The Life of Bret Harte, with Some Account of the California Pioneers

by Henry Childs Merwin

[192].
Hoodlum, [155].
Hooper, J. F., [114].
Horses, in San Francisco, [99];
Bret Harte’s description of, [333].
House of Lords, The, club, New York, [5].
How I Went to the Mines, [25].
How Old Man Plunkett went Home, [113].
How Reuben Allen Saw Life in San Francisco, [24].
How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar, [27], [154], [232], [233], [302], [305], [333].
Howells, William Dean, his account of Bret Harte, [2], [30], [39], [41], [223-227];
[229], [237-238], [290].
Hudson, N. Y., home of the Hartes in, [11].
Hudson River, The, [16].
Humboldt Bay, [21].
Humboldt County, [21], [30];
wheat crops, [190].
Humboldt River, [68], [146 n.]
“Humboldt Times,” [24].
Humor and pathos, [300];
California humor, [303], [304];
Western and New England humor, [303].
Hyer, Tom, [110].
Idyl of Battle Hollow, The, [232].
Idyl of Red Gulch, The, [234], [246].
Iliad of Sandy Bar, The, [209].
“Illustrated News,” London, sale of, in Pioneer California, [197].
Imagination, creative, [293], [294].
In a Balcony, [33].
In the Tules, [63], [161], [166], [188].
“Incidents on Land and Water,” cited, [100], [128].
Independence, in Missouri, [68].
Indians, [30], [56], [70], [72];
Bret Harte’s description of, [73];
the Californian, [30], [105], [212-213].
Indiscretion of Elsbeth, The, [262].
Insane Asylum, an, the first public building erected by the State of California, [190].
“Into,” for in, [323].
Irving, Washington, [35].
“J. W.,” “Perils, Pastimes and Pleasures of an Emigrant,” by, cited, [92].
“Jack Fleming,” [158].
“Jack Hamlin,” [22], [83];
his dress, [97];
[99];
[169], [173], [175];
compared with “John Oakhurst,” [176-177];
his prototype, [177];
his character, [178-180].
Jack and Jill of the Sierras, A, [81], [217].
Jackass Flat, [50].
James, Henry, [3], [163];
his style, [336].
“James Seabright,” [209].
Jeff Briggs’s Love Story, [249].
Jeffries, Richard, [319].
Jewelry, miners’, [97].
Jewett, Sarah O., [83].
Jews in Pioneer California, [92].
Jim, [322].
Jimmy’s Big Brother from California, [113].
“Jinny,” [78].
“Joan,” [77], [245], [246], [301].
“Joe Corbin,” [337].
“John Ashe,” [81].
“John Bunyan Medliker,” [27].
“John Hale,” [230].
“John Milton Harcourt,” [27].
“John Oakhurst, Mr.,” [86], [173], [174];
compared with “Jack Hamlin,” [176];
[300], [304], [318].
“Johnny,” [302].
Johnson, Samuel, [336].
Johnson’s Old Woman, [321], [322], [332].
Johnston, Richard Malcolm, [325], [326].
“Joshua Rylands,” [58], [205].
“Jovita,” [333-334].
Jowett, Benjamin, [207].
Judgment of Bolinas Plain, The, [235].
“Julia Cantire,” [249].
“Julia Porter,” [334], [335].
Jury, the first in California, [122].
“Kam,” [83].
Kansas, Bret Harte’s lectures in, [241], [242], [243].
Kay, T. Belcher, [111].
Kemble, Fanny, her description of Bret Harte, [1];
[2], [221 n.]
“Kicked a fut,” [325].
King, James, career and tragic death of, [116-117], [186], [195].
King, the Rev. Thomas Starr, [33], [34], [35-36], [38], [39], [207];
Bret Harte’s poem upon him, [313], [314].
Kingston-on-the-Hudson, [10].
Kinsmen Club, London, [275].
Kipling, Rudyard, [55], [107 n.], [208], [342], [344].
“Kitty,” [78].
Knaufft, Eliza (Harte), Bret Harte’s sister, [13], [17], [222], [232].
Knaufft, Ernest, [13].
Knaufft, F. F., [13].
Kozlay, Charles M., publisher of Bret Harte’s lectures, [244 n.]
“Lacy Bassett,” [166].
“Lakeside Monthly,” the, Bret Harte’s connection with, [220], [221], [222].
“Land of Gold, The,” cited, [150].
“Lanty Foster,” [74], [81].
“Larry Hawkins,” [95].
Lawrence, Ks., Bret Harte’s lecture in, [241], [242].
Lawyer, the Boston, [231].
Lectures, by Bret Harte, [238], [239-244];
edited by Kozlay, [244 n.];
in England, [259].
Leese, Jacob P., [149].
Left Out on Lone Star Mountain, [160], [166].
Legend of Monte del Diablo, The, [35].
Legend of Sammtstadt, A, [262].
Leighton, Sir Frederic, [260].
Lenox, Mass., [1];
Bret Harte’s stay there, [244].
“Leonidas Boone,” [27].
Letters by Bret Harte, to his wife, [239-244], [251], [253], [254], [256], [258];
letter to his son, [256];
to Mr. Pemberton, [267];
from Switzerland, [277].
Letts, J. M., his “California Illustrated,” cited, [102].
Lewis, Alfred Henry, [327].
“Liberty Jones,” [25], [82], [146], [147].
“Life on the Plains,” cited, [185].
Lipper, Arthur & Co., New York, [6].
Lispenard, Leonard, [5].
Lispenard & Hart, merchants, in New York, [5].
“Literary Friends and Acquaintances,” cited, [223].

