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Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913

INDEX

Reading edition

A

Abalones, 427; shells as jewelry, 261; gatherer trapped, 428

Abarca, Luis (Louis), 63

Abarta, Señorita, 526

Abbotsford Inn, 566, 627

Abbott, William and Mrs. (née Garcia), 186

Abell, J. B., 543

Ábila, Francisco, 100

Ábila, H., 403

Ábila, José María and Señora, 100

Ábila ranch, 447; springs, 210

Abolitionists, 296, 308

Acacia latifolia, 544

Acapulco, 359

Acorns, as Indian food, 203

Aqueduct, Owens River, 50

Active, U. S. ship, 251

Adams, Lionel J., 636

Adams, Professor, 419

Adams Street, 459

Adams & Co., 242

Ada Hancock, disaster to steamer, 75, 109, 132, 154, 295, 300, 316, 319, 329

Adelsdorfer Bros., 120

Adler, Adelaide (later Mrs. Samuel Hellman), 142

Adler, Caroline (later Mrs. I. M. Hellman), 142

Adobe, municipal and county, 36, 40, 41, 209, 256, 324, 338, 530

Adobes, 31, 32, 38, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 73, 76, 78, 80, 81, 94, 97, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 109, 113, 115, 119, 121, 124, 134, 147, 165, 167, 193, 197, 202, 220, 256, 257, 263, 293, 317, 335, 343, 347, 372, 376, 396, 444, 466, 492, 510, 518, 620

Adrienne Lecouvreur, Modjeska in, 494

Advertisements, 137, 151, 177, 281, 292, 297, 396, 422, 465, 469, 486, 492, 558; pictures in, 356

Advertising, freak, 571; boom —, 573ff.

Æneas , xiii

Africa, 193, 211

Agricultural Park, 462, 640; — Society, 426

Agua Caliente, 50, 92, 414

Aguardiente, 134, 278

Aguilar, Casildo, 147

Aguilar, Cristóbal, 66, 98, 100, 120, 366, 445

Aguilar, José María, 210

Aguirre, José António, 174

Aguirre, Martin G., 551

Alameda Street, 63, 112, 187, 197, 201, 304, 383, 394, 400, 408, 493, 562

Alamitos, Los, 599, 520

Alamitos Bay, 374, 630

Alamitos ranch, 166, 329

Alaska, 397, 463, 602

Albacore, 628

Albino, exhibition of, 186

Albuquerque, 222

Alder, 197

Alder, Captain, 251

Alexander, David W., 23, 35, 38, 43, 61, 64, 74, 120, 218, 343, 350, 441, 500; Mrs. — (formerly Mrs. Francis Mellus), 227; — & Banning, 218; — & Mellus, 62, 151

Alexander, Frank, 206

Alexander, George, 639, 642

Alexander, George C., 74, 194, 297

Alexander, Henry N., 39, 241, 260; Mrs. —, 39

Alexander, Ramón (Raimundo), 59, 64, 193

Alexandria Hotel, 77, 639

Alfilaria, 126

Alhambra and A. Tract, 445, 454, 563, 628

Alisal, El, 543

Aliso, El, 198

Aliso, meaning of, 197

Aliso Mill, 198, 218, 303, 499

Aliso Road, 198, 412; — Street, 71, 112, 197, 198, 238, 288, 292, 400

Aliso Vineyard, 197, 198

Allanson, Horace S., 62, 256

Allen Block, 372

Allen, Charles H., 532

Allen, Gabriel, 221

Allen, Jesse, 414, 416

Alliot, Hector, 635, 636, 647

Alosta, 579; Lamar's Addition to, 579

Alta California, 270

Altadena, 178, 337

Alta Vista, 579

Alton, John, 606

Altschul, Richard, 230

Alvarado house, the, 115

Alvitre, Felipe, 139

Alvitre, José Claudio, 147

Amat, Thaddeus, 189, 279

America, foreign ideas as to, 361

America, steamship, 149

American Bakery, 405

American boy, first born here, 33

American Colony, 521

American Express Co., 234

American Fork, 155

Amestoy, Domingo, 310, 421; — Building, 537

Amigo del Pueblo, El, 308

Amigos, Los dos, 64

Amo, Dr. del, 174

Amusements, 102, 124, 135, 161, 182, 183, 186, 192, 229, 263, 282, 286, 318, 352, 372, 381, 383, 384, 409, 422, 463, 488, 547, 569, 592, 596, 605

Anaheim, 177, 212, 309, 329, 376, 398, 401, 406, 441, 451, 526, 580, 593

Anaheim, proposed County of, 406, 593

Anaheim Gazette, 414

Anaheim Landing, 366

Anchorage, 404

Ancon, steamer, 465

Anderson, D., 83, 297

Anderson, J. A., 638

Anderson, John, 476

Anderson, W. P., 627

Andersonville, 295

Andrews, Harry E., 616

Anecdotes, 43, 51, 52, 53, 56, 82, 141, 151, 155, 162, 175, 176, 177, 183, 190, 196, 222, 269, 283, 300, 301, 325, 336, 337, 338, 345, 419, 458, 474, 492, 523, 579, 598, 610

Angelus Hotel, 508

Angels, City of the, 25, 68

Animals, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to, 548

Antelope Station, 415

Apablasa, Juan, 31

Apache Indians, 188, 415

Apothecaries' Hall, 156

Appleton & Co., D., 589; Appleton's Journal, 430

Apponyi, C. E., 559

Arbuckle, Samuel G., 36, 65

Arcade Depot, 112

Arcadia, 574, 578, 579

Arcadia Block, 77, 186, 214, 226, 229, 256, 272, 293, 309, 313, 338, 342, 343, 537, 545

Arcadia, Doña (see under Baker, Bandini, Stearns)

Arcadia Hall (see Stearns Hall)

Arcadia Hotel, 314, 568, 580

Arcadia Street, 226, 408, 518

Archæological Institute of America, 626

Archer Freight and Fare Bill, 489

Archibald, John, 412

Archives, L. A., removed to San Francisco, 231

Ardinger, William C., 150

Arenas, Luis, 179, 210

Argonaut, San Francisco, 525, 647

Arguello, Concepción, 99

Arguello, María António, 473

Arguello, Refúgio, 255

Arguello, Santiago, 99, 177, 255

Arizona, 222, 354, 361, 366, 370, 414, 430, 431, 450, 507, 510, 514, 542, 587, 648

Arizona, Bibliography of, 636

Arizoniana, 648

Arlington Heights, 357

Armory Hall, 205; new —, 579; —, San Francisco, 312

Armour, Phil D., 582; — & Co., 582, 623

Arnold, Thomas, 422

Arroyo de los Reyes, 450

Arroyo Seco, 225, 401, 448

Artesian wells and water company, 192, 313, 574

Arza, Syriaco, 262

Asparagus, 125

Asphalt, 114; for sidewalks, 114, 287

Aspinwall, 315

Assayers, 130

Associated Jobbers of Los Angeles, 619, 635, 637; of Southern California, 619

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad, 63, 83, 123, 153, 482, 556, 562, 569, 570, 576, 581, 585, 597, 603, 614, 619; coast line, 589; depot, 477, 586; first train, 549

Atkinson, Samuel, 393

Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, 614

Atlantic States, imports from, 151

Auctioneers and auctioneering, 155, 281, 349, 379, 483, 484, 523, 578, 580

Austin, Henry C., 427, 434

Australia, 160, 439, 544; noted —n convict, 21

Austria, 564; Austrian Verein, 584

Automobiles, 626

Avalon, 430, 522, 568

Averill, Anna, 533

Aviation meet, first, 639

Ávila, Juan, 262

Axtell, S. B., 397, 399

Ayers, James J., 427, 499, 501, 556, 614

Ayuntamiento, 100

Aztec, derivation from the, 364

Azusa and Azusa ranch, 87, 162, 174, 326, 476, 578, 579

B

Babylon , xi

Bachman, Felix, 66, 212, 256, 275, 290; — & Co., 223, 290, 332; — & Bauman, 61

Baer, Abraham, 337; Mrs. —, 338, 409

Baer, Henry, 337

Baer, John Willis, 566

Bahama Islands, 14

Bahia, Brazil, 451

Bailes, 528

Baker, Arcadia (née Bandini), 215, 255, 568

Baker, Charles K., 206

Baker, Edward Dickenson, 285

Baker, Francis, 221

Baker, Frederick , xv

Baker, Fred L., 592, 639

Baker, George the, 192

Baker, Horace , xv

Baker, J. H., 447

Baker, Milo, 592; — Iron Works, 592

Baker, R. S., 143, 181, 215, 255, 421, 437, 459, 467, 479, 510, 568, 586

Baker, Mrs. T. J., 214

Baker Block, 70, 356, 510, 517, 518, 556

Bakers and bakeries, 77, 191, 244, 311, 332, 367, 368

Bakersfield, 143, 453, 496

Baldwin, E. J. ("Lucky"), 282, 421, 474, 475, 478, 510, 526; —'s Grain Warehouse, 475; — Hotel, 475

Baldwin & Co., 130

Baldwin, Jeremiah, 587

Baldwin, John M., 450

Ball, W. F., 551

Ballad of Bouillabaisse, 118

Ballestero, María, 99

Ballona, La, 179, 299, 321, 359, 375, 460, 580; Port —, 581; — Railroad, 576

Balls, 109, 284, 427

Banbury, Colonel, 579

Bandini, Alfredo, 255

Bandini, Arcadia (later Señora Stearns and Señora Baker), 255

Bandini, Arcadia (later Mrs. J. T. Gaffey), 631

Bandini, Arturo, 255

Bandini, Dolores (later Mrs. Johnson), 255

Bandini, Dolores (later Mrs. Ward), 631

Bandini, José María, 255

Bandini, Josefa (later Señora P. C. Carrillo), 255

Bandini, Juan 109, 135, 183, 254, 391, 631; Señora — (née Estudillo), 255; Señora — (née Arguello), 255

Bandini, Juan B., 631

Bandini, Juan de la Cruz, 255

Bandini, Juanito, 255

Bandini, Margarita (later Mrs. J. B. Winston), 183, 255

Bandits (bandidos), 206, 333, 453

Bangs, Mrs. Emma C., 532

Banks and bankers, 171, 242, 416, 423, 435, 466, 467, 482; first —, 372; b. failures, 423, 479, 482; B. of California, 477, 478; — of L. A., 423; Commercial —, 472; First Nat'l —, 472. (See Farmers & Merchants' —.)

Banning, Hancock, 522, 568, 606

Banning, J. B., 522, 568

Banning, Phineas, 23, 35, 42, 74, 157, 199, 218, 236, 248, 250, 274, 276, 283, 296, 301, 306, 313, 320, 321, 322, 327, 343, 345, 346, 353, 354, 356, 361, 363, 368, 370, 375, 394, 410, 412, 421, 426, 441, 495, 500, 507, 548, 562, 568; — Mrs. (née Sanford), 320; (née Hollister), 368, 411; — & Alexander, 187; — & Co., 290, 302, 336, 343, 344, 395; — & Hinchman, 274, 307, 313

Banning, William, 522, 568

Banquets, 254, 399, 594, 595, 630,

Barbecues, 145, 202

Barbers, 137, 297, 396, 412, 420; as surgeons, 297

Barcelona, Spain, 490

Barclay, H. A., 520

Barham, Guy B., 643

Barham, Richard M., 643

Barker, Obadiah Truax, 518; — & Mueller, O. T. — & Sons, — Bros., 518

Barker, partner of Corbitt, 244

Barker, W. A., 606

Barley, 247, 331, 354, 386, 534

Barnard Bros., 450

Barnes & Co., A. S., 418

Barnum, P. T., 13

Barracuda, 127

Barrett, Lawrence, 588

Barri, Juan, 62, 65; — & Mascarel Block, 189

Barrows, Henry Dwight, 69, 106, 141, 200, 202, 219, 224, 246, 284, 315, 355, 419, 483, 541, 614; Mrs. — (née Wolfskill), 142; (née Woodworth), 142; (née Greene), 142

Barrows, James Arnold, 142; Mrs. — , xv

Barrows, Prospero , xv

Barter, George W., 414

Bartlett, A. G., 68, 579

Bartolo, Paso de, 180

Barton, James R., 36, 55, 81, 118, 139, 179, 206ff., 223, 244, 275; — & Nordholt, 61; — Vineyard, 281

