California Illustrated: Including a Description of the Panama and Nicaragua RoutesR.T. Young, 1853 - 224 halaman John M. Letts of New York sailed for California via Panama in January 1849. California illustrated (1853) describes that voyage and his landing in San Francisco. Next he travels to Sacramento and the Northern Mines of the American River, where he describes gambling and crime in the camps, Native Americans, and mining techniques. He devotes considerable attention to politics in the camps, focusing on the California Constitutional Convention and debate on slavery 1849. He describes his trip home, with stops at Sacramento and San Francisco and his return to New York via Panama, with notes on stops in Acapulco, Managua, and Chagres. |
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... Dinner- " Prospecting " -A Good " Lead " -Disappointed Miners - A New Companion - A Higher Point on the River - Volcanoes - Snowy Mountain - Auburn - Lonely Encampment , CHAPTER FOURTEENTH - A Sea Captain as Cook - A Herd of Deer ...
... Dinner- " Prospecting " -A Good " Lead " -Disappointed Miners - A New Companion - A Higher Point on the River - Volcanoes - Snowy Mountain - Auburn - Lonely Encampment , CHAPTER FOURTEENTH - A Sea Captain as Cook - A Herd of Deer ...
Halaman 6
... Dinner - Monte Banks and Mud - Gambling and its Re- sults - Growth of Sacramento City - Unparalleled Prosperity - A Revulsion and its Cause- The Flood ,. CHAPTER TWENTY - THIRD . - Sail for San Francisco - A Fleet - Mud - Prosperity ...
... Dinner - Monte Banks and Mud - Gambling and its Re- sults - Growth of Sacramento City - Unparalleled Prosperity - A Revulsion and its Cause- The Flood ,. CHAPTER TWENTY - THIRD . - Sail for San Francisco - A Fleet - Mud - Prosperity ...
Halaman 7
... Dinner- A Whale - A Terrific Gale - Our Sails and Spars carried away , CHAPTER THIRTY - FIRST . - Bay of Panama - Its Beauties - Tropical Fruits - The_City in sight - Excitement on Board - Appearance of the City - Her Ruins ...
... Dinner- A Whale - A Terrific Gale - Our Sails and Spars carried away , CHAPTER THIRTY - FIRST . - Bay of Panama - Its Beauties - Tropical Fruits - The_City in sight - Excitement on Board - Appearance of the City - Her Ruins ...
Halaman 20
... dinner . We were visited here by two native men and a little boy , all dressed in black , the suits that nature gave them . They were cutting poles with big knives or machets ; they had brought their dinner with them , which consisted ...
... dinner . We were visited here by two native men and a little boy , all dressed in black , the suits that nature gave them . They were cutting poles with big knives or machets ; they had brought their dinner with them , which consisted ...
Halaman 26
... dinner , a young native approached us from the forest , and proposed to help work the boat up to Gorgona . As he was a tall , athletic young fellow , and didn't charge anything , we accepted his proposition , and gave him his dinner ...
... dinner , a young native approached us from the forest , and proposed to help work the boat up to Gorgona . As he was a tall , athletic young fellow , and didn't charge anything , we accepted his proposition , and gave him his dinner ...
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