“Literary Landmarks of Boston,” cited, [231].
Literature among the Pioneers, [196], [197], [198], [200].
London, Bret Harte in. See [England].
Longevity, of Spanish Californians, [104];
of Indians, [105].
Longfellow, H. W., Bret Harte’s meeting with, [227-228];
Bret Harte’s opinion of, [228], [229].
Los Angeles, [149].
“Los Gringos,” cited, [150].
Lost Galleon, The, and Other Tales, [44].
Louisburg Square, in Boston, [231].
Love, for women, [78], [311], [312].
“’Low,” in the sense of declare or say, [324].
Lowell, James Russell, [223], [227], [324].
Lowell, Mass., home of the Hartes in, [12].
Lower California, [67].
Luck of Roaring Camp, The, [44], [46], [47], [49], [51], [159], [162], [165], [233].
Macaulay, his style, [331], [336].
McDougall, ex-governor, duel with a San Francisco editor, [193].
McGlynn, John A., [88], [89].
McGowan, “Ned,” [90].
McPike, Capt., [60].
“Madison Wayne,” [56], [205].
Mæcenas of the Pacific Slope, A, [249].
Magee, Prof., [165].
Magistrates, California, [122-127].
“Major Philip Ostrander,” [11].
“Mannerly,” [321].
Mark Twain, Bret Harte’s first meeting with, [39], [40];
[45], [46], [51], [229], [234], [304], [306], [327].
“Martin Morse,” [188], [189].
“Maruja,” [149], [178], [338].
Marysville, Alcalde of, [121], [122], [185];
origin of name of, [142];
[146], [153];
gambling in, [173].
“Marysville Times, The,” [192].
“Men and Memories of San Francisco,” cited, [199 n.]
Mercury of the Foot-Hills, A, [27], [77].
Mermaid of Light-House Point, The, [150].
Mexicans, expulsion from the mines, [131].
Mexican and Chilean women in early California, [148].
“Miggles,” [77], [163], [330], [339].
Mill, John Stuart, his style, [331].
Miller, Henry, [106].
Miners, the, [85];
their gains, [112], [113];
their laws, [120], [121];
the miners of Roaring Camp, [163].
See also [Pioneers].
Mining, primitive methods of, [158-160].
See [Pan-mining]; [Rocker, the]; [Sluce, the]; [River-bed mining].
Mining laws, [120], [121].
Ministers, in Pioneer California, [208], [302];
Bret Harte’s ministers, [208-212], [302].
Mint, the U. S., California, Bret Harte as secretary of, [33];
[34], [42], [52], [292].
“Miss Edith,” [310].
“Miss Jo,” [95].
“Miss Mary,” [246], [247].
Missions, the Spanish, [212], [213].
Missouri, its emigrants to California, [59], [63], [64].
“M’liss,” [33], [163], [208], [234], [269], [296].
Montague, Henry W., [288].
Monterey, [54], [149], [166], [187], [195].
Monterey County, the sheep county, [190].
Montreal, Bret Harte at, [240], [241].
Morristown, N. J., [19];
Bret Harte at, [233], [234], [237].
“Mr. Adams Rightbody,” [231].
“Mr. Callender,” [299], [328].
Mr. Jack Hamlin’s Mediation, [205].
“Mr. John Oakhurst.” See [“John Oakhurst”].
“Mr. McKinstry,” [83].
Mr. Thompson’s Prodigal, [326].
“Mrs. Brimmer,” [335].
Mrs. Bunker’s Conspiracy, [37].
“Mrs. Burroughs,” [77].
“Mrs. Decker,” [77], [175].
“Mrs. MacGlowrie,” [80], [248].
“Mrs. McKinstry,” [83], [84].
Mrs. Skaggs’s Husbands, [233].
Mulford, Prentice, [39].
Murders, frequency of, [130-131].
Murdock, Charles A., [30].
My First Book, [42].
My Friend the Tramp, [230].
Nadal, E. S., [341].
Nature, as treated by Bret Harte, [27], [316-319];
influence of, [80], [318].
Neighborhoods I have Moved From, [40].