Bartow, Mrs. R. C. , xv

Baruch, Jacob, 367, 425, 619, 634, 635

Baseball, called town-ball, 596

Bashford, Levi, 416

Basques, 310, 549

Bassett, J. M., 450

Bastanchury, Domingo, 310

Batcheller, Charles L., 598

Bathing, in ocean, 466; in river, 116; in zanjas, 322

Baths and bathrooms, 92, 119, 210, 371, 396

Bath Street, 210; — School, 33, 190, 389, 419

Bath, A. L., 358, 614

Bayer, Joe, 231; — & Sattler, 230

Beaches, excursions to, 250, 429, 486, 487; growing popularity of, 394

Beale, E. F., 143, 222, 285, 459; —'s Route, 222; — & Baker, 437

Beale, Truxton, 460

Beal(l), B. L., 204, 317, 469

Bean, J. H., 50; —'s Volunteers, 47

Beane, Charles E., 446

Beans, 332; castor —, 364

Bears, 195, 291, 337, 447

Bear Valley Mines, 247, 268

Beard, A. S., 36

Beau de Zart, Fred W., 559

Beaudry, Prudent, 61, 70, 73, 128, 132, 142, 164, 165, 211, 291, 292, 342ff., 353, 362, 365, 366, 372, 386, 408, 412, 417, 449, 558, 567, 618

Beaudry, Victor, 241, 386, 558, 567

Beaudry Avenue, 74

Beaudry & Marchessault, 247

Beaumont, 579

Beckley, Anna McConnell , xv

Beckwith, Jim, 63

Beebe, J. W., 339

Beebe, Richard, 543

Beecher, Henry Ward, 497

Beel, Sigmund , xv

Beer, 123, 230, 258, 272, 273, 402; — gardens, 193, 409, 460

Beers, G. A., 455

Bees and beehives, 81, 127, 494

Beet-sugar, 388; first factory, 598

Behn, John, 64, 86, 364

Behn, Louisa, 364

Behrendt, Casper, 72, 270, 271

Behrendt, Samuel , xv

Behymer, Lynden Ellsworth, 607

Belgian hare aberration, 608

Bell, Alexander, 57, 61, 383, 429; Mrs. —, 38, 61, 133

Bell, Horace, 35, 57

Bell, Jacob, 40, 419

Bell, Major, 224

Bell, Song of the, 119

Bell Street, 61

Bella Union, 25, 27, 80, 92, 93, 94, 110, 136, 150, 154, 169, 183, 184, 219, 223, 226, 227, 228, 229, 245, 250, 251, 256, 265, 269, 271, 272, 291, 306, 316, 327, 341, 347, 348, 349, 354, 358, 362, 369, 380, 397, 398, 399, 400, 436, 469, 472

Bella Union, San Francisco, 22

Belleville, 268

Bellevue Terrace, 532, 559

Bells, Plaza Church, 101

Bell's Row or Block, 27, 57, 61, 119, 362

Bellue, Marius, 551

Belmont, the, 559

Belmont Hall, 563

Belshaw (of Judson & —), 385

Benedict, Samuel W., 476

Bengough, E., and the — School, 494

Benjamin, P. A., 635

Benjamina, 528

Benner, John, 78; Mrs. —, 527

Bennett, "Hog," 78

Bent, Arthur S. , xv

Bent, Henry Kirk White, 386, 443, 446

Bergin, J. J. and W. B., 470

Berkeley, George, 650

Berlin, University of, 624

Bernard, Juan, 63, 200, 280, 366; Mrs. —, 63

Bernero, George, 554

Bernstein, Fanny, 535

Berry, D. M., 412, 447ff., 483

Berry, George, 138

Bessie, steamboat, 387

Best, John T., 352

Bethune, 579

Betting on races, 160; with cattle, merchandise, land, 161

Between the Gates, 514

Beythien, Cyrus, 212

Bicknell, Frederick T., 488

Bicknell, John D., 468, 488, 540, 555, 597, 598, 626; — & White, 540

Bicycles, 626

Bien, William, 605

Biggs, Peter, 60, 137, 138, 330

Bigotry, Russian, 5; a later phase of local social life, 383

Bilderback Brothers, 424

Bilderback, J. F., 330

Bilderback, Dora , xv

Bilderrain, Jesus, 432

Bilicke, A. C., 492, 606, 644

Bill (Hickey), the Waterman, 116, 117, 350

Billiards and b. tables, 81, 261, 384

Billy Blossom, race horse, 282

Binford, Joe, 373, 545

Bird, O. B., 567

Birdsall, Elias, 339, 340

Bishop, Samuel A., 143; — & Beale, 143, 234

Bishop & Co., 444, 545

Bissell, W. A., 619

Bits (coin), 162, 279, 461; (harness), 159

Bixby, Eula P., 355

Bixby, John W., 421, 520

Bixby, Jotham, 67, 166, 403, 421, 422, 467, 520; — & Co., 521

Bixby, Llewellyn, 67, 421

Black Bess, circus horse, 453

Black, George N., 639

Blacking, early, 4

Black Maria, 118

Blacksmiths, 82, 115, 140, 153, 213, 231, 340, 357, 358

Blackstone, N. B., 536

Black Swan, race horse, 160, 161; dray, 279

Black Warrior, race horse, 282

Blair, Widow, 184

Blanchard F. L., 68; — Hall, 68, 536

Blanchard, J. H., 597

Blanco, Miguel, 209

Bland, Adam, 103, 246; Mrs. —, 106

Blankets, Mexican, 29, 158

Bleeding, 297

Blinn, L. W., 606

Blond, J. H., 94

Bloodsworth, Harry, 58

Bluett, W. C., 606

Blue Jim, carrier pigeon, 430

Blue Wing Shaving Saloon, 396

Blum, A., 608

B'nai B'rith, 314, 338, 339, 608; used for Christian worship, 618

Boar, wild, 447

Board of Education, 105, 162, 187, 190, 211, 216, 262, 321, 354, 388, 538, 539, 547, 626

Board of Trade, attempt to organize, 425, 537, 569, 586, 634

Boardman, William E., 246

Boehme, George, 480

Bohen, Daniel, 356; — Lodge, 402

Bollo, Santiago, 78

Bonaparte, Napoleon, 1

Bonebrake, George H., 539, 587

Bonita Tract, 579

Bonnets, all of one pattern, 132

Bonshard, F., 413

Book, J. H., 587

Bookbinders, 213, 410

Bookstores, 428

Boom, development of the Great, 569; height of, 581; collapse of, 582; activities of tricksters, 573; advertising during, 573-580; assessments, 582; purchases of land by non-residents, 582; 174, 232, 367, 379, 556, 559, 560, 563, 568, 569ff., 590, 604

Boom, early real estate, 401

Boorham, George, 153

Bootblacks, 396

Booth, Edwin, 494, 588

Booth, Willis H., 631

Boot-jacks, 87

Boots, 86, 158

Boquist, C. V. , xv Borax and Owens Lake, 387

Bordenave & Co., Émile, 279

Bors, the miller, 351

Boston, clipper-brig, 237

Boston Dry Goods Store, 536

Boston, market for wool, 438; fire, 438

Boswell, James , xi

Bota de agua, 195

Botello, Refúgio, 78

Bothnia, Gulf of, 5

Boticas, 110

Botiller, D., 63

Boundary League, 622

Bouelle, A., 385

Bouelle, Frank A., 385

Bounties to encourage silk industry, 390

Bouton, Edward, 374, 472

Bovard, F. D., 516

Bovard, M. M., 516, 566

Bowman, Mary , xv

Boyce, H. H., 555

Boyle, Andrew, 198, 232; Mrs. —, 232; — Avenue, 220; — Heights, 198, 202, 232, 374, 492, 551, 598

Boynton, H. R., 635, 637

Bradbury, John, 607

Bradbury Block, 513, 614

Bradfield, Mason, 418

Bradfield, Mrs. C. P., 418

Bradley, C. H., 377

Brady, Bill, 160

Brady, James D., 81

Brandy for tropics, 14; S. Calif. —, 200, 238

Branding iron, 83, 242

Brasero, 113

Braun, Frederick William, 469, 589, 619, 635, 637, 638

Brea, 114, 287, 346

Brea rancho, la, 37, 114, 287, 407, 645

Breakwaters, 426, 618

Breckenridge, John C., 282; — Democrats, 285

Breed Block, 192

Breer, Louis, 153, 239

Bremerman, hotel-keeper, 380

Brent, J. Lancaster, 35, 45, 47, 105, 178, 243, 295, 325, 512; — Street, 47

Brentano, Mrs. Arthur, 71

Breweries: Gambrinus, 258; Henne, 230, 259; New York, 258; Philadelphia, 197, 500; brewer at Anaheim, 213

Brewster, "Professor," 527

Bricks and b. making, 63, 83, 115, 226, 233, 256, 269, 355, 367, 396; champion b. layer, 550

Bridge, Norman, 595, 647

Bridger, Jim, 171

Bridger, Joe, 421

Bridles, 85, 159

Brierly, John R., 464

Briggs, Mary A., 201, 608

Briggs, Samuel, 201, 280

Brinckerhoff, John, 107

Briswalter, Andrew, 124, 125

Broad Acres, McCoy's Addition to, 579

Broadway, naming of, 466, 511, 588, 592

Broadway Department Store, 613

Broaded, John, 471

Brock, Alvan D., 574

Brode, Charles, 624

Brode, Hilda, 624

Broderick, David Colbert, 130

Brodie, John P., 190

Brodrick, W. J., 180, 280, 365, 383, 389, 443, 446, 461, 462, 483, 489, 562; — & Reilly, 428

Bromberg, Prussia, 3

Bromley, Allan , xv

Broncos, 243

Brook, Harry, 646

Brookside Vineyard, 281

Broom-making, 261

Brousseau, Julius, 597

Brown, stage-driver, 414, 416

Brown, Dave, 46, 139ff.

Brown, Jason, 530

Brown, John of Ossawatomie, 530

Brown, Owen, 530

Brown, Thomas B., 363, 587, 597

Brown, Tom, 363

Brown, William M., 444

Brown's Restaurant, 279

Browne, J. Ross, 333

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 264

Brownstein & Louis, 601

Brownstein, Newmark & Louis, 601

Browsings in an Old Book Shop, 612

Brun, murdered peddler, 323

Brundige, H. W., 623

Brunson, Anson, 517, 520, 521, 586, 593; — & Eastman, 476; — Eastman & Graves, 476; — & Wells, 517

Brunswig Drug Co., 224

Brush Electric Lighting Co., 535

Bry, Theresa, 225

Bryan, William J., 613

Bryant, J. S., 455

Bryant, Joseph, 320

Bryson, John, 538; — Block, 105, 539, 563

Buchanan, James, 163, 214, 219, 231, 239

Buckboards, 375, 414

Bucket-brigade, 119

Buckskin Bill, 424

Buddin, Henry, 527

Buehner, Valentin , xv

Buffum, William, 67, 381, 466; — & Campbell, 416; —'s Saloon, 405

Buggies, spring, 417

Buhn, Susan, 229

Bulkhead Bill, 269

Bull-fights, 161, 182, 282

Bulla, Robert N., 540, 647

Bullard, Rose , xv

Bullard Block, 67, 115, 229, 240, 449

Bulletin, The Commercial, 559

Bulletin, San Francisco, 284, 285

Bullock's Department Store, 382

Bumiller Block, 530

Bunker Hill, 563, 622; — tunnel, 622

Buñuelo, 102

Burbank, David, 578

Burbank, Luther, 315

Burbank, 578, 579

Burbank Theater, 170, 578

Burdette, Clara B., 588, 647

Burdette, Robert J., 588

Burdick, Cyrus, 90, 127

Burdick, Helen L., 90

Burdick, Lucretia, 106

Burglaries, 486

Burgundy, 398

Burials, 307, 406, 409, 430; private —, 494, 520

Burke, J. H., 84, 115, 340

Burland, Captain, 10ff.

