pm] ee Fe ion 
mse. We cine oa fh sopceped as soon aswe met; and a os of good 
beef, and delicious ‘align, are vale along, 
* 
ae 
2s nid forbearance to prevent tthe Bea from » Becoming as uc 0 us now, as 
~ The next day, March 8th, we fe Se at ‘the juveticg of - = riv- 
ers. 
® 
the beautiful valley of the Sacrament 6. Itwasa Senvewigiyiaes for the 
camp; and, among other things, was ‘within reach of the 
, the Saéramento and Aibrieanoa: and thus’ found 1 the whole party in- 
ary 
to make the pack saddles, which we should need on ounatoals journey 
_ home, from which we were farther distant now than we were four months 
, before, when from the Dalles of the Columbia we so cheerfully took up 
the homeward line of march 
> Cagfisin Sutter, igrated to this —e from the western part of Mis- 
, and formed the first ee Cae in the valley, ona =i 
~~ grant of Jand which he obtained from the M n Government. 
at first, some.trouble with the Indians ; ‘but, ike occasional enereis of 
well-timed authorit ty he has succeeded in converting them into a peaceable 
_ andindustrious people. The. ditches around his extensive wheat fields ; 
~ the making of the sun-dried bricks, of which his fort is constructed; the 
_  Pleaghing, | harrowing, and otheragricultural operations, are enti ively : 
work of these Indians, for which they receive avery m écom 
-tion— ineipally i in shirts, blankets, and other articles of elothi ng. Inthe» 
* Pi rls on Seaiion to the chief of a vil age, he readily obtains as _ 
# and girls as he has any use for..~There were at this time a~ 
i lh 
ae 
Leonel 
-y 
‘ they were now all busily engaged in constantly watering, the ane 
» which the on AE eas sone the soungrendered pAcoutry. y ee 
€asional dryness of some seasons, I un nderstood to bé the only Y fisis of 
aguorns in this fertile policy, as it Sometimes renders the crops uncer- 
ain. utter was about making arrangements to irrigate his land by 
ans of the —_ de los Americanos. “He nnd agphiovese sown, and alto- 
munitions of war ; for thse a nati yearly payment is i : 
structure, mounting 12 pieces of ae 
(two “a them brass, ) and capable of ad ni i i ‘ 
e ‘ a at present, consists of 40 Indians, in erent 
; ys found on a “ the gate. As 
ces are not in V r BO ood*order. The whites in the ped 
ieanos, Shieh enters the Saeramento about two 
noble river, about three hundred yards 
fathoms of water in the channel,»and 
a. 
Celene 
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irls at the fort, in training for a future woollen factor in but . 
pend like stream, at titnet@inaine creek couple _ 
merica 