Nevada County, vineyards in, [190].
New Assistant of Pine Clearing School, The, [62].
New Brunswick, N. J., home of the Hartes in, [12].
New England, [245], [246];
its humor, [303].
New London, Conn., Bret Harte at, [234].
New Orleans, ship-load of gamblers from, arrive in California, [168].
New York City, Bernard Hart in, [4-6];
the Congregation Shearith Israel in, [6];
homes of Bernard Hart in, [6];
sons of in, [6], [7];
[9];
boyhood home of Bret Harte, [11];
Bret Harte in, [222], [232];
lectures in, [239], [244].
New York State, [1], [10].
New York Stock Exchange Board, Bernard Hart secretary to, [5], [7].
“New York Sunday Atlas,” [16].
New York “Tribune,” [222].
Newport, R. I., Bret Harte in, [232].
Newport Romance, A, [232], [233].
“News Letter,” the, [51], [51 n.]
Newspapers, the first in California, [91], [195];
editors of the early, [134], [192], [193], [194];
tone of, [194], [195], [196].
See under their respective titles.
Newstead Abbey, Bret Harte a guest at, [275].
Nicaragua, [17], [65].
Nicasio Indians, the, [150].
Nichols, Jonathan, [61].
“Nigh onter,” for nearly, [323].
Night at Hays’, A, [206].
Night on the Divide, A, [97], [103], [249].
“No-account,” [322].
“North Liberty,” [245], [246].
“Northern California,” the, [30].
“Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith, The,” [236].
Oakland, Cal., [18], [19], [165].
Oatman, Olive, [73].
Office-Seeker, The, [245].
“Old Greenwood,” [56], [57], [58].
“Old Personal Responsibility,” [137].
“Old Virginia Gentlemen, The, and Other Sketches,” cited, [192 n.]
“Old woman,” for wife, [322].
Oregon, [68].
“Oregon and California in 1848,” cited, [72].
Oregon Trail, [68].
“Ornery,” [322].
Osgood, James R., [231];
contract with Bret Harte, [232].
Ostrander, Elizabeth Rebecca. See [Hart, Elizabeth Rebecca].
Ostrander, Henry Philip, [10].
Ostranders, home of, in New York, [11], [13].
Ottawa, Bret Harte’s lecture and stay there, [240].
“Our Italy,” cited, [104].
Outcasts of Poker Flat, The, [48], [103], [162], [163], [165], [174], [233], [300], [317].
“Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco,” cited, [153].
“Overland Monthly,” the, [44], [46];
Bret Harte its first editor, [45], [48], [49], [51], [52];
its bear, [45];

[215], [216], [275], [292], [312 n.], [327].
Oxford School of writers, [336].
Padre Esteban, [212].
Pan-mining, [158-159].
Panama, [65], [66], [67].
“Pard,” [158].
Parody in Bret Harte, [306].
Parsloe, C. T., [234].
“Parson Wynn,” [302].
Passage in the Life of Mr. John Oakhurst, A, [174], [175].
Pathos, [302].
Peg-Leg Smith, [57].
Pell, Mr., merchant, New York, [5].
Pemberton, T. Edgar, on Bret Harte, [220], [229];
his account of Bret Harte as a playwright, [234], [235];
letter of Bret Harte to him, [267];
collaborates with, as a dramatist, [286].
Pemberton’s “Life of Bret Harte,” extracts from, [24], [29], [103], [228], [229], [239-244], [251], [253], [266], [275-276], [283], [291].
“Pendennis,” [293].
“Perils, Pastimes and Pleasures of an Emigrant,” cited, [92].
“Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California,” cited, [209].
“Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California,” cited, [107], [121], [122], [127], [132].
“Peter Schroeder,” [298], [328].
Philadelphia, home of the Hartes in, [12].
“Philandering,” [321].
Phyllis of the Sierras, A, [27], [28], [317], [341].

