,jji CONTENTS. 



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 CHARACTER— 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 FARM- 

 ING 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— AMERICAN SETTLERS-INDIAN VILLAGES- 

 OCCUPATIONS OF THE TWO SEXES— ARIDITY OF THE COUNTRY— CROPS— ANIMALS- 

 RETURN OF SURVEYING PARTY TO THE VINCENNES— VISITS OF THE INHABITANTS 

 TO THE SHIP— MARTINEZ FAMILY— AMUSEMENTS— 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 PEDRORENA— 

 MISSION OF SANTA CLARA— PADRE MERCADOR— CHURCH OF SANTA CLARA-GAR- 

 DEN-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 149—214 



CHAPTER VI. 



EQUIPMENT OF LIEUTENANT EMMONS'S PARTY — MULTUNOM AH ISLAND — DIFFI- 

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

 WILLAMETTE -MISSION ARIES — THOMAS M'KAY- DEPARTURE FROM THE WILLA- 

 METTE—ENCAMPMENT AT TURNER'S — UPPER VALLEY OF THE WILLAMETTE — 

 CREOLE AND IGNAS CREEKS — LAKE GUARDIPII — WOLVES — MALE CREEK — ELK 

 MOUNTAINS- ELK RIVER — FORT UMPQUA— HOSTILE BEARING OF THE INDIANS — 

 PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE— NEW SPECIES OF OAK— DISCONTENT OF THE TRAP- 

 PERS-FIRE IN THE PRAIRIES-BILLEY'S CREEK— FORD OF THE UMPQUA-ANIMALS 

 -INDIAN SCOUTS-GRISLY BEARS— INDIAN FOUND IN THE CAMP— UMPQUA MOUN- 

 TAINS -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 INDIANS-THEIR SKILL IN ARCHERY— 

 SHASTE RANGE — LARGE PINES - CHALYBEATE SPRING - DESTRUCTION RIVER — 

 VALLEY OF THE SACRAMENTO-KINKLA INDIANS-THEIR VILLAGE-FAILURE TO 

 OBTAIN CANOES-FORD OF THE SACRAMENTO— BUTES— FEATHER RIVER— CAPTAIN 

 SUTER'S— RELICS OF AN EXTINCT TRIBE — THE PARTY DIVIDED— RIVER SAN JOA- 



