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and a few speak a little English. The younger ones know 

 nothing of any tongue save English and Spanish, but the elder 

 Indians, when talking with one another, prefer to use the lan- 

 guage of their fathers. 



§ 272. Cities and Towns. — Below I have prepared a list of 

 the principal towns of California, with the number of voters 

 and inhabitants in each. The number of voters is ascertained 

 from newspaper reports of the votes cast at the presidential 

 election of 1860; and then taking the vote as a basis, I guess 

 at the number of inhabitants. The proportion of voters to in- 

 habitants is larger in the mineral than in the agricultural 

 districts : 



Towns. Voters. Population. 



San Francisco 14,415 70,000 



Sacramento 3,833 15,000 



Marysville 1,871 7,000 



Stockton 1,445 5,500 



Nevada 1,423 4,500 



San Jose 1,000 4,000 



Grass Valley 1,292 3,500 



Petaluma 822 3,500 



Columbia 1,008 3,000 



Placerville 964 3,500 



Yreka 888 2,500 



Los Angeles 795 3,500 



Oroville 716 2,200 



Folsom 629 2,400 



Downieville 628 2,000 



Sonora 598 1,800 



■Weaverville 571 1,600 



Santa Clara 539 2,500 



Dutch Flat 500 1,500 



Big Oak Flat 491 1,450 



La Porte 479 1,420 



Mokelumne Hill 470 1,400 



Vallejd 464 1,600 



Forest Hill 457 1,300 



Michigan Bluff 451 ],300 



Georgetown 448 1,300 