Piatt, John J., [251].
“Picayune,” The, editor of in a duel, [193].
Pike, Lieut. Zebulon M., [59].
Pike County, “Piker,” [59], [60], [62-64].
“Pike County Ballads,” [60].
“Pioneer Times in California,” cited, [55], [109], [126], [129].
Pioneers, the, [30], [47], [52], [54-213];
their youthfulness, [54];
their good looks, [55];
their intelligence, [55];
their descendants, [55 n.];
their sufferings en route, [65];
crossing the Plains, [65], [68-71];
by sea, [66-68];
their food, [69];
their quarrels, [71], [72];
their women and children, [74-84], [78], [140-151];
varied employments of, [86-89];
multiplicity of tongues among, [91];
dress of, [97-98];
energy of, [105];
exuberance of, [106-109];
misfortunes of, [111-113];
courage of, [114-119];
law-abidingness, [120-121];
magnanimity, [127], [129];
long beards of, [145];
friendships among, [157-167];
good manners common among, [173-174];
literature among, [196-197];
good taste of, [199];
their humor, [303], [304];
their dialect, [323-324].
Pioneer women, [74-84];
beauty in, [79];
small feet of, [248].
Pittsburgh, Bret Harte’s lecture in, [240].
Placerville, [111], [123], [146].
Plain Language from Truthful James, [49].
Plains, The, crossing them, [56], [60], [65], [68], [69], [70], [71], [72], [167];
a heroine of, [145];
effect of the long journey upon women, [146], [147];
wolves from the, as pets, [155].
Poet of Sierra Flat, The, [232].
Poker Flat, [103], [164], [176].
Poor Man’s Creek, [164].
Prairie schooners, [70].
Prepositions, superfluous, [323].
Priests, the Spanish, [211], [213].
Princess Bob and Her Friends, The, [232], [249].
Prize-fights, and prize-fighters, [194].
Providence, R. I., home of the Hartes in, [12].
Publishers, Bret Harte’s relations with, [232].
“Punch,” [197].
Puritanism in California, [202], [203].
“Put to,” for harness, [324].
Rabelais Club, London, [275].
Rain, fall of, [103].
Rainy season, [102], [103].
“R’ar,” [322].
Reform Club, London, [271], [272].
Reid, Sir Wemyss, [271];
references to Bret Harte in his life of William Black, [271], [272].
Reincarnation, The, of Smith, [188].
Relieving Guard, [39], [313].
Religion among the Pioneers, [200-202], [204], [205-206], [208].
Return of Belisarius, The, [46 n.]
Returned, [46], [46 n.]
“Rev. Mr. Daws, the,” [209].
Reveille, The, [38], [39], [314].
“Richelieu Sharpe,” [27], [28], [29];
the precocious love affairs of, [154].
“Ridgway Dent,” [81].
River-bed mining, [160-161].
“Rise,” for ascend, [324].
Road-agents, [22].
Robson, Stuart, [234].
Rocker, or cradle, the, in mining, [159].
Roger Catron’s Friend, [208].
Rogue River, [30].
Roman, Anton, [44], [45], [215].
Romance of Madroño Hollow, The, [95], [232].
Rombout, Francis, [8], [9].
Rombout, Helena (Teller), [8].
Rombout-Brett Association, [9].
Rose of Glenbogie, A, [250], [270], [297].
“Rose of Tuolumne,” the, [78], [247], [300], [317].
“Rosey Nott,” [74].
“Rowley Meade,” [324].
Royal Academy Banquet, Bret Harte’s speech at, [259], [260].
Royal Thames Yacht Club, London, [275].
Royce, Josiah, Prof., [53], [86 n.], [134], [152], [201].
Ruskin, [316].
“Russian Envoy, The,” [149].
Ryan, W. R., his “Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California,” cited, [209].
Sabe, savey, [323].
Sacramento, [57], [152], [154], [155], [158];
gambling in, [170], [172];
fires and floods in, [188], [191];
fighting editors of, [192];
literature in, [197].