Burlington Hawkeye, 588

Burnett, Sir Robert, 445

Burnham, R. W., 545, 606, 613, 634

Burns, J. F., 67, 106, 208, 209, 339, 381, 395, 405, 420, 424, 433, 466; Mrs. —, 209

Burns, Hôtel de, 413

Burns, J. O. , xv

Burns & Buffum, 466

Burr-clover, 126

Burrill, George Thompson, 56, 57, 171, 190

Burrill, S. Thompson, 51, 57

Burros, 272, 544, 583

Burton, George W., and Mrs., 356, 373; —'s School, 356; Burton's Book on California, 373

Busbard & Hamilton, 490

Business, center of, 214; — conditions in the fifties, 129; — depression, 334, 339; — district, extension of area, 518, 570; — methods, 62, 311; — prosperity, 289; — specialization, lack of, 189, 280; —, temporary closing of, 65, 81; —, trend northward, 511

Butler, visit of Benjamin F., 522

Butler, George, 217, 389

Butler, Sam, 404

Butterfield, John, 234, 301; — & Co., 234; — routes and stages, 143, 234, 235, 259, 285, 361, 375

Butters, First Mate, 154

Butts, William, 133, 447

C

Caballero, 85, 158

Caballos de silla, 157

Cabbage, 125, 272

Cable railway, first, 546, 563; Boyle Heights —, 594; Downey Avenue —, 594; Second Street —, 559, 563, 594; Temple Street —, 547, 558, 567, 594; — viaduct, 594; description of cars, 595

Cachucha, 135

Cactus, 126, 463; — as food, 315

Cafeterías, then and now, 133

Cahen, Hippolyte, 549, 643; Mrs. —, 549

Cahen, Simon, 550

Cahen, Sophie, 465

Cahn, Nathan, 540

Cahuenga, 179, 196

Cajón Pass, 228

Calabozos, 66, 558

Caler, Otmar, 212

Calhoun, John C., 296

Caliente, 496

California, 6, 14; — Constitutional Convention, 47, 48, 49, 55, 89; admission of —, 22, 93; advertising — in the East, 597; — Governors from the Southland, 109, 269, 378, 540, 598, 617; — Legislature, first speaker of, 185; Fourth — Infantry, 318; — soldiers in the Civil War, 294, 295, 300, 353; — at the Centennial, 497, 498; unhealthy — prosperity, 477; — fauna, 645; — fruits, first carload shipments, 511; California, steamer, 346, 465; California Central Railroad, 581; — Editorial Association, 525; — Fish Co., 628; — Hospital, 473; — Silk Center Association, 391; — State Telegraph Co., 307; University of —, 593; "— on Wheels," 482

California of the South, 589

California: for Health, Pleasure and Residence, 624

California and the Southern Coast Counties, History of, 620

Californian, 93

Calzoncillos and calzoneras, 158

Camels and camel-express, 222, 234, 297, 281, 316, 418, 543

Camino Real, El, 533, 627; — guide posts, 628

Camp Alert, 303; — Independence, 386; — Latham, 299

Campbell, Alexander, 596

Campbell, Malcolm , xv

Campbell, Thompson, 146

Camphine, imported by J. P. Newmark, 34

Camping, 429

Camp meetings, 195

Camulos rancho, 40, 98, 347, 511, 531, 583

Cañada de Brea, la, 346

Canal & Reservoir Co., 372, 450

Candidates' announcements, 43, 283

Candles, 34, 183; for lighting tunnels, 502

Cannibal Islands, 93

Cañon Crest Park, 591

Canterbury, England, 469

Capitol, the, 612

Capitol Mills and Co., 87, 367

Caracole Tower, 648

Cárdenas, Anastácio, 372

Cárdenas, Ruperto, 372

Card-playing, 55, 81, 230

Cardwell, H. C., 125

Carizosa, Manuel, 549

Carleton, James Henry, 296, 299, 315

Carlisle, Laura E., 389

Carlisle, Robert and Mrs., 168, 197, 347, 348, 389

Carnations, 631

Carnegie Foundation, 567

Carne seca, 25

Carpenter, Frank J., 209

Carpenter, Joseph, 209

Carpenter, L., 417

Carpenter, Lemuel, 106, 172, 180, 261

Carpenters, 81, 203, 213

Carr, Charles E., 35, 36

Carr, J. E., 600

Carrera, 160

Carretas, 68, 83ff., 126, 135, 153, 192, 196, 528

Carriages and c. makers, 83ff., 184, 417

Carrier-pigeons, 430

Carrillo, J. A., 98, 99, 114, 396; Señora — (née Pico), 98;

Carrillo, Joaquín, 56, 57

Carrillo, J. J., 255, 510

Carrillo, Pedro C. and Mrs., 255

Carrillo, Ramón, 326

Carrington, ship, 121

Carroll, Gabe , xv

Carsley, Bob, 186

Carson, George, 174, 196, 217, 421; Mrs. —, 174, 217

Carson, J. W. , xv

Carson, Kit, 187

Carson, Moses, 187

Carson River, 418

Carson Station, 217

Cartago, 387

Carter, Dr., 206

Carter, Nathaniel C., 442, 525; — excursions, 442

Casalinda, 185

Casamiento, 136

Cascarones, 136

Cashin, John, 446

Cashmere goats, 127, 413

Cass, Alonzo B., 469, 484, 625; — Bros. Stove Co., 484

Casson, C., 491

Castillo Rapids, 15

Castle, Walter M. , xv

Castor-oil mill, 364

Castro, José, 178

Castruccio Bros., 550; James —, 549, 553

Caswell, Samuel B., 358, 441, 443, 449; — & Ellis, 358; —, Ellis & Wright, 358

Caswell, W. M., 358, 545

Catalina (see under Santa Catalina Island)

Catalina, Antiquities of, 558

Cathedral of Sancta Vibiana, 490

Catholics, Roman, 102, 103, 232

Cattle, 90, 95, 110, 160, 215, 263, 302, 332, 334; —, bet on races, 160; branding of —, 182, 242; —, driven to Utah, 330; —, effect of drought on, 329; slaughtering of —, 302; stampeding of —, 182; —, stolen by Indians, 275

Cauliflower, 125

Cawston, Edwin, 547; — Ostrich Farm, 547

Caystile, Helen, 512

Caystile, Thomas, 512

Celery, 125

Cellars dug in hillsides, 233

Cemeteries: Evergreen, 104; at Flower and Figueroa, 104; Fort Hill, 104, 280; Jewish, 104, 122, 317; Protestant, 103, 104, 280, 317; Roman Catholic, 103, 317; Rosedale, 104

Censorship, Federal, 371

Centenary of Los Angeles, 528

Centennial Exhibition, 355, 482, 493, 497, 499, 569, 605; — parade, Philadelphia, 498; celebration in Los Angeles, 50, 365, 593

Centinela Ranch, 445

Central American village life, 16

Central Avenue, 378

Central Pacific Railroad, 388, 423, 440, 475, 497, 504

Central Park, 417

Century Magazine, 531

Cerradel, Manuel, 326

Cerritos, los, 166; — rancho, 67, 166, 521

Cerro Gordo, 386; — Freighting Co., 388; — mines, 385

Chaffee, Adna R., 647

Chamber of Commerce, first, 425, 449, 450, 482, 489, 498, 503, 569

Chamber of Commerce, present, 334, 569, 589, 622, 634, 647; — Building, 625

Chamber of Commerce, History of the, 646

Champagne, California, 199

Chandler, Harry, 616

Chaparral, 126

Chapels, private, 103

Chapin & Co., George W., 313

Chapman, Alfred Beck, 46, 52, 335, 351; Mrs. —, 46

Chapman, A. B., 516

Chapman, J. S., 476, 598

Chapman, Joseph, 87

Chapman, R. B. , xv

Chapman, R. H., 594, 622

Chapollin, 232

Chapules, Calle de los, 232

Chapultepec, 232

Charity Street, 232, 355, 535

Charity, Sisters of, 189, 203, 210

Charles, Henry, 206

Charleston Harbor, 352

Charter, City, 587

Chartres Coffee Factory, 405

Chauvin, A. C., 383, 529, 550

Chauvin, Laura, 529

Chavez, Julian, 64; — Ravine, 118; — Street, 64

Chavez, Vasquez's aide, 453, 457

Chestnut trees, 163

Chevalier's Apothecary, 371

Chicago, fire at, 431; — Grand Opera Co., 607; — World's Fair, 605

Chicken Thief, the, 220

Children, Society for Prevention of Cruelty to, 549

Children's Hospital, 70

Childs, M. W., 77

Childs, O. W., 69, 125, 127, 163, 201, 223, 231, 342, 353, 423, 428, 462, 495, 516, 543, 573; Mrs. — and the naming of streets, 201, 231; — Avenue, 69; — & Hicks, 69, 223; — Grand Opera House, 464, 543, 588, 590

Childs, Mrs. O. W., Jr., 606

Chile, 332, 389, 542

Chilicothe, 364

Chilis, California, 87

Chimneys, 113

China, Revolution in, 645

Chinatown, 31, 434

Chinese, 31, 79, 123ff., 188, 261, 278, 297, 382, 389, 418, 428, 503; agitation against the —, 504; at the Centennial, 497; — feuds, 432; first — here, 123; — goods and shops, 279, 298; — Government demands indemnity, 435; — junk, 427; — massacre, 423ff.; — music and festivals, 585; — peddlers of vegetables, 514; — priests and memorial services, 435; — trunks, 175; — women, traffic in, 418, 432

Chino, 598; — rancho, 38, 63, 167, 168, 175, 226, 347, 598

Chlapowski, Charles Bozenta, 494

Cholera in Prussia, 4

Cholo, Viejo, 277

Chop-house restaurants, 513

Christian worship in Jewish temple, 618

Christians, church of, 610

Christmas Eve celebration, 102

Chronik, Los Angeles, 388

Chronicle, San Francisco, 455

Chuckawalla (Chucky Valley), 414

Church festivals, 98

Church of Our Lady of Los Angeles, 100

Chute's Park, 463

Chuzzlewit, Martin, 571

Ciénega rancho, 357, 375, 460

Ciénega ó Paso de la Tijera, 275

Cigarettes, 252, 253; —, use by Vasquez, 459

Cigars, 253

Circuses, 186, 381, 453

Citrus fruits, 88; industry threatened by scale, 544

City Gardens, 200, 460

City Guards, 147

City Hall (adobe), 229, 256, 338, 379; (second), 105, 539; (present), 314, 591, 593

City lots, 33, 36, 112, 125, 322, 379, 402, 539

City Market, auction of stalls, 258

City Marshal, last, 510

City officials, salaries of, 302

City of Paris store, 452, 540

Civic Center proposed, 510

Civil War, 47, 236, 289, 299, 305, 311, 323, 325, 330, 334, 339, 352, 353, 616; — and aëronautics, 561

Clamor Público, El, 156, 333

Clams, 298

Clancy, J. H. , xv

Clanmorris, Lord, 422

Clarendon Hotel, 469

Clarissa Perkins, bark, 107

Clark, Alice Taylor, 50

Clark, Arthur, 627

Clark, Eli P., 612, 647

Clark, J. Ross, 599, 644

Clark, Thomas B., 483

Clark, W., 308

Clark, Walter M., 644

Clark, William A., 599

Clark & Patrick, 559

Clark & Sons, Alvan, 567

Clarke, George J., 373, 431, 513

Classen, C. H., 252, 259

Clay, Henry, 93

Clayton Vineyard, 200

Clemente, vineyardist, 202

Cleveland, E. R., 543

Cleveland, Grover, 565, 590; Mrs. —, 474

Clifford, Pinckney, 139

Clifton-by-the-Sea, 632

Climate of Southern California, 271, 370, 382, 448; advertising of, 525, 569, 571

Clinton, E. M., 254

Clock-tower, 241

Clover, Samuel T., 612, 635

Clubs, 230, 272, 383, 409, 473, 545, 600, 604, 607, 624 (see also Turnverein)

Coal, blacksmith, 345; —, shipped at low rates, 557

Coal Creek, 155

Coal oil refined without distillation, 346

Coast freighting, 331

Coast Line Stage Co., 496

Coastwise boat service, 246, 366

Coates, Foster, 627

Coblentz, Joe, 372

Cock fights, 161

Coffin, Captain, 153

Coffin, John E., 634

Coffins, 208; use of one as bed, 492

Cohn, Albert, 551

Cohn, Bernard, 180, 383, 425, 550, 595

Cohn, Herman , xv

Cohn, Isaac, 409

Cohn, Kaspare and Mrs., 13, 249, 260, 353, 354, 376, 383, 414ff., 443, 444, 474, 480, 514, 549, 555, 561, 564, 613; — Hospital, 641; Kaspare Cohn & Co., 549

