The land of gold; or, Three years in California
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REV. WALTER COLTON, U. S. N.,
AUTHOR OF “SHIP AND SHORE,” &c.
New York:
D. W. EVANS & CO., 677 BROADWAY.
1860.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty,
By S. A. ROLLO & COMPANY,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
GEN. MARIANO GUADALUPE VALLEJO,
Walter Colton
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PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF PORTRAITS.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
MARINE REMAINS.
THE TWO CLASSES OF EMIGRANTS.
CALIFORNIA ON CHARACTER.
HEADS AND TAILS.
SPANISH COURTESIES.
CHAPTER XXIX.
WHO SHOULD STAY AND WHO COME.
THE PROFESSIONS AND PURSUITS.
WRONGS OF CALIFORNIA.
CLAIMS ON THE CHRISTIAN.
PROPHETIC SHADOWS AND JOURNALISTS.
CHAPTER XXX.
COURT OF ADMIRALTY.
CONSTITUTION OF CALIFORNIA.
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE ONE MOON TOWN.
CHAPTER XXXII.
JOHN CHARLES FREMONT
WILLIAM M. GWIN
THOMAS OLIVER LARKIN.
GEORGE W. WRIGHT.
JACOB R. SNYDER.
CAPT. JOHN A. SUTTER.
DON MARIANO GUADALUPE VALLEJO.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
MISSION OF DOLLORES.
MISSION OF SANTA CLARA.
MISSION OF SAN JOSÉ.
MISSION OF SAN JUAN BOUTISTA.
MISSION OF SAN CARLOS.
MISSION OF SANTA CRUZ.
MISSION OF SOLEDAD.
MISSION OF SAN ANTONIO.
MISSION OF SAN MIGUEL.
MISSION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO.
MISSION OF LA PURISIMA.
MISSION OF SANTA INEZ.
MISSION OF SANTA BARBARA.
MISSION OF SAN BUENAVENTURA.
MISSION OF SAN FERNANDO.
MISSION OF SAN GABRIEL.
MISSION OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO.
MISSION OF SAN LUIS REY.
MISSION OF SAN DIEGO.
THE RAILROAD TO CALIFORNIA.