Sacramento County, vineyards in, [190].
Sacramento River, [200], [204].
“Sacramento Transcript,” the, [63], [108], [129], [142], [144], [151], [155], [193], [194], [195], [196], [198], [204], [205].
St. George Society, [5].
St. Kentigern, [269], [269 n.]
St. Louis, “Lucky Bill,” a gambler from, [169];
Bret Harte in, [241], [242].
Salmon Falls, [152].
“Salomy Jane,” [80], [321].
San Francisco, at the outbreak of the Civil War, [37], [38];
Bret Harte in, [32];
processions in, [98];
animals in, [99];
climate of, [101], [102];
politics in, [116], [117];
scarcity of women in, in ’49, [141];
the “hoodlum,” [155];
early citizens, [158];
the gambling era in, [170-173];
early development of public opinion and laws against gambling, [172-173];
panic of 1851 in, [185];
increase of crime in, [185];
Vigilance Committees of 1851 and 1856 in, [186];
great fires in, and incidents of, [186-187];
29 suicides in a single year, [190];
its later atmosphere, [215], [217];
Bret Harte’s representation of, true, [288];
Bret Harte’s poem upon, [215], [315].
“San Francisco Bulletin,” the, [44], [138], [173], [195];
tragic death of its editor, [116-117], [173].
“San Francisco Call,” the, [39], [134].
“San Francisco Daily Herald,” the, [36], [112 n.], [173], [184], [193], [203].
San Francisco gambling saloons, [140], [170].
San Francisco horse races, [148].
San Francisco hospital, [140].
San José, [91], [143], [197], [198], [201].
San Ramon Valley, [21].
San Raphael, [33].
Sanitary Commission, [38];
the, and the gambler, [169].
Santa Barbara, [149].
Santa Clara, [198].
Santa Clara Valley, [190].
Santa Cruz, [123].
Santa Cruz County, [89].
Santa Fé, route to California, [68].
Sappho of Green Springs, A, [177].
“Sarah Walker,” [335].
Satire, [300].
Saturday Club, the Boston, Dinner, [222], [229], [276].
“Saturday Review,” the, [313].
“Scenes from El Dorado,” cited, [158].
Scotch characters of Bret Harte, [298].
Scott, Sir Walter, [320], [328].
“Scribner’s Magazine,” [244].
Sea Cliff, Long Island, [252].
Searls, Judge, [126].
Secret of Sobriente’s Well, The, [95].
Secret of Telegraph Hill, A, [337].
“Seeking the Golden Fleece,” cited, [128], [129].
Seixas, Benjamin Mendez, [6].
Seixas, Gershom Mendez, rabbi, [6].
Seixas, Zipporah. See [Hart, Zipporah (Seixas)].
Semple, Dr. Robert, [196 n.]
Señoritas, [148].
“Sepulvida, Don José,” [94], [96].
Serra, Father Junipéro, [212].
Shakspere, in California, [198];
his apprehension of human nature, [295];
[321].
Shepard, vice-consul, at Bradford, [271].
Ship of ’49, A, [54], [321].
Shuck, O. T., his “Bench and Bar of California,” cited, [128].
Sidewalkings, [33].
Sierra County, [103].
Sierras, the, [68], [69];
bears from the, as pets, [155], [161];
[219].
Simplicity, [313];
compared with cultivation, [320].
“Sir James Mac Fen,” [270].
“Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings,” cited, [86], [113].
Slavery, prohibited in California, [36].
Sluce, the, in mining, [160].
“Smellidge,” [322].
Smith, J. Cabot, [134].
“Snapshot Harry,” [345].
Snow in California, [103], [104], [164].
Snow-Bound at Eagle’s, [103], [230].
Society upon the Stanislaus, The, [44], [51 n.]
Solitude, [319], [320].
Sonora, [131].
Sonora County, [131].
Sonora River, [160].
Sopranos, absence of, among Bret Harte’s heroines, [247].
South-Western girl, the, [248].
Southerners in California, [36], [37];
resemblance to Spanish, [94], [95];
[134], [135], [192].
Southgate, Dr. Horatio, elected bishop, [201].
Spanish in California, [93], [94];
gravity of, [94];
resemblance to Southerners, [94], [95];
qualities of, [96];
their longevity, [105];
horsemanship, [199];
the Spanish priest, [211], [212], [213].
Spelling Bee at Angels, The, [310].
Spencer, Herbert, his style, [331].
Split infinitive, the, [339].
“Springfield Republican,” the, [236 n.]
Squatters, [114].
Stage-Coaching in California, [21], [22], [22 n.]
Stanislaus Diggings, [30].
Stanislaus Valley, the, [190].
Starbottle, Col. See [Colonel Starbottle].
Steele, Henry Milford, [279].
Steele, Jessamy (Harte), Bret Harte’s older daughter, [279].
“Stephen Masterton,” [209], [209 n.]
Sterne, Lawrence, [295].
Stevenson, R. L., [338].
Stillman, Dr. J. D. B., his “Seeking the Golden Fleece,” cited, [128], [129].
Stockton, [98], [151], [190], [197], [198], [201].
Stoddard, Charles W., [21], [32], [34], [39], [42], [48].
Story of M’liss, The, [44].
Story of a Mine, The, [340].
Stuart, the robber, death of, [114-115].
Style, Bret Harte’s, [330-346];
defects of, [330], [332], [336], [339];
virtues of, [333-338], [343-346];
his subtlety, [333-337];
his style in poetry, [309], [313], [337-338];
beauty in style, [338].
Subtlety, as a quality of style, [333-336];
Bret Harte’s, [333-337];
over-subtlety, [336], [337].
Sue, produced in New York, [235].
Sunday in California, [204].
Supreme Court, Bret Harte’s description of, [340].
Susy, [296], [336].
Swain, R. B., [33].
Swett’s Bar Company, [160].
Swift, Frank, [60].
Swift, Lindsay, his “Literary Landmarks of Boston,” cited, [231].
Swinburne, his metre copied by Bret Harte, [309].
“Sydney Ducks,” [92].
Tale of a Pony, The, [308].
Tale of Three Truants, A, [104].
Tasajara County, the “cow county,” [190].
Tatnall, Commander, letter from to Bret Harte’s mother, [15].
Taylor, Bayard, his “El Dorado,” cited, [64], [121].
Taylor, the Rev. William, his “California Life,” cited, [145].
Tearful women, as described by Bret Harte, [335].
Telegraph Hill, [143];
pioneers watching from for the fortnightly mail-steamer, [145].
Teller, William, [8].
Temperance in early California, [205].
“Tennessee,” [159], [161-162],