Cohn, Max, 451, 549

Cohn, Samuel, 13, 196, 353, 375, 444

Coins, early American, 247; bits, 162, 279; small coin despised, 247; importation of foreign, 129, 267

Cole, Cornelius, 294

Cole, Louis M., 248

Cole, Nathan, 530

Cole, Nathan, Jr., 533

Colegrove, 612

Coleman, William T., 55

Colling, B. W., 401

Collyer, Vincent, 431

Colorado River, 38, 227, 228; — Indians, 317

Colorado, proposed State of, 188, 241

Colorado Steam Navigation Co., 473

Colton, D. D., 303, 504; town of —, 549

Comet, 250, 290, 307

Commerce Court, 637

Commercial Bank, 472

Commercial Restaurant, 490, 538

Commercial Street, 36, 128, 189, 293, 383, 400, 401, 408, 472, 493, 578; New —, 401, 405

Commercial Street wharf, San Francisco, 237

Commercial Union Insurance Co., 280

Commission merchants, 310, 342, 434, 436

Compère, George, 474

Compton, G. D., 340, 516; Compton (Comptonville), 263, 340, 382, 393, 466, 574

Comstock Mines, 474, 477

Conaty, Thomas J., 626, 648

Concord coaches, 417

Confederates and the Confederacy, 295, 308, 311, 318, 323, 325, 337, 338

Confidence Engine Co., No. 2, 464, 500

Congregational Church, 622

Conscription, proposed, 323

Consolidated Electric Railway Co., 612

Consolidation of Los Angeles with harbor towns, 638

Constantine, steamer, 346, 465

Contessa d'Amalfi, 529

Continental Railway, 397

Continental telegraph, 307

Conway, C. R., 306, 315, 341, 350

Cooper, Bill, 471

Cooper Ornithological Society, 640

Copenhagen, 4, 6

Copley, Thomas, 233

Copp Building, 314

Coquillett, D. W., 544

Corbitt, William, 244; —, Dibblee & Barker, 170

Corn, 366

Coronel, António F., 36, 80, 105, 135, 171, 190, 201, 316, 441, 444, 530, 604, 608; Señora (Mariana, née Williamson) —, 444, 530, 604, 622; — chapel, 103; — home, 444, 530

Coronel, Manuel, 36

Coronel, Pancho, 426

Coronel, Ygnácio, 36, 98, 99, 105, 316; Señora, 105

Coronel Collection, 622

Coronel Street, 36

Coroner sleeps in coffin, 492

Corpus Christi, 101

Correr el gallo, 162

Corridors, 113

Corrugated iron buildings, 120, 190

Cortez, 19

Cortez, Hernando , xii

Corzina, María, 190

Cosmopolitan Hotel, 252, 469, 525

Cota, Francisco, 304

Cota, María Engracia (later Señora Dominguez), 535

Cotton, experiments in cultivating, 317

Coues, Elliott , xii

Coulter, B. F., 450, 510, 511, 610; — & Harper, 372, 511; — Dry Goods Co., 511

Coulter, Frank M., 511, 545

Council Room, intolerable atmosphere of, 505, 524

County Court, 518; — Judge, first, 518

County Medical Society, 423, 473

County Treasurer, work and emoluments, 260

Court house, — Temple, 40, 240, 242, 286, 449; —, present, 301, 452

Court of Sessions, first, 176

Courtier, "Professor," 318

Courtroom, untenantable, 256; — used for religious services, 246, 314

Courts and court life, 45, 46, 50, 55, 56, 493, 560

Coutts, Cave J. and Mrs. — (née Bandini), 255

Covarrúbias, José María, 216

Covarrúbias, Nicolás, 592

Covent Garden, 360

Cowan, William K., 625

Cowboy sport, 510

Cow counties, 95

Cows and chickens, legislation governing, 572

Coyote, race horse, 262

Coyotes, 337, 391

Coyotes, Los, 166, 180

Crabb, Alexander, 150

Crabb, Henry A., 205

Crackers, first locally-baked, 77, 288

Cracroft, Mrs., 306

Craig, Robert L., 600, 619; Mrs. —, 600; — & Stuart, 600; — & Co., R. L., 600

Crank, J. F., 585, 594

Craw, Alexander, 544

Crawford, James S., 390, 446

Crawford, Joseph U., 485

Crawley, J. M., 606

Credit, shaken, 328; — system, little, 130

Creighton, W. W., 495

Crematory and cremations, first, 567

Cricket, steamboat, 326

Criminals and crimes, 25, 31, 35, 58, 68, 139, 205, 221, 223, 304, 323, 324, 326, 327, 330, 333, 394, 418, 419, 424, 432, 453, 470, 486, 512, 641

Crocker, Charles F., 324, 504ff., 524; famous threat to punish Los Angeles, 506

Croft, Thomas H., 448

Cronica, La, 443

Crosby, Mormon Apostle, 345

"Crown of the Valley," 448

Crusoe's Island, 333

Cruz, Martin, 217

Cuartel, 66

Cuatro Ojos, 76

Cuba, 252, 399, 616

Cucamonga, rancho, 167, 168; — vineyard, 265; — winery, 239

Cudahy Packing Co., 201

Cuisine, native, 133

Cullen's Station, 415

Cupping, 297

Curley, scout, 261

Currency, depreciation of, 311, 319

Currier, A. T., 531

Curtis, E. A., 125

Curzon, Lady, 602

Custer Massacre, 261

Custer, Mrs. George Armstrong, 597

Cuzner, James, 515, 606

D

Daggett, Frank S., 645

Daguerreotype, first one made here, 94

Daimwood, Boston, 324

Dairies, 289

Daley, Charles F., 206

Dalton, E. H., 162

Dalton, Eliza M., 162

Dalton, George, 94, 162, 174

Dalton, Henry (Enrique), 87, 90, 120, 162, 174, 179, 190, 200, 335, 441, 476

Dalton, R. H., 372

Dalton, Winnall Travelly, 162

Dalton Avenue, 162

Daly, James, 395; — & Rodgers, 395

Dana, Richard Henry, 135, 197, 226, 227, 255, 296; — Street, 227

Dancing and dances, 136, 183, 402, 427; licenses for —, 137

Daniel, Pancho, 46, 49, 51, 55, 206, 208, 223

Danube, shipwrecked brig, 238

Darlow, Gertrude , xv

Date Street, 198

David, a kind of torpedo, 352

Davidson, A., 599

Davies, J. Mills, 537, 543

Dávila, José María, 549

Davis, Charles Cassatt, 626

Davis, Charles W., 529

Davis, Jefferson, 222, 331, 337

Davis, Johanna, 75

Davis, M. M., 150

Davis, S. C., 75

Dawson, Ernest , xv

Dawson's Book Shop , xv

Day, Charles E., 587

Dead bodies, robbery of, 320

Dead Man's Island, 290, 426

Dean, hardware dealer, 217

Death Valley, 378, 431

De Celis, A., 516

De Celis, Eulógio F., 251, 443

Decoration Day, 621

Deen, Louise , xv

Deighton, Doria, 65

De la Guerra, Pablo, 48

De la Osa, Vicente, 252

Delano, Thomas A., 147

Delaval, Henry, 303

Del Castillo, Guirado L., 352; Amelia Estrella —, 352

De Long, Charles, 143

De Longpré, Paul, 617

Del Valle, Josefa, 173

Del Valle, Lucretia, 103

Del Valle, R. F., 98, 103, 469, 511, 517, 628

Del Valle, Ygnácio, 40, 41, 98, 99, 102, 103, 173, 190, 251, 511; — ranch house, 531

Deming, J. D., 87; — Mill, 367

Democratic Press, 339

Democrats, 91, 323, 330, 380

Den, Nicholas, 108

Den, R. S., 107ff., 371

Denmark, 2, 4, 6, 564, 621

Dentists, 297, 368; itinerant —, 349, 368, 390

Desmond, C. C., 405

Desmond, Daniel, 230, 405

Desmond, D. J., 405, 634

Desmond, William, 155

Desert travel, 312, 316, 354

Desperadoes, 149, 333

De Szigethy, Charles A. H., 649

Deutscher Klub, 230

Devil's Gate, 374

De White, Mrs., 493

Dewdrop Vineyard, 200

Dewey, Samuel, 545

Dexter, race horse, 423

Diaz, Bernal , viii

Diaz, Porfirio, 542

Dibblee, ranchman, 244

Dick Turpin, 453

Dickens, Charles, 253, 590

Dickens, Charles, Jr., 590

Dillon, Richard, 529; — & Kenealy, 529

Dimitry, George E. , xv

Dimmick, Kimball H., 45, 49, 50

Directories, city, 443, 567; first, 410

Directory, the Weekly, 559

Disasters, 22, 48, 154, 165, 204, 224, 238, 312, 319, 439, 536, 644, 647 (see, also, Droughts and Floods)

District Court of Los Angeles, 518

Dixie, 301, 338

Dobinson, G. A., 625; — School, 625

Dockweiler, Henry, 251

Dockweiler, Isidore B., 251, 469

Dockweiler, J. H., 251, 606

Dodge, George S., 467

Dodson, Arthur McKenzie, 78, 193

Dodson, James H., 78; — & Co., 258

Dodson, William R., 471

Dodsworth, M., 482, 537

Dogs, poisoning of, 57

Doheny, E. L., 603

Dohs, Fred, 412

Dol, Victor, 490

Dolge, Alfred, 628; Dolgeville, New York and California, 628

Dolls, French, 370

Dolores, 428

Domec, Pierre, 344

Domestic inconveniences, 335

Domestics, 123, 124, 297, 313

Domingo, J. A., 238

Domingo, Juan, 238

Dominguez, Anita, 51

Dominguez, Cristóbal, 173

Dominguez, Juan José, 173

Dominguez, Manuel, 51, 173, 217, 236, 340, 421, 535; Señora —, 535; — chapel, 103; — Field, 639; rancho —, 35, 214, 217, 244, 246, 340, 639; battle of —, 101

Dominguez, Nasário, 78, 173

Dominguez, Pedro, 39, 173

Dominguez, Reyes, 78

Dominguez, Robert , xv

Dominguez, Victoria, 173

Dominguez, Victoria (later Mrs. George Carson), 174, 217

Door-plates, 377

Doors, how fastened, 113

Dorado, El, barroom, Los Angeles, 103; —, barroom, San Francisco, 22; —, store, 550

Dorsey, H. P., 118, 143, 144, 163, 214

Dorsey, Kewen H., 145

Dorsey, Rebecca Lee, 552

Dotter, Charles, 377; — & Bradley, 378

Douglas, Stephen A., 282

Douglass, A., 635, 637

Dow, E. L., 423

Downey, Eleanor, 214

Downey, John Gately, 35, 66, 68, 109, 169, 189, 214, 269, 292, 307, 322, 323, 334, 340, 346, 355, 362, 366, 372, 376, 388, 399, 423, 426, 432, 434, 440, 441, 442, 443, 445, 449, 462, 483, 498, 502, 516, 521, 537, 541, 578; Mrs. —, 103, 498, 537, 549; —, town of, 180, 340, 362, 367; — Avenue, 322; — Block, 66, 70, 343, 372, 390, 406, 443, 545, 593, 630; — Bridge, 594

Downey, Patrick, 343, 346

Downing, P. H., 301

Downs & Bent, 426

Dozier, Melville, 532

Drackenfeld, B. F., 230

Drake, J. C., 473

Draper, Durell , xv

Drays, 74, 116, 138, 279, 527

Dress, evening, in Los Angeles, 400; native —, 158

Dreyfus, Alfred, 451

Drinking and drunkenness, 24, 25, 31, 32, 58, 60, 369, 413, 429, 463

Driscoll, Marjorie , xv

Droughts and their effects, 108, 203, 205, 257, 311, 313, 328, 329, 331, 333, 334, 391, 445, 507; smallpox, incidental to —, 322, 329, 508

Drown, Ezra, 45, 48, 149, 189, 246, 296; death of Mrs. —, 48

Druggists and drug stores, 109, 185, 371, 461, 589

Drum, Richard Coulter, 247; Camp —, 301, 321; — Barracks, 247, 299, 301, 321, 331, 358, 398, 451

Dryden, William G., 36, 45, 50ff., 56, 118, 210, 282, 354, 397; Mrs. — (née Nieto), 51; Mrs. — (née Dominguez), 51; — Springs, 210

Duane, C. P., 150

Duarte, 174, 578

Dubordieu, B., 64, 332

Ducks, 279, 490; wild —, Owens Lake, 387

Ducommun, Charles L., 68ff., 76, 235, 291, 346, 423; — Hardware Co., 69; — Street, 69

Dudley, T. H., 603

Duels, 347, 348, 351, 384, 516

Dunann, S. D. , xv

Duncan, Father William, 602

Dunham, Ed., 396; — & Schieffelin, 396

Dunkelberger, Isaac R., 411, 514, 587, 589; Mrs. —, 411

Dunkers, 576

Dunlap, Deputy Sheriff, 424

Dupuy, J. R., 597

Duque, Tomás Lorenzo, 355, 589; Mrs. —, 589

Durfee's farm, 471

Dutchman, Flying, 351

Du Puytren, Pigné, 541

Dye, Joseph F., 221, 418

Dyer, G. S., 599

Dyer, J. J., 349

E

Eagle, ship, 123

Eagle Mills, 87, 123

Earl, Edwin T., 623, 642

Earthquakes, 165, 204, 312, 439, 620, 633ff.

