CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA. 
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of New Mexico until it intersects the first branch of the 
river Gila, thence down the middle of said branch and 
of the said river until it empties into the Rio Colorado, 
following the division line between Upper and Lower 
California to the ocean. Under this treaty the American 
forces abandoned the posts they held in Lower California, 
and the territory of the upper province rapidly filling up 
with emigrants from the United States, bids fair to be¬ 
come at an early day one of the most populous of the 
territories of the United States. The reported discovery 
of gold in the waters of the Sacramento has added the 
charm of an El Dorado to the already alluring character 
of the Territory. 
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