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seemed entirely broken-hearted. The American said to 
him, u Be brave, Graham, be brave! Let no Tennessean 
ever think of yielding in this way. Raise your head and 
keep it erect. Once landed at San Bias, you are safe. I 
will see you when you land.” 
u Ah,” said Graham,” I never can be a man again after 
having these feet bound with irons by a Californian; never 
again ! I could bear to be a prisoner to a brave and decent 
people, but to be caught and cooped up, chained and exported 
like a tub of lard, by these here scabs of mankind, is mighty 
bad! No, I never shall be a man again, Mr.-. Here, 
take my hand. We should have been riddled with bullets if 
you had not been here, could the rascals have drawn a bead 
close enough to hit us! I never shall be a man again! 
Irons on the legs of a man who fought for them, who made 
the cowards what they are! With my fifty rifles about me, I 
could drive the devils from the whole coast or lay them away 
to rot. But I won’t think on’t. I never can be a man again !” 
They put him and some others into a boat and pushed off 
for the ship. u Farewell, Mr. -, farewell: but stop, 
hold on !—have you got money enough to get home with? 
I will let you have some in San Bias. But I never shall 
be Graham again !” 
The boats continued to ply between the ship and the shore 
until all were carried on board. The multitude then retired to 
the town. Deep feelings struggled in every breast at the termi¬ 
nation of this affair. Alvarado was mad that he had not shot 
Graham, to whom he owed $2,235 and other obligations ; 
those cavalieros who had been rejected by ladies to make way 
for foreign suitors, were enraged beyond measure that most 
of them had been left in the country. The ladies generally 
rejoiced that no blood had been shed; the wives of those who 
had been sent on board the prison-ship, sat on shore beneath 
the tree where the cross was erected by Padre Junipero, and 
wept upon the necks of their children, until the ship was out 
of sight. The American suggested that the town might be 