East Los Angeles, 322, 445, 539, 548; — Park, 557

Eastman, James G., 501, 593

Eastman, J., 385

Easton, Jim, 335

East Prussia to the Golden Gate, From, 403

East Side Champion, 548

Eaton, Benjamin S., 45, 50, 66, 316, 336, 448, 561, 614; Mrs. — (née Hayes), 47, 50; Mrs. — (née Clark), 50; —'s Cañon, 337

Eaton, Frederick, 50, 66, 90, 106, 446

Ebell Club, 607

Eberle, F. X., 460, 463; Marsetes —, 460

Ebinger, Lewis, 367

Echeandia, José María, 604

Echo, race horse, 423

Echo Park, 372

Eckbahl, Gottlieb , xv

Eckert, Bob, 231

Edelman, A. M., 314

Edelman, Abraham Wolf, 122, 314, 339, 501, 540, 608

Edelman, D. W., 314

Edgar, George A., 551

Edgar, William Francis, 58, 227, 614

Edwards, D. K., 382

Egan, Richard , xv

Ehrenberg, 415

Eichler, Rudolph, 367

Eighth Street, 202

Eintracht Society, 272

Eisen, T. A., 606

Eldridge, Frederick W., 627

Elections, 42, 44, 401, 442, 613

Electric Homestead Tract, 546; — Association, 609

Electric light, distributed from high masts, 535; objections to its introduction, 535

Electric railways, first, 462, 546, 594, 609, 612, 620

Elias, Jacob, 70, 118, 122, 203; — Bros., 70

Elizabeth Lake, 457

Elks Hall, 584

Ellington, James, 139

Elliott, John M., 466, 473, 598, 614

Elliott, Thomas Balch, 447, 448; Mrs. —, 448

Ellis College, 566

Ellis, John F., 358

Elm Street Synagogue, New York, organized by Joseph Newmark, 122

El Monte (see under Monte)

Elsaesser, A., 230

Elysian Park, 37, 364, 539, 557, 615

Emerson, Ralph, 212, 257

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 257, 519

Emerson Row, 257

Emery, Grenville C., 622

Empire Saloon, San Francisco, 22

Empire Stables, 357

Employment agency, 138

Ems, 564

Enchiladas, 134

Encino, El, 252, 438

Episcopalians and Episcopal Church, 246, 339, 340, 356, 361, 622

Equator, celebration of crossing, 121

Esperanza store, La, 550

Espinosa, bandit, 209

Espinosa, Ensign, 169

Espionage in Southern California, 299

Estates lost through easy credit, 130, 131

Encino, El, 252, 438

Estranjero, El, 605

Estrella de los Angeles, La, 92, 93

Estudillo, Dolores, 255

Estudillo, José G., 521, 587

Estudillo, José, 255

Etchemendy, Juan, 311

Eucalyptus trees, 439; notable tree blown down, 439

Euclid Avenue, 579

Eugénie, Empress, 360

Europe, travel to, 165

Evans, Charley, 205

Everhardt, Joseph, 251, 274, 275; — Mrs., 442; — & Koll, 251

Evertsen, Laura Cecilia, 89, 315

Ewington, Alfred , xv

Examiner, Los Angeles, 626, 636; — Building, 627; —, San Francisco, 627

Excursions, 250, 393, 394, 404, 442, 488, 525; dependent on subscriptions, 430; — and fares, 430

Exposition Park, 640, 645

Express, Evening, and Los Angeles, 427, 441, 498, 516, 526, 538, 543, 612, 623, 642, 646

Express business, 138, 373

Express, Pony (see Pony Express)

Ey, Frank, 628

Eytinge, Rose, 498

F

Fabian, 527

Fair Grounds, 375

Fair Oaks, 316, 337; — Avenue, 316

Fairs, public, 512

Faith Street, 232

Faja, 542

Falcon, steamer, 568

Falkenstein, Germany, 451

Fall, George M., 405

Families, large, 178, 202

Fandangos, 135, 136, 453

Fandangueros, 135

Fares, excursion, 430; —, steamer, 71, 568; —, railroad, 404

Farish, O. E., 638

Farmers, 126, 354, 363, 393 (see, also, under Ranchers)

Farmers & Merchants Bank, 63, 70, 404, 423, 465, 467, 476, 478, 481, 565

Farragut, David Glasgow, 328, 350

Farrelly, R. A., 627

Fashion Stables, 499

Faulkner, Charles J., 287

Faulkner, William, 280

Fayal, 404, 405

Federal Building, 67, 444, 604, 630

Federal Government and Secession, 318, 321, 330, 339

Federal Telegraph Co., 643

Feliz, Reymunda, 238

Fences scarce on ranches, 182

Ferguson, William, 377

Ferner & Kraushaar, 61

Ferrell, William C., 53

Ferris, Dick, 639

Fiddle used at funerals, 307

Field, Stephen J., 565

Field, Leiter & Co., 602

Fiestas de los Angeles, 605ff.

Figueroa Street, 104, 125, 232, 380, 450, 548

Fillmore City, 155

Fine Arts League, 640

Finger-bowls, first here, 377

Finland, 5

Finlayson, Frank G., 628

Fires, fire-fighting, and fire companies, 119, 120, 223, 225, 229, 257, 275, 288, 356, 362, 405, 446, 464, 489, 500, 539, 565, 566, 568, 586, 593, 633, 640; first engine, 446; first protection, 120; hand-cart, 119; ordinances, 286; racing to fires, 464; San Francisco, 633ff.; volunteer firemen, 446, 464, 539

Fire insurance companies: Phœnix and New England, 280

Firearms, free use of, 59, 60

Fire-proof buildings, first, 120, 190

Fireworks, 594

Firmin, Point, 581

First Dragoons' Band, 296

First National Bank, 472, 515

First Street, 62, 112, 408, 417, 518, 543, 570

Fischer, John, 212

Fischer, G., 261

Fish and fish trade, 127, 278

Fish, Captain, 152

Fiske, John , xii

Fitch, Tom, 479, 580

Fitzgerald, Edward Harold, 190, 262

Five Brothers, the, 550

Five Points, New York, 12

Flag presentation, early, 296

Flashner, Marcus, 245; — & Hammel, 245

Flat Iron Square, 627

Flatau, Herman, 344, 535, 538

Flax, experiments with, 401

Fleishman, Israel, 72, 256

Fleming, A. P., 638

Fleming, David P. , xv

Fletcher, Calvin, 447

Flint, Bixby & Co., 170

Flint, Frank Putnam, 630

Flint, Motley H., 631

Floods, 257, 258, 309, 313, 362, 365, 412, 541, 551

Floors, earthen, 113

Florence, 388

Flores, José María, 178, 182

Flores, Juan, 47, 206, 208, 210

Flores, Las, 173, 180, 332, 442

Flour, 322, 331; — mills, 493

Flowers, festivals of, 512; painter of —, 617; — strewn on waters, 621

Flower Street, 232, 472

Floyd, pavement layer, 519

Fluhr, Chris, 176, 251, 252; — & Gerson, 469

Flying horses, 193

Fogarty, J. J., 634

Foley, W. I., 617

Follansbee, Elizabeth A., 536

Fonck, Victor, 512

Foodstuffs, affected by heat, 88, 287; prices, 331, 332; supply, 88; variety, 124

Foot-bridges, 289, 412

Forbes, A. S. C., 628; Mrs. —, 621, 628

Forbes, Charles Henry, 214

Forest of Arden, 494

Forest Grove Association, 439

Forman, Charles, 172, 477, 573

Forster, Francisco (Chico), 526

Forster, Juan, 98, 173, 326, 332, 526, 531; Doña — (née Pico), 98, 173, 531

Fort Hill, 104, 209, 280, 417

Fort Pillow Massacre, 330

Fort Street, 400, 408, 417, 466, 472, 561; called Broadway, 511, 592; property values on, 67, 332, 381; prophecy as to, 466; widening of, 588

Fort Tejón, 194, 195, 207, 234

Fort Yuma, 424

Forthman, J. A., 470

Forwarding, 23, 74, 236, 242, 272, 274, 312, 342, 343, 351, 373; toll for, 345 (see Camel-express)

Foshay, James A., 606, 625

Fossils, excavation of, at La Brea rancho, 645

Foster, F., 239

Foster, Stephen C., 30, 35, 49, 105, 120, 139, 140, 147, 200, 263, 500; Mrs. —, 263

Foster, Thomas, 107, 108, 118, 156, 189, 203, 246, 312, 321; Mrs. —, 107

Foster, Timothy, 118

Foster & McDougal, 76

Foster Vineyard, 200, 201

Foundry, Stearns, 186, 226

Fountains, 418; presentation to city, 534

Four-story structure, first, 534

Fourth of July celebrations, 47, 157, 193, 273, 300, 321, 330, 428, 429, 499

Fowler, James G. , xv

Fox, ostrich handler, 547

Foy Bros., 110

Foy, James C., 110

Foy, James Calvert, 111

Foy, John M., 110, 111

Foy, Mary E., 111, 647

Foy, Samuel C., 110, 111, 205, 256, 500, 624; Mrs. —, 92, 106, 205, 224

Frame buildings, first on Fort Street, 466; — of the seventies, 518

France, 564, 621

Francisco, A. W., 606

Francisco, the vender, 629

Francis, John F., 174, 606, 613, 622

Frank, H. W., 216, 606

Franklin, John, 306; supposed records of, 395

Franklin, Lady, visit to Los Angeles, 306, 395

Franklin Alley, 36, 40

Franklin Street, 36, 334, 408

Fraser, A. R., 603

Frazadas, 29

Fredericks, John D., 641

Fredericks, Katherine, 378

Free Harbor Contest, 646

Free, Micky, 413

Free lunches, 303, 402, 571

Freeman, Dan, 421, 445, 510, 606

Freight: dissatisfaction with rates, 504, 506; high rates, 290, 404; shipment of —, 153

Freighting along the coast, 345, 435; — by teams, 290, 416

Frémont, Elizabeth Benton, 625, 647

Frémont, J. C., 61, 99, 156, 171, 173, 178, 272, 297, 514, 597, 612, 648; — Trail, 448

Frémont, Jessie Benton, 606, 625; carriage of, 86; gift of residence to, and death of, 625

French, E. C., 483

French, L. W., 368

French, T. B., 121

French Benevolent Society, 303, 338, 402, 500

French bread, 77

French Consul, 254

French Hospital, 402

French language, 341, 450, 528

Frenchmen, 199, 207

French newspapers, 516, 541

French Restaurant, 279

Friday Morning Club, 600

Friedlander, Isaac, 331

Frijoles, 134

Frink, E. B., 405; —'s Ranch, 414

Fröhling, John, 117, 212, 213, 294

Frosts, 212, 525

Fruit, sent to the President, 219; peddler of, 126; — grafts, first from New York, 33; — trees imported from the East, 139