[318].
Tennessee’s Partner, [56], [63], [159], [161], [162], [165];
the story suggested by a real incident, [165];
[166], [233], [284], [294], [318].
“Teresa,” [148].
Terry, Judge David S., [136].
Thackeray, [18], [245];
his creative imagination, [293], [295];
[328].
Thankful Blossom, [233], [245].
Theatres in California, [198], [199].
Their Uncle from California, [3].
Thoreau, Henry D., [297], [318].
Thorne, Charles R., [198].
Thornton, William, alias “Lucky Bill,” gambler, [169].
Thornton, J. Quinn, his “Oregon and California in 1848,” cited, [72].
Three Partners, [249], [295], [296].
“Three Years in California,” Borthwick’s, cited, [22 n.], [94], [120];
Colton’s, cited, [58], [96], [122], [188], [203].
Through the Santa Clara Wheat, [190], [333].
“Tinka Gallinger,” [158], [159], [247], [328].
Tolstoi, [76], [208], [320].
Toole, J. L., collaborates with Bret Harte, [235].
Topeka, Bret Harte’s lecture at, [241].
Tourgueneff, [76], [77].
Transformation of Buckeye Camp, The, [323].
Treasure of the Redwoods, A, [159].
“Trinidad Joe’s” daughter, [78].
Trinity Church, New York, [8].
Trinity County, [21].
Trollope, Anthony, [293].

