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START FOR SACRAMENTO CITY—THE “ NIAGARA CO. ? ’—FREDERIC JEROME—A LOVE- 
CHASE—HEROINE UNDER A BLANKET—SUSPICIOUS BOOTS—PART OF A LADY’S HAT 
FOUND—A BALL—ARRIVAL AT SACRAMENTO CITY—POOR ACCOMMODATIONS—RETURN 
TO THE INTERIOR—A CHASE—A NEW YORK MERCHANT—BEALS’ BAR—EMBARK IN TRADE 
—A MOUNTAINEER—INDIAN CHARACTERISTICS. 
On Monday morning I bade Tracy farewell, and started for 
Sacramento, promising to report at the earliest possible moment. 
After walking four miles I was taken sick and stopped at a tent 
until morning, when, feeling better, I left my rifle and pursued 
my journey. The heat was excessive, and the road a dreary 
one, with nothing to break the monotony. I exhausted the 
contents of my flask and was soon suffering with thirst; I met a 
gentlemen who supplied me with water, and I moved on. After 
traveling some twelve miles, as I was pursuing my course I 
was surprised at hearing a voice, and immediately heard my 
name called. I looked up and saw at a short distance from the 
road, two tents, and on approaching, found a company of gen¬ 
tlemen of Lockport, N. Y., who had been fellow passengers up 
the Pacific. They had started for the interior, and on reaching 
this point their wagon broke down, the team strayed, and left 
them no alternative but to encamp. As they were in the im¬ 
mediate vicinity of the river, they had commenced mining, and 
I am happy to add, with unexpected success. This they richly 
deserved, for a more gentlemanly, hospitable and energetic set 
of men, it was never my fortune to fall in with. They styled 
themselves the “Niagara Co.,” and I have had the pleasure of 
meeting one of the gentlemen in this city since my return. At 
their solicitation I visited their works, and remained over night, 
and when I parted with them in the morning, it was like parting 
with brothers. 
I started at day-break and after traveling an hour, fell in with 