Fuentes, José María, 549

Fullerton, 577

Fulton, J. E., 483; — Wells, 483

Funeral customs, 306, 307

Furman, George, 464

Furniture, 81, 377

Furrey, W. C., 69, 605

Fussell, Effie Josephine , xv

G

Gadsden Purchase, 222

Gaffey, John T. and Mrs., 631

Gage, H. R., 603

Gage, Henry T., 168, 617; Mrs. — (née Rains), 617

Galatin, 362, 367, 425

Gale, Anita, 170

Gallagher, James, 462

Gallardo, Francisca, 100

Galta, P., 191

Gamblers and gambling, 29ff., 149, 510; property lost through —, 131; — at San Francisco, 21, 29

Gamut Club, 625

Ganahl, Frank J., 416, 488

Ganée, P., 516

Garage, first, 626

Garcia, Francisca, 95

Garcia, Joseph S., 65, 237, 239; Mrs. —, 239

Garcia, Manuel, 206

Garcia, Merced, 186

Garcia, Ygnácio, 66, 67, 335

Gard, George E., 464, 529, 552, 579

Garden of Paradise, 192, 272, 273, 523

Garden Grove, 177

Gardens, few, 54, 69, 114, 124, 147, 163, 192; outdoor —, 273, 275, 340, 410, 463, 500

Gardiner, James, 530

Garey, Thomas A., 91, 483

Garfias, Manuel, 36, 178, 237, 238

Garfield, James A., memorial services here, 529; Mrs. —, resident, 529

Garland, W. M., 606, 639

Garnier Bros., 421, 438; —, Camille, Eugène, Philip, 438

Garra, António, 50, 168, 169

Garter, Mexican, 158

Garvanza, 578

Garvey, Richard, 282

Gas, 267, 349, 355, 370, 396, 561, 604; — fixtures, 355; — Co., 349, 561; — rates, 489

Gasoline stoves, 516

Gates Hotel, 566

Gattel, Bernhard, 319

Gaviota Pass, 246

Gefle, 4

Gelcich, V., 110, 428, 548

Geller, William, 74

George the Baker, 65

Georgetown, 193

Gephard, George, 532

Gerkins, J. F., 510

Germain, Eugène, 510, 537, 581

German bankers and statesmen, visit of, 539

German Benevolent Society, 272; — of ladies, 527

German bread, 77

German hotels and highways, 564

German language, demand for teaching the, 383

German music, 213, 214, 259, 272, 409, 584; — newspapers, 388, 465, 584; first German newspaper here, 465; — school, first, 428

Germania Life Insurance Co., 319

Germans and Germany, 207, 212, 272, 378, 453, 564, 621; German-born American citizens, 239; travel in Germany in 1849, 3

Gerson, Charles, 251, 469

Getman, William C. (Billy), 31, 208, 220, 221

Gibbon, Thomas Edward, 595, 606, 642

Gibbons, James, 586

Gibson, A. P. , xv

Gibson, C. W., 470, 537

Gibson, Fielding W., 90, 261

Gibson, Frank A., 545, 598, 613

Gieze, F. J., 291

Gift, George W., 294

Gila River, 38, 188, 261; —, passage by emigrants, 188

Gilbert & Co., 155

Gilchrist, Ira, 81

Gillette, J. W., 614

Gilman's, 414

Gilroy, 234, 497

Ginnochio, G., 549

Gird, Richard, 599

Giroux, L. G., 480

Gitchell, Joseph R., 45, 54, 246

Glaciers, 398, 602

Gladstone, William Ewart, 579; —, proposed town of, 579, 593

Gladstone, race horse, 593

Glasscock, J. Sherman , xv

Glassell, Andrew, 363

Glassell, Andrew J., 350, 352, 363, 423, 488, 517; — & Chapman, 352; —, Chapman & Smith, 351; —, Smith & Patton, 363

Glassell, Wm. T., 352

Glendale, 177, 424, 578, 579

Glendora, 576, 578, 579

Goats, Angora, 413; —, Cashmere, 413; —, wild, 216

Godey, Alexander, 272; —'s ranch, 272

Godfrey, John F., 499, 556

Gold, 39, 94, 95, 142, 247, 268, 321, 333, 380, 402, 476; appreciation of —, 319; — bars, 415; — dust, 95, 96, 130, 242; found in ruins, 223; — mining, 148, 149, 201, 228; —, searching for, 254, 313, 318, 386; — notes, 319; — nugget, 39, 40; — and the San Francisco Clearing House, 95

Gold Hill, Nevada, 477

Golden Gate, 17, 19, 121, 123, 204, 211, 283, 635

Golden State, steamer, 306

Gold Hunter, steamer, 22, 152

Goldwater, Joe and Mike, 321

Goliah, 22, 143, 152, 153, 311

Goller, John, 28, 65, 82, 85, 121, 149, 153, 239, 300, 384, 417, 433

Gondolier, 307

Gonzales, Juan, 140

Gonzales & Co., José E., 308

Goodall, Nelson & Perkins, Goodall, Nelson & Co., 465

Goodman, Morris L., 150, 213

Goodwin, L. C., 70, 150, 500; Mrs. —, 70

Goodwin, Pat, 357

Gordo, Louis, 369, 370

Gordon, John W., 362

Gordon, Captain, 483

Gordon's Station, 195

Gospel Swamp, 366

Gothenburg, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9

Gould, Will D., 597

Government, messenger to New Mexico, 282; — stores, transportation of, 354

Graff, M. L., 597

Grand Army of the Republic, 579

Grand Avenue, 232

Grand Central Hotel, 469, 492

Grand Hotel, San Francisco, 430, 440

Grand Opera House, 590

Grand Rabbi of France, 450

Grand, S., 382

Grange stores, 483

Granger, Lewis, 33, 36, 45, 53, 105

Granite Wash, 414, 415

Grant, U. S., 255, 328, 446, 500

Grapes, 25, 103, 139, 142, 199, 265, 285, 412, 576; —, first sent east, 139; vines grown in dry soil, 337

Graphic, 612

Grasshoppers, 266

Grasshopper Street, 232

Graves, J. A., 69, 475; —, O'Melveny & Shankland, 476

Gray, Charlotte, 91

Gray, F. Edward, 634

Gray, William H., 432

Greasers, 140

Great Salt Lake, 302

Greek George, 223, 234, 281, 455, 457, 543

Greenbacks, 319, 380, 522

Greenbaum, E., 72; Mrs. —, mother of first Jewish child born here, 104

Green Meadows, 40

Greenwich Avenue School catastrophe, New York, 224

Greene, Bessie Anne, 142

Gregory, John H., 405

Gregson, F. P., 619, 637

Greppin, E. H., 637

Grey Town, 14

Grierson, B. H., 587

Griffin, George Butler, 526

Griffin, John S., 47, 106, 107, 108, 193, 200, 205, 207, 237, 241, 252, 294, 316, 320, 322, 337, 346, 365, 371, 412, 423, 426, 445, 448, 449, 500, 594, 614, 617, 618, 648; Mrs. —, 47, 205, 316; — Avenue, 322

Griffith, Alice H., 476

Griffith, Fred, 546

Griffith, Griffith J., 541, 614, 643; — Park, 614, 643

Griffith, J. M., 190, 290, 340, 356, 428, 441, 449, 466, 476, 546, 614, 636; — Avenue, 636; — Lynch & Co., 466

Griffith, J. T., 606

Gringos, 159, 160, 305, 453

Groningen, Johann, 238

Grosse Building, 627

Grosser, Elsa, 624

Grosser, William F., 623

Grosser Tract, 623

Grosvenor, Gilbert H. , xv

Guadalupe, 496

Guatemala, 542

Guerra, Pablo de la, 35, 48

Guerra, Trinidad de la, 336

Guillen, Eulalia Perez, 493

Guillen, Mariana, 493

Guinn, James Miller, 402, 419, 526, 533, 541, 614, 620, 626

Guiol, Frederico, 369

Guirado, Bernardino, 549

Guirado, F. L., 35

Guirado, Francisco, 499

Gunsmiths, 147, 230

Gurley, H. B., 634

Gwin, William McKendree, 296

Gymnasiums, Turnverein, 192, 409, 584, 629; 273; petition for a —, 383, 545

H

Haap, Mary, 213

Haas, Abraham, 230, 425, 537; —, Baruch & Co., 367, 425, 595

Haas, Jacob, 425

Habra, la, 166, 179, 547

Hacienda, 168

Hacks, 306, 389, 417

Hafen, Conrad, 378; —, Hafen House, 378

Haight, Fletcher M., 279

Haight, H. H., 279

Hail, 314

Haiwee Meadows, 387

Hale, Charles, 77

Haley, Robert, 285, 311

Haley, Salisbury, 22, 152, 181, 204, 311; Mrs. —, 181

Halfhill, Albert P., 628

Half-Way House, 25

Hall, Charles Francis, 395

Hall, E. A., 568

Hall, Hiland, 146

Hall, John, 527

Halle University, Germany , viii

Halsey, Dr., 211, 212

Halstead, Willard G., 386

Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Co., 120

Hamburger, Asher, 529; — & Sons, A., 529; — Building, 593, 639

Hamburger, D. A., 529, 639

Hamburger, M. A., 529, 626

Hamburger, S. A., 529

Hamilton, Harley, 606

Hamilton, Henry, 192, 280, 371, 413, 446

Hamilton, Maggie, 355

Hamlin, Homer, 638

Hammel, Henry, 259, 316, 380; — & Denker, 469, 581

Hammel, William A., 115

Hammel, William A., Jr., 115, 634

Hammond, Miss L. J., milliner, 491

Hampton, W. E., 637

Hancock, Ada, disaster, 75, 132, 300, 329

Hancock, George Allan, 37

Hancock, Henry, 34, 36, 37, 104, 112, 149, 500; Mrs. —, 18, 37; —'s surveys, 33, 38; — ranch, 114

Hancock, Winfield Scott, 82, 246, 247, 265, 281, 282, 294, 296, 297, 299, 300, 301, 346, 512; Mrs. —, 300 (see under Hancock, Ada)

Hangtown, 428

Hanlon, John, 591

Hanna, D. W., 566

Hansen, George, 34, 37, 38, 212, 372, 411, 423, 450, 614

Haparanda, 4, 5

Haraszthy, Augustin, 37

Harbor Contest, The Free, 646

Hardison, Wallace R., 622

Hardy, Alfred, 206, 207

Hardy, surveyor, 34

Hard times, 256, 333

Harford, Port, 346

Harmon, J., 371

Harned, J. M., 429

Harper, Arthur C., 372

Harper, Charles F., 371; — & Moore, —, Reynolds & Co., Harper-Reynolds Co., — & Coulter, 372

Harper's Ferry, 530

Harper's Magazine, 547, 597; — Weekly, 590

Harris, Emil, 405, 409, 425, 433, 434, 455ff.

