclamation | 66
42 *  | — Mare Island | 67
43 *  | — Delta of the Rivers, 68— The Sacramento, 69— Patriotic Muster, 70— Sutter's Fort, 71— Sketch of Sutter's Life, 72— Sutter's Influence | 73
44 *  | — The Fort described | 74
45 *  | — Forced Volunteers | 75
46 *  | — Feat of Ibrahim Pasha, 76 CHAPTER VII War, 77— Preparations, 78— The Troop, 79— Sundry Matters, 80— Garcia's Rancho, 81— Filk Hunt at Punta Reyes | 82
47 *  | 83— More of the Elk Hunt, 84— A Comfortable Repast, 85— Trying out Tal- low, 86— Elk Horns | 87
48 * CHAPTER VIII | Capture of Los Angeles | 88
49 *  | — California Scenery | 89
50 *  | — Napa Valley 90_Agricultural Resources, 91— Napa Valley, 92— Mr Yount's History, 93— Our Party, 94— Land Titles | 95
51 * CHAPTER IX | Ranches and Rancheros, 96— The Raucho's Family, 97— Stocking a Rancho, 98— Rodea, 99— Increase of Cattle, 100— Boston Trade, 101— Collecting Debts, 102— Yankee Spanish | 103
52 * CHAPTER X | The Horses, Pasturage, and Seasons of California, 104— Pedigree of the Horses, 105— Wild Horse Hunt, 106— Sagacity of the Horse, 107— Care of the Horse | 108
53 *  | — Food of the Horse, 109— Colors of Horses, 110— A Cross Suggestion | 111
54 * CHAPTER XI | Bunk's Great Shot, 112— The Islet, 113— Marauding Parties, 114— An Indian Chief, 115— Indian Humility, 116— Sacred Town | 117
55 *  | —A Council, 118 CHAPTER XII The Indians of California, 119— Habits of the Indians, 120— Man- ners and Customs, 121— Religion of the Indians, 122— Social Condition, 123— Catholic Missionaries, 124— Polygamy and Rape, 125— Tho Tamascal, 126— Insensibility to Death, 127— Duty of our Government, 128— Laws suggested | 129
56 * CHAPTER XIII | Hopitse-wah or Sacred Town, 130— The Author's Talk | 131
57 *  | — Hallowney's Reply | 132
58 *  | — Indian Dance and Music | 133
59 *  | — Good Laud, 134— An Indian Fight, 135— The Fearof Death, 136— Over the Sierra, 137 — Magnificent Scenery, 138— The Laguna | 139
60 * CHAPTER XIV | Don Fernando Felix and his Little Farm | 140
61 *  | — The Russian River, 141— The Last Bear, 142— Outrages of the Indians, 143— The Matanzas, 144 — A Variety of Things | 145
62 *  | — Bulls aud Bears | 146
63 *  | — Startling News | 147
64 * CHAPTER XV | The Oregon Indians | 148
65 *  | — An Indian Theory | 149
66 *  | — The Theory Unfolded, 150— The Theory Enforced, 151— On the March, 152— Tule Raft, 153— The Fort Again, 154— A Scalp, 155— A Damper, 156— More Talks, 157— The Butes, 158— History of the Inva- sion, 159 — False Reports | 160
67 *  | — A Delicate Foible | 161
68 *  | — Ague and Fever, 162 — A Disastrous Fall | 163
69 * CHAPTER XVI | An Account of the Operations at Los Angeles | 164
70 *  | — The Revolt, 165 — Defence of the Loyal | 166
71 *  | — Kearney's March | 167
72 *  | — Kear- ney's Report, 168 — Aifair of San Pasqual | 169
73 *  | — The same con- tinued, 170— The Hostile Forces, 171— Stockton's Energy | 172
74 *  | — Recapture of Los Angeles | 173
75 *  | — Kearney's Official Despatches, 174 — Death of Burrows | 175
76 *  | — Mexican Officers | 176
77 *  | — A Tule of the Imaum, 177 — Animating | 178
78 * CHAPTER XVII | Remarks on the Native White Population of California, concluding with a True Story | 179
79 *  | — Family Connexions | 180
80 *  | — Gambling Debts, 181— A New Way to Pay Up, 182— How an Old Lady was Ruined, 183 — A Slight Mistake | 184
81 *  | — Story of Ramon and Dolores, 185-194 CHAPTER XVIII Land Titles and Laws in California, 195— Vested Rights, 196— Land Measurements | 197
82 *  | — Peculiar Provisions | 198
83 *  | — Humane Objects, 199— Township Grants, 200— A Plea for the Titles | 201
84 * VI | — Mr Benton's Remarks on the Land Titles, 203-220 — Public Lands, 221 — Vallejo's Rancheros | 222
85 *  | — Local Laws | 223
86 *  | — Laws of the Mesta, 224— Rights of Property | 225
87 * CHAPTER XIX | The Gold Deposits, 226— Fearful Forebodings, 227— Official Ac- counts, 228 — Colonel Mason's Reports, 229-241 — Mr Larkin's Letter, 242-244— Mr Larkin's Second Letter, 245-250 — Mr Larkin's Third Letter | 251
88 *  | — Commodore Jones's Letter | 252
89 *  | — Commodore Jones's Despatches | 253
90 *  |  | 254
91 *  | — Paymaster Rich's Letter, 555, 256 CHAPTER XX The Wild Animals, 257— The Grizzly Bear, 258— A Bear Dance, 259— Bear Freaks, 260— The Captain's Disaster, 261— Don Timo- leo's Hounds, 262 — American Hunters | 263
92 *  | — Other Animals | 264
93 *  | —Beasts and Birds, 265— Wild Birds, 266— A Tale of a Turkey, 267— Shell Fish, 268— The Pearl Oyster | 269
94 * CHAPTER XXI | The History of a ci-devant Diplomatist, 270-273 — The Adobe vs Frame Houses, 274 — Wild Mustard; Grasshoppers; Panama Route; Roman Military Roads | 275
95 *  | — Adroitness of a Thief: Rocky Mountain Route | 276
96 *  | — Health of California | 277
97 *  | — A Pacific Navy, 278— Ship Timber abundant | 279
98 * CHAPTER XXII | The Southern Part of Upper California, 280— Los Angeles, 281— The Grape, 282— Tedium of a Cruise, 283— Magdalena Bay | 284
99 *  | — Cape St Lucas, San Jose, La Paz | 285
100 *  | — Puerto Escondito, &c 286— Guayamas, 287— Local Feuds, 288— Green Turtle, 289— Enormous Cacti, 290— Sandal Wood, 291— Supposed Mines | 292
101 *  | —Climate and Peoi)le, 293— A Revolt, 294— Defence of La Paz aul tan Jose, 295 CHAPTER XXIII Progress of Man, 296— Wonders of the Age, 297— Our Own Coun- try, 298— Resources of California | 299
102 *  | — Productions of California, 300— African Slavery in California | 301
103 *  | 302— Advice to Emi- grants, 303— A Lay Sermon | 304
104 *  | — What of the Future? | 305