Eldorado - Or, Adventures In The Path Of Empire - Vol. II
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ELDORADO, OR ADVENTURES IN THE PATH OF EMPIRE VOYAGE TO CALIFORNIA, VIA PANAMA LIFE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND XONTEREY PICTURES OF THE GOLD REGION, AND EXPERIENCES OF MEXICAN TRAVEL BAYARD TAYLOR, AUIHOR OF VIEWS A-FOOT, L OF TRAVEL, ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, SAN FRANCISCO IN 1849,. ..................................... ..FRONTISPIECE. SACRAMENT0 CITY-FACING CHAPTER 111.. .............................. PAGE 28 ............................. PORTSMOUTH SQUARE, SAN FRANCISCO,. ..l.. MAZATLAN,. ............................................................ ...R CONTENTS OF VOL. IT. CHAPTER I. PAE Election Scenes and Mining Characters-Voting on the Mokelumne-Incidents of Digging-An Englishman in Raptures- Buckshot-Quicksilver-My own Gold Digging. ................................................. 6 CHAPTER 11. The Rainy Season-The Ferry-Deception of the Diggers-Dry Creek and Ama- dors Creek-A Ranche and its Inhabitants-A Female Specimen-A Vieion Re- linquished.. ................................................. 10 CHAPTER 111. Night in Sacrament0 City-Perils of a Stroll-The City Music-Ethiopian Melo- dies-A Californian Theatre-Playing the Eavesdropper-Squatters7 Quarrels- FateofmyMare.. ............................................. 26 CHAPTER IV. The Overland Emigration of 1849-Its Character-The Cholera on the Plains- Salt Lake City-The Great Basin-The Nevada-Descent of the Mountains- Apathy in Peril-The Close. ...................................... 34 CHAPTER V. The Italy of the West--Steam on the Baoramento-The Sunsets of California-A Company of Washmen-A Voracious Donkey-Attempt at Squatter Life.. ... 46 A CONTENTS. CHAPTER VI. PAOE San Francisco four months Later--Character of Business-Life and Society-Un- fathomabIe Mud-Streets and Men. ................................. 66 CHAPTER VII. Society in California-The Transformation of the Emigrant-The Norsemen Re- vived-The Energies of Society-California Democracy. ................. 64 CHAPTER
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