CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 

 GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE OF CALIFORNIA 7 



CHAPTER n. 

 DISCOVERY OF CALIFORNIA U 



CHAPTER IH. 



PEOM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT TO THE REVOLUTION IN MEXICO 20 



CHAPTER IV. 



FROM THE REVOLUTION TILL THE WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO- 24 



CHAPTER V. 

 FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR TILL ITS CLOSE 27 



CHAPTER VI. 

 DISCOVERY OF THE GOLD PLACERS 30 



CHAPTER VII. 



ADVENTURES OP SOME OF THB MINERS, AND INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH MINING 56 



CHAPTER VHI 



DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CALIFORNIA, BEFORE AND AFTER 

 THE DISCOVERY OF THE GOLD MINES 87 



CHAPTER IX. 

 THB FORMATION OF A STATE GOVERNMENT 118 



CHAPTER X. 

 PRESENT STATE OF CALIFORNIA - 132 



CHAPTER XL 



THE DIFFERENT ROUTES TO CALIFORNIA, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE CHARACTERS 181 



CHAPTER XII. 



RECENT EVENTS CNNECTED WITH, AND HAPPENING IN, CALIFORNIA 218 



CHAPTER XIH. 



THE MlNERALOGICAL AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF GOLD, AND THE MODE OF DIS 

 TINGUISHING IT WHEN FOUND ; TOGETHER WITH THE ASSAY, REDUCTION, AND RE 

 FINEMENT OF GOLD 233 



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