CHAPTER V. 



CONTENTS. 



ARRIVAL OF THE VINCENNES AT SAN FRANCISCO— PREPARATIONS FOR THE SURVEYS 

 — SAUSALITO — LONG DROUGHT— PRESIDIO — ALCALDE OF YERBA BUENA— TOWN OF 

 YERBA BUENA— UNSETTLED STATE OF CALIFORNIA— CLIMATE OF SAN FRANCISCO- 

 SOIL— CLIMATE OF CALIFORNIA— RIVERS— HARBOURS— TRADE— MANUFACTURE OF WINE 

 —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 

 SUTERS— NEW HELVETIA— CAPTAIN SUTERS'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 VLN- 

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

 MENTS— CAPTAIN RICHARDSON — VALLEY OF NAPPA — TOWN OF SONOMA— 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 BUENA— RETURN TO THE SHIP. 



