viii CONTENTS. 



—INDUSTRY— MILLS— SHEEP— SWINE— MAGISTRATES AND ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 

 —REVOLUTIONS OF CALIFORNIA— OPINIONS IN RELATION TO THEM— RELATIONS WITH 

 MEXICO— MODE OF RECRUITING FOR THE MISSIONS— PRESENT CONDITION OF THE 

 INDIANS— CHANGE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MISSIONS— ITS EFFECTS ON THE 

 INDIANS— THEIR NUMBERS— NUMBERS OF THE WHITES— THEIR HEALTH— THEIR CHA- 

 RACTER—THEIR MORALS — THEIR HOSPITALITY — THEIR CRUELTY — EXPEDITION UP 

 THE SACRAMENTO — BAY OF SAN PABLO — DELTA OF THE SACRAMENTO — CAPTAIN 

 SUTER — NEW HELVETIA — CAPTAIN SUTER'S FARMING AND OTHER AVOCATIONS- 

 INDIAN DANCE— DISEASES— ROUTE TO OREGON— DEPARTURE FROM NEW HELVETIA- 

 FEATHER RIVER— GAME— THE TULA— INDIANS— BEARS— INTERVIEW WITH A CHIEF- 

 MANNERS, ETC., OF THE INDIANS— THEIR RANCHERIA— THEFT BY AN INDIAN— BUTE 

 PRAIRIE— FISH-WEIR— KINKLA TRIBE— HUNTING— RETURN TO NEW HELVETIA— AMERI- 

 CAN SETTLERS— INDIAN VILLAGES— OCCUPATIONS OF THE TWO SEXES— ARIDITY OF 

 THE COUNTRY — CROPS — ANIMALS — RETURN OF SURVEYING PARTY TO THE VIN- 

 CENNES — VISITS OF THE INHABITANTS TO THE SHIP— MARTINEZ FAMILY— AMUSE- 

 MENTS— CAPTAIN RICHARDSON — VALLEY OF NAPPA — TOWN OF ZONOMA— GENERAL 

 VALLEJO— MISSION OF SAN RAFAEL— FETE IN HONOUR OF A SAINT— BEAR AND BULL 

 FIGHT— EXCURSION TO SANTA CLARA— EMBARCADERO— ESTANCIA OF PERALTOS— DON 

 MIGUEL DE PEDROREN A— MISSION OF SANTA CLARA— PADRE MERCADOR— CHURCH OF 

 SANTA CLARA— GARDEN— PUEBLO OF SAN JOSE— ITS ALCALDE— MODE OF CONDUCTING 

 BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA — DIFFICULTY IN PROCURING HORSES — DEPARTURE FROM 

 SANTA CLARA— CALIFORNIAN HORSEMAN— RANCHEROS— LAS PULGAS— ESTANCIA OF 

 SENOR SANCHEZ— YERBA BUEN A— RETU RN TO THE SHIP 159—228 



CHAPTER VI. 



EQUIPMENT OF LIEUTENANT EMMONS'S PARTY— MULTUNOMAH ISLAND— DIFFICULTIES 

 —SICKNESS— INEFFICIENCY OF SOME OF THE MEN— SETTLERS ON THE WILLAMETTE- 

 MISSIONARIES— THOMAS M'KAY— DEPARTURE FROM THE WILLAMETTE— ENCAMPMENT 

 AT TURNER'S— UPPER VALLEY OF THE WILLAMETTE— CREOLE AND IGNAS CREEKS 

 —LAKE GUARDIPII — WOLVES — MALE CREEK — ELK MOUNTAINS — ELK RIVER — FORT 

 UMPQU A— HOSTILE BEARING OF THE INDIANS — PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE— NEW 

 SPECIES OF OAK— DISCONTENT OF THE TRAPPERS— FIRE IN THE PRAIRIES— BILLEY'S 

 CREEK— FORD OF THE UMPQUA— ANIMALS— INDIAN SCOUTS— GRISLY BEARS — INDIAN 

 FOUND IN THE CAMP— UMPQUA MOUNTAINS— SHASTE COUNTRY— YOUNG'S CREEK- 

 PINE SUGAR— ROGUES' RIVER — INASS SURPRISED BY INDIANS — SCENES OF FORMER 

 CONFLICTS WITH INDIANS — FRIENDLY INDIANS — SUFFERINGS FROM THE AGUE — 

 THREATENED ATTACK — ANTELOPES — RABBITS — BOUNDARY MOUNTAINS— EMMONS'S 

 PEAK — MOUNT SHASTE— KLAMET RIVER — INTERVIEW WITH INDIANS — SHASTE IN- 

 DIANS—THEIR SKILL IN ARCHERY — SHASTE RANGE — LARGE PINES— CHALYBEATE 



