CHAPTER V. 



CONTENTS. 



ARRIVAL OF THE VINCENNES AT SAN FRANCISCO— PREPARATIONS FOR THE SUR- 

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

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

 CISCO-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 CHARACTER — THEIR MORALS— THEIR HOSPITALITY— THEIR 

 CRUELTY— EXPEDITION UP THE SACRAMENTO— BAY OF SAN PABLO— DELTA OF THE 

 SACRAMENTO-CAPTAIN SUTER-NEW HELVETIA— CAPTAIN SUPER'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 — AMERICAN SETTLERS — INDIAN VILLAGES — OCCUPA- 

 TIONS 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 VALLE JO — MISSION OF SAN RAFAEL— FETE 

 IN HONOUR OF A SAINT— BEAR AND BULL FIGHT— EXCURSION TO SANTA CLARA— 

 EMBARCADERO — ESTANC1A 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— CALIFOR- 

 NIAN HORSEMAN— RANCHEROS— LAS PULGAS— ESTANCIA OF SENOR SANCHEZ-YERBA 

 BUENA— RETURN TO THE SHIP. 

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