Harris, L., 18, 216

Harrison, William Henry, 93, 519

Harrison, Miss, 225

Hart, F. J., 638

Hart, Mary E., 599

Harte, Bret, 32, 428

Hartley, B. F., 455

Hartman, Isaac and Mrs., 54

Hartshorn Tract, 391

Hartung Edgar J. , xv

Harvard School, 622

Harvey, J. Downey, 214

Harvey, T. J., 269

Harvey, Walter Harris and Mrs., 214

Haskell, Leonidas, 272

Hathaway, C. D., 405

Hathwell, Belle Cameron (later Mrs. C. E. Thom), 52

Hathwell, Susan Henrietta (later Mrs. C. E. Thom), 52

Hat-makers, native, 159

Hatter, first, 230, 405; 213

Havilah, 148, 149, 375

Hawkes, Emma L., 355

Hawthorne, H. W., 404

Hay, high price of, 445, 453

Hayes, Benjamin, 35, 45, 46, 48, 139, 189, 256, 501, 596; Mrs. —, 46

Hayes, Chauncey , xv

Hayes, Helena (later, Mrs. B. S. Eaton), 47, 50

Hayes, Louisa (later, Mrs. J. S. Griffin), 47, 106, 107

Hayes, Rutherford B., 522, 596

Hayes, R. T., 107, 143, 156, 320, 423

Hayes. T. A., 91

Haynes, John R., 473, 649

Hay-scale, public, 288

Hayward, A. B., 107, 291

Hayward, James Alvinza, 372; — & Co., 372

Hayward Hotel, 192

Hazard, A. M., 74

Hazard, Dan, 74, 415, 416

Hazard, George W., 74, 258

Hazard, Henry T., 74, 235, 415, 433, 442, 446, 521, 584, 590, 594, 606; Mrs. —, 74; —'s Pavilion, 512, 590, 592; — Street, 75

Healdsburg, 389

Healey, Charles T., 618

Hearst, William Randolph, 626, 643

Heat, excessive, 257

Heath, Samuel M., 91, 92

Hebrew Benevolent Society, 122, 432; —, Ladies', 409

Hecht, Sigmund, 618

Heinsch, Hermann, 213, 214, 230, 259, 272, 383; Mrs. —, 213; — Building, 214

Heinsch, R. C., 214

Heintzelman, Henry, 35

Heinzeman, C. F., 230, 371

Hellman, H. M., 142, 311

Hellman, Herman W., 53, 142, 248, 383, 425, 449, 608; —, Haas & Co., 425, 500, 506, 595; — Building, 53

Hellman, I. M., 142, 248, 311, 409, 423, 480; — & Bro., 309, 311, 462, 478, 480, 539

Hellman, I. W., 53, 63, 70, 191, 248, 311, 346, 366, 372, 383, 423, 516, 555, 560, 562, 595; — Building No. 1, 383; — Temple & Co., 372, 416, 423; — & Co., 417

Hellman, James W., 69

Hellman, Marco H., 248

Hellman, Maurice S., 143

Hellman, Samuel, 142, 311, 365, 428, 605; — & Widney, 311

Henderson, A. J., 304

Henderson Bros., 416

Henderson, John W., 304

Henne, Christian, 230, 259, 334; — Block, 192

Henrickson, Clois F., 401

Henriot, François and Mme., 225

Henry steamer, Chancey, 359

Henseley, Captain, 62

Herald, Los Angeles, 450, 498, 516, 556, 595, 607, 612, 614, 622, 628, 643, 646

Herald, New York, 234

Hereford, M., 320

Hereford, Margaret S., 169

Hereford, Robert S., 150

Hereford, Thomas S., 169

Herodotus , xii

Hester, R. A., 324

Hewitt, Eldridge Edwards, 321, 404, 489, 506

Hewitt, J., 389, 397

Hewitt, Leslie R., 638

Hermosa, steamer, 15

Hernösand, 4

Hickey, William (Bill, the Waterman), 116, 117, 350

Hicks, J. D., 69, 142, 217; — & Co., 69, 142

Hides and hide-business, 196, 197, 257, 331, 408, 613; shipping hides, 197

Higbee, George H. , xv

High, E. Wilson, 150

High School, Los Angeles, 301, 419, 452, 532

Hill-property, 376, 460, 558

Hill Street, 377, 472

Hinchman, A. F., 66, 67, 241, 313

Historical Society of Southern California, 541, 604, 631, 640; open air meeting of, 604

Hodge, Frederick Webb , xii

Hodges, A. P., 107

Holbrook, J. F., 377

Holcomb, William, 268; — Valley and — Mines, 268, 282

Holder, Charles Frederick, 557

Hollenbeck, John Edward, 357, 461, 473, 492; Mrs. —, 598; — Home, 220, 494, 598; — Hotel, 492, 518, 598; — Park, 598

Hollingsworth, H. T., 449

Hollingsworth, Lawson D. and Mrs., 449

Hollister, John H., 368, 410, 543

Hollister, Mary, 368, 410

Hollywood, 455, 563, 612, 617

Hollywood, Mount, 643

Holmes, James, 401

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 519

Home of Peace Society, 104, 599

Home Telephone and Telegraph Co., 484

Homes, furnishing of, 113, 124

Honolulu, 156; —, wireless telegraphing to, 643

Honeymoon, The, 286

Hook, Thomas J., 609

Hook, William Spencer, 609

Hoover (formerly Huber), Leonce, 185, 199, 200, 201; — Street, 201; — Vineyard, 198

Hoover, Mary A., 201

Hoover, Vincent A., 200, 201, 467

Hope, A. W., 35, 99, 107, 109

Hope Street, 232, 472

Hopkins, Mark, 324

Hopper, Joseph , xv

Horn, A. J., 91

Horn, Cape, 37, 62, 86, 107, 121, 123, 167, 203, 221, 284, 352, 397, 411

Hornbeck, Robert, 176

Hornung, Adelbert , xv

Horses, 243, 318, 332, 354; —, bet on races, 160; —, breaking in, 243; —, breeding of, 95, 215, 423, 592; —, effect of drought on, 215, 329; horse-thieving, 326; runaway —, 243

Horse cars, 460ff., 562, 609

Horsemanship, 242, 243

Horse-racing, 109, 160, 182, 375

Horticultural Hall, 512

Hospitality, 113, 135; —, Spanish-American, 71, 150, 252, 604; — of the City, 341, 398

Hospitals, 210, 250

Hotels and hotel life, 227, 245, 369, 380, 396, 397, 408, 481; —, advertising, 469; lack of, during Boom, 581; under surveillance, 299; Hotel Splendid, 581. (See, also, under Alexandria, Angelus, Bella Union, Bellevue Terrace, Belmont, Cosmopolitan, Hollenbeck, Lafayette, Lanfranco, Lankershim, Nadeau, National, New Arlington, Pico, St. Charles, St. Elmo, United States, What Cheer House, etc.)

Hotz, Walter , xvi

Hough, A. M., 515

Houghton, Sherman Otis, 596; —, Silent & Campbell, 596

House, building, 82; —, furnishing, 82; —, moving of, 477; —, three-story, 372

Howard, Charles, 384

Howard, Fred H., 439; — & Smith, 439

Howard, Frederick Preston and Mrs., 201, 461

Howard, James G., 347, 350, 554, 555

Howard, O. O., 431

Howard, Volney E., 54, 55, 346, 356, 384, 529, 593; Mrs. —, 55; —, Butterworth & Newmark, 312

Howard, William D. M., 227; — & Mellus, 227

Howard-Nichols duel, 384

Howe, F. A. , xvi

Howell, R. H., 600, 606; — & Craig, 600

Howland, F. H., 535, 546

Hoyt, Albert H., 106

Hoyt, Gertrude Lawrence, 92, 106, 107, 258

Hoyt, Mary, 107, 257, 321

Hubbell, S. C., 461, 521

Huber, Caroline, 201

Huber, Edward, 201

Huber, Emeline, 201

Huber, Joseph, 200, 201; Mrs. —, 201

Huber, Joseph, 201, 261

Huber, William, 201

Hudson River, 625

Hughes, Captain, 237, 276

Hughes, saloon-keeper, 103

Hughes, W. E., 589

Hughes, steam-bath proprietor, 371

Hull, England, 7, 8, 10

Human life, disregard for, 31

Humber Docks, 8

Humbert, Augustus, 130

Humphreys, Frank, 601

Humphreys, J. F., 589

Hunsaker, W. J., 469

Hunsicker, John G., 559

Hunt, Sumner P., 606

Hunt, W. S., 619

Hunter, Edward, 35

Hunter, Jesse, 115, 340

Hunter, Morton C., 397

Hunting grounds, 73

Huntington, Collis P., 324, 440, 468, 502

Huntington, Henry E., 232, 515, 620, 631, 632; — Building, 515, 620; — Purchase, 69; — Hotel, 54

Hutton, Aurelius W., 597

Hydrophobia, 325

Hyde, E. W., 440

Hydrants, 446

I

Ice, 233, 247, 370; first —, 191; formed here, 381; — house, 247, 370; — machine, first, 427; — wagon, 370

Ice cream, first, 191, 391; venders, 391, 629

Ice Water Convention, 13

Icerya purchasi, 544

Icicles, 525

Idaho, 351

Ide, Clarence Edward , xvi

Ihmsen, Maximilian F., 627

Illich, Jerry, 513

Illinois, 576

Illinois, steamer, 14

Imprenta, 94

Independence, steamer, 48

Indian Wells, 387, 414

Indiana, 576; —, Colony, 412, 447, 481

Indians, 25, 35, 42, 47, 62, 82, 89, 95, 105, 106, 123, 124, 126, 131, 134, 165, 169, 182, 202, 203, 217, 218, 227, 228, 248, 253, 259, 261, 262, 266, 275, 277, 281, 285, 286, 317, 322, 330, 352, 415, 429, 430, 431, 448, 519, 528, 530, 542, 553, 604; Polonia, 253; — agents, 143, 168; —, dances of, 278; fire signals, 415; Apache —, 431, 541; Chippewa —, 448; Colorado River —, 317; pueblo —, 542; — as illegal voters, 43; — reservation and adobes, 248, 620

Ingersoll, Luther , xvi

Institute, Sisters', 190

Institute, Teachers', 389

Insurance, 120, 223, 389, 516

Interstate Commerce Commission, 637

Inyo County, 386, 521

Iowa, 576

Iron buildings, corrugated, 120, 133, 190

Ironsides, 352

Irrigation, 115, 213, 215, 218, 329

Irving party, 46, 175, 190

Irving, Washington, 65

Isthmuses, the, and Isthmian travel, 15, 38, 48, 201, 232, 315

Italian Benevolent Society, 553

Ivanhoe, 579

J

Jackson, Andrew, 254

Jackson, Helen Hunt (H. H.), 41, 102, 444, 519, 530

Jackson, John E., 404

Jackson, R. W., 261

Jackson, Simon, 150

Jackson Street, 293

Jackstones, 103

Jacobi, A., 28

Jacobs, Lewis, 151

Jacoby, Abraham, 287, 606; — Bros., 287

Jacoby, Charles, 287

Jacoby, Conrad, 230, 465, 540

Jacoby, Herman, 287

Jacoby, Lesser, 287

Jacoby, Morris, 287

Jacoby, Nathan, 286

Jacoby, Philo, 465

Jail, old, 115, 286, 511, 530

Jail Street, 36

Jamaica, 14

James, Collector, 341

James, George Wharton, 588

Janeiro, Rio de, 123

Japanese at the Centennial, 497

Jazynsky, Louis, 212, 219

Jefferson, D., 396

Jelinek, Mrs. A., 623

Jenkins, Charles Meyers, 94, 295

Jenkins, William W., 76

Jenny Lind Bakery, 77, 191

Jerkies, 375

Jerky, 25

Jess, Stoddard, 473, 638, 642, 647

Jevne, Hans, 76, 550, 606, 638

Jewish Cemetery, 104, 122, 396

Jewish Orphans Home of Southern California, 643

Jewish reformed ritual, 314

Jewish services, 122, 314, 608, 618

Jewish synagogue, first, 314

Jewish temple, 608

Jewish women, 104, 409, 432, 535, 599, 644

Jews, threat to drive out the, 342

Jinks, Captain, 278

Johnson, Adelaida, 61

Johnson, Albert, 455

Johnson, Andrew, 361

Johnson, Bridget, 28

Johnson, Captain, 376

Johnson, Charles R., 62, 249, 255; Mrs. —, 255; — & Allanson, 62, 151

Johnson, Dick, 82

Johnson, E. P., 378, 606

Johnson, Hiram, 639

Johnson, J. A., 91

Johnson, James (Santiago), 53, 61, 279; Mrs. —, 38

Johnson, Joseph H., 622

Johnson, Margarita, 53

Johnson, Micajah D., 488

Johnson, Milbank, 628

Johnson, O. T., 581

Johnston, A. J., 428

Johnston, Albert Sidney, 107, 294, 316, 337; Mrs. —, 316, 321, 337

Johnston, Albert Sidney, Jr., 320

Johnston, Hancock M., 322; Mrs. —, 50

Johnston, William Preston, 295

Jolly, Hi, 222

Joly, Joseph, 405

Jones, C. W. , xv

Jones, Chloe P., 533

Jones, Clara M., 355

Jones, Eleanor Brodie , xv

Jones, E. W., 589, 626

Jones, G. M., 603

Jones, John, 65, 342, 353, 356, 366, 383, 427, 432; Mrs. —, 65, 409

Jones, John H., 85, 86; Mrs. (Carrie M.) —, 85, 542, 648

Jones, John P., 181, 479, 485ff., 521, 586

Jones, John T., 105

Jones, M. G., 65, 545

Jones, Wilson W., 35, 107

Jones Block, 536

Jones's Corral, 455

Jordan Bros., 549

Jota 135

Joughin, Andrew, 357

Joyce, W. H., 637

Juan, Cojo, 238

Judd, Henderson , xvi

Judges of the Plains, 182, 183, 242

Judson & Belshaw, 385ff.