Truesdale, Abigail, [11].
“Truthful James,” [50], [305], [310].
Tuolumne County, [165].
Tuttletown, [50].
“’Twixt,” for between, [321].
Two Americans, The, [11], [335].
Two Men of Sandy Bar, produced in New York, [234].
“Uncle Ben Dabney,” [193].
Uncle Jim and Uncle Billy, [161], [166], [319].
Underwood, Francis H., [273].
Union, [24].
Union College, Henry Hart at, [10], [18].
“Union Mills,” [317].
University of California, [51], [216].
Unser Karl, [262].
Upham, S. C., his “Scenes in El Dorado,” cited, [158].
“Use,” in the sense of employ, [321].
Vallejo, Gen., [149].
Van de Velde, Arthur, [274].
Van de Velde, Mme., [2-3];
her view of Bret Harte’s departure from California, [217];
in London, [274];
translator of Bret Harte’s stories, [274];
her influence upon him and his art, [274];
[282];
her country seat at Camberley where he died, [283], [284].
Van Wyck, Cornelius, [10].
Views from a German Spion, [262], [263].
Vigilance Committees, [90], [114], [115], [116], [117], [130], [136], [186], [216], [337].
Virginia City, [132].
“Visalia Delta, The,” editor of, killed in street affray, [193].
Vision of the Fountain, A, [79].
Vocabulary, Bret Harte’s, [321], [337].
Voices, of Bret Harte’s women, [247];
his own voice, [2].
Voyage to California, [65], [67].
Vulgarity, definition of, [320].
Waif of the Plains, A, [70], [73], [296].
Wan Lee, the Pagan, [341].
Ward of the Golden Gate, A, [155], [335].
Warner, Charles Dudley, his “Our Italy,” cited, [104], [105].
Washington, Bret Harte lectures in, [239];
his account of the Capitol at, [239].
Watrous, Mrs. Charles, letter from, [215].
Watts-Dunton, Theodore, [120], [297].
Webb, Charles Henry, [39].
West, the, its humor, [303].
Western people, Bret Harte’s impressions of, [243].
West Point, [315].
When the Waters Were Up at “Jules’,” [74], [78], [188].
“Which,” in the cockney sense, as used by Bret Harte, [326-327].
Who was my Quiet Friend? [338 n.]
Widows in Bret Harte’s stories, [248].
Wilkins, Mary, [83].
Williams, Col. Andrew, Bret Harte’s stepfather, [18-19].
Wise, H. A., his “Los Gringos,” cited, [150].
Wombwell, Sir George, [271].
Women, the Pioneer, [74-84], [150-151];
respect for women in America, [77], [147], [148];
development of beauty among the pioneer, [79];
Bret Harte’s literary treatment of, [247-250];
his conventional women, [249];
his army and navy women, [249];
snobbishness of women, [250];
Bret Harte’s keen observation of, [334-336];
his descriptions of beauty in, [334], [335].
Woods, D. B., his “Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings,” cited, [86], [113].
Wyman, Margaret B. (Harte), Bret Harte’s sister, [13], [17], [19], [32].
“Yawpin’,” [324].
“Yerba Buena,” [334].
Yorkshire Club, York, Eng., first meeting of Bret Harte and William Black at, [271].
Young Men’s Association in Albany, [11].
Young Robin Gray, [269], [270], [299].
“Youngest Miss Piper,” the, [160], [249].
“Youngest Prospector in Calaveras,” the, [27];
not an uncommon child, [154];
[208].
“Yuba Bill,” [22], [23], [83], [303], [329], [339].
Yuba County, vineyards in, [190].

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Footnotes:

[1] The final e was added to Henry Hart’s name in the last years of his life, and the family tradition is that this was done to distinguish him from another Henry Hart who, like himself, was very active in the political campaign of the year 1844.

[2] For the spelling of Henry Hart’s name, see the [footnote on page 1].

[3] The Crusade of the Excelsior contains some reminiscences of the voyage.

[4] The following account of a ride in a California stage is given by Borthwick: “All sense of danger was lost in admiration of the coolness and dexterity of the driver as he circumvented every obstacle without going one inch farther out of his way than was necessary to save us from perdition. With his right foot he managed a brake, and, clawing at the reins with both hands, he swayed his body from side to side, to preserve his equilibrium, as now on the right pair of wheels, now on the left, he cut the outside edge round a stump or a rock; and when coming to a spot where he was going to execute a difficult manœuvre on a slanting piece of ground, he trimmed the wagon, as we would a small boat in a squall, and made us all crowd up to the weather side to prevent a capsize.”

[5] Cressy. The paragraph quoted is only a part of the description.