Juez de Paz, 99

Julius Cæsar, 588

Jumper, 446

Juneau, 602

Junge, Adolph (Adolf), 290, 367

Junta Patriotica, 338

Jurupa rancho, 175ff., 255, 391

K

Kahn, John, 72, 606

Kahn, Zadoc and Mme., 450

Kaiser, Charles, 273

Kalamazoo, Mich., 106

Kalisher, W., 61; Mrs. —, 409; — & Wartenberg, 61, 409

Kalorama, steamer, 465

Kane, Mr., 337

Katz, B., 405; Mrs. —, 409

Kays, James C., 469, 545, 618

Kearney, Phil., 614

Kearny, S. W., 206, 255

Keller, M., 35, 128, 200, 292, 293, 346, 436, 446, 483

Keller's Building, 94

Kellogg, D. P. , xvi

Kellogg & Co., 130

Kelly, Dan, 413

Kenealy, John, 529

Kercheval, Albert Fenner, 428, 574; — Tract, 574

Kerckhoff, George, 515

Kerckhoff, William G., 515, 545; — Building, 515

Kerckhoff, Mr., 581

Kerlin, Fred E., 320

Kern, Paul, 481

Kern County, 188, 272, 426, 437

Kern River, 148, 149, 317

Kerosene, 346

Kewen, A. L., 54

Kewen, Edward J. C., 45, 54, 55, 170, 185, 249, 285, 318, 351, 356, 441; Mrs. —, 185

Keyes, C. G. , xvi

Keysor, E. F., 466, 470; — & Morgan, 470

Kimball, C. H., 355

Kimball, Cyrus, 348

Kimball, Nathan, 447

Kimberly, Martin M., 318

Kimble, L., 619

Kindergarten, 356, 566

King, Andrew J., 89, 91, 246, 250, 315, 344, 347, 350, 366, 380, 397, 426, 433, 443, 446; Mrs. —, 89, 315; — & Co., 350; — & Waite, 380

King, Frank, 347

King, F. W., 606

King, Henry, 358

King, Houston, 347

King, John, 245, 316, 358, 380

King, Samuel, 91, 92

King, Thomas, 210

King, William R., 121

King-Carlisle duel, 347ff.

Kingston, Tulare Co., 453

Kinneloa, 519

Kinney, Abbot, 519, 530, 566, 595, 603, 606, 627

Kip, William Ingraham, 340

Kirkland Valley, 415

Klokke, E. F. C., 606

Knäckebröd, 5

Kneipe, Temple Block 230

Knight, William H., 612

Knights Commander, Order of, 542

Knowles, Charles, 455

Knowlton, Charles, 396, 455, 469

Knowlton, Willis T. , xvi

Koebele, Albert, 544

Koepfli, J. O., 544, 606, 619, 626, 634, 635, 637

Kohler, F. D., 130

Kohler, G. Charles, 212, 213; — & Fröhling, 213

Koll, Frederick W., 251, 275

Koster, John, 368

Kragevsky, Miguel, 206

Kremer, Campbell & Co., 280

Kremer, Maurice, 39, 71, 72, 189, 191, 201, 260, 280, 287, 334, 347, 355, 365, 400, 415, 419, 636; Mrs. — (née Newmark), 191, 599, 636

Kress, George H., 641

Kuhn, Henry, 258

Kuhrts, Jacob, 228, 229, 409, 446, 552, 585, 606; Mrs. —, 229, 527

Ku-Klux Klan, 516

Kurtz, Carl, 367, 606

Kurtz, Joseph, 230, 367, 409, 434, 526, 540, 548, 587, 593, 649

Kuster, Edward G., 637

L

Labatt Bros., 69

Laborie, Antoine, 64

Labrador, 398

Lacey, Sidney, 377, 446

Lachenais, A. M. G., 40, 303, 419

Lacy, Richard H., 377; — Manufacturing Co., 377

Lacy, William, 377, 647

Lacy, William, Jr., 377

Ladies, escorting of, 184; — at political gatherings, 282

Ladybird, 544

Ladybug, 544

Lafayette Hotel, 176, 251, 275, 321, 384, 389, 396, 397, 469

La Fetra, Milton H., 483

Lafoon, Charles, 366

Lager beer, first, 40

Lamanda Park, 578

Lambourn, Fred, 87, 471

Lamps, coal oil, 34

Lamson, George F., 155

Lamson, Gertrude, 155

Lamson, S. F., 338

Lancaro, B. H., 179

Land bet on races, 161

Land Commission, 238

Land Commissioners, Board of, 146, 509

Landmarks Club, 542

Land Office, Register of, 143, 214

Land values, unscientific consideration of (see under Property)

Land of Sunshine, 542, 646

Land patents, 509

Land syndicates in the Boom, 572

Lander, James H., 45, 53, 339, 348; Mrs. —, 38, 53

Lane, the, 394

Lane, Joseph, 282

Lane's Crossing, 281

Lanes, 25, 112, 126, 198, 394, 485, 614

Lanfranco Block, new, 371; —, old, 71, 231, 367, 369, 465, 550; the —, hotel. 369

Lanfranco, Juan T., 70, 71, 216, 369, 433; Mrs. —, 71, 181, 508

Lanfranco, Mateo, 70, 216

Lanfranco, Petra Pilar, 135

Lang, Gustav J., 442

Langenberger, A. and Mrs., 212

Langs, confusion as to, 442; Lang, John, No. 1, 274, 442; —, No. 2, 442, 447; —'s Station, 387, 447, 496, 498

Lankershim, Isaac, 381, 421, 493; — Ranch, 578

Lankershim, J. B., 381, 584, 606; Mrs. —, 65; — Block, 192

Lanterns, candle, camphine, coal oil, 34

Largo, Juan, 169

Larkin, Thomas O., American Consul, 108

La Rue, John, 27ff., 61

Larrabee, Charles H., 376, 441

Larronde, Pedro, 311

Lasker, Edward, 539

Lasky, L., 72

Lasso, 243

Latham, Milton S., 109, 282, 285; Camp —, 299; Fort —, 321

Latterday Saints, 345

Laubheim, Samuel, 290

Laughlin, Homer, 201; — Building, 201, 608, 625, 638; — Annex, 593

Laughlin, Richard, 187

Laundries, first, 78, 298, 310

Laura Bevan, wreck of, 66, 152

Laurel Tract, 442

Laurence, H. F., 385

Lauth, Philip, 230

Laventhal, Elias, 146, 189

Lawler, Oscar, 624; Mrs. —, 624

Lawlor, W. B., 373, 443; — Institute, 373

Lawyers, 45ff.; —', fees, 47; —' Block, 596

Lazard, Abe, 72

Lazard, E. M., 72

Lazard Frères, 439, 522, 540

Lazard, Max, 89

Lazard, Solomon, 65, 71, 89, 120, 123, 133, 163, 224, 287, 290, 347, 365, 366, 383, 449, 489, 503, 504, 508, 618, 637; Mrs. —, 224, 253, 347, 508, 637; — & Co., 132, 171, 229, 355, 362, 400, 452; — & Kremer, 71, 189; — & Wolfskill, 72

Lazarowich, Joe, 550

Lazarus, P., 230, 365; Mrs. —, 365; — Stationery Co., 365

Lea, Homer, 644

Lead mines, 385, 388

Lechler, George and Mrs., 235

Leck, Henry v. d. and Mrs., 64

Leck, Lorenzo, 64, 78, 259, 304, 409; Mrs. —, 304, 317; —'s Hall, 314

Lecouvreur, Frank, 149, 152, 230, 319, 344, 403, 411; Mrs. —, 411

Lectures, public, 190, 623

Ledger, reflections caused by an old, 219

Ledyard, Captain, 338

Lee, Bradner W., 475, 516, 517

Lee, Bradner W., Jr. , xvi

Lee, Charles, 453

Lee, John D., 217

Lee, John P., 325

Lee, Robert Edward, 328, 353

Leech, William P., 627

Leeds, England, 276

Leggings, leather, 159

Legislature appealed to, 207

Lehman, Andrew, 86

Lehman, George, 192, 193, 272, 273, 417, 463, 522ff.

Leiter, Levi Z., 602

Leiter, Mary Victoria, 602

Lelande, H. J. , xvi

Lelong, Joseph, 77

Lemberg, Fred, 351

Lemons, and lemon-culture, 211, 212, 412

Lemon, Frank, 476

Lemon, William, 476

Le Mésnager, George, 541

Le Moyne, Francis Julius, 567

Leon, Ralph, 481

Leonis, Miguel, 310

Le Sage, Gideon, 470

Lessen, 3

Letter boxes, 94, 410

Letter, Jacob, 72

Letts, Arthur, 613

Levering, Noah, 540

Levy, E. J., 601

Levy, Isaac , xvi

Levy, Michael, 372; — & Co., 372; — Coblentz, 372

Lewin, Louis and Mrs. 365; — Co., Louis, 365

Lewis, David, 91; and Mrs., 93

Lewis, John A., 93; —, McElroy & Rand, 93

Lewis Perry, 237, 276, 290

Lewis, S. B., 589, 607

Lewis, Thomas A., 589

Libby Prison, 295

Libraries, loan, 428

Library Association, Los Angeles, 443

Library, Los Angeles, 257, 443, 513, 542, 593, 638; —, first, 256; transferred to the City, 513

Lichtenberger, H., 607

Lichtenberger, Louis, 153, 154, 428

Lick, James, 71, 216, 568

Liebre, Rancho de la, 195

Lied von der Glocke, das, 119

Life insurance, 319

Life and Sport in the Open, 558

Lighthouses, first here, 473; —, at Catalina, 319

Lighting of streets and buildings, 34, 349, 408, 410

Lightner, Isaac, 344

Lily Langtry Tract, 575

Lincoln, Abraham, 142, 236, 238, 249, 264, 289, 297, 307, 315, 330, 334, 337, 338, 339, 399, 595; vote in Los Angeles, 282

Lindley, Albert, 473

Lindley, Henry, 473

Lindley, Ida B., 473

Lindley, Milton, 473

Lindley Walter, 322, 473, 589, 641

Lindskow, 404

Lindville, 405

Lips, Charles C., 356, 409, 449, 539

Lips, Walter, 356; —, Craigue & Co., 356

Lissner, Meyer, 639

Little, W. H., 206, 207

Littlefield, J. C., 444

Little Lake, 387

Liverpool, England, 8, 9, 10, 381, 447, 493

Livery stables, 377, 383, 389, 429

Livingstone, David, 211

Llewellyn, David, 559

Llewellyn, Llewellyn J., 559; — Iron Works, 559

Llewellyn, Reese, 559

Llewellyn, William, 559

Lloyd, Reuben, 474

Locomotives (see under Railroads)

Lock-boxes, postal, 372

Locust trees, black, 162, 539

Loeb, Edwin J. , xv., 355

Loeb, Joseph P. , xv., 355, 637

Loeb, Leon, 355, 383, 540, 606; Mrs. —, 355, 636

Loebau, 1, 5, 7, 12, 360, 361, 564, 621

Loew, Jacob, 87, 367, 425; Mrs. —, 367

Loewenstein, Emanuel, 75

Loewenstein, Hilliard, 75, 233; Mrs. —, 75

Loewenthal, Max, 75

Logan, honey dealer, 127

Lomas de Santiago rancho, 170

London, 360, 407

London & San Francisco Bank, 412

Lone Pine, 375

Long Beach, 166, 167, 374, 519, 580, 601, 620; — disaster, 647

Longevity, 493, 528, 649

Longfellow, Henry W., 624

Lopez, bandit, 209

Lord, Isaac W., 377, 449, 489, 505, 563, 576

Lordsburg, 576, 578

Loricke, E. M., 462

Loring, Frederick, 430, 431

Los Angeles, 6 , xv., 22ff., 36, 52, 205, 231, 240, 258, 313, 338, 348, 349, 365, 379, 388, 400, 402, 417, 440ff., 445, 504, 510, 528, 539, 541, 557, 598, 614, 618, 626, 640, 642, 643; extension of hospitality, 398, 639

Los Angeles advertised at the Centennial, 483, 498

Los Angeles and consolidation with harbor towns, 638

Los Angeles and Environs, 620

Los Angeles and the Civil War, 294, 299ff., 305, 308, 311, 316, 318, 321, 323, 326, 328, 330, 333, 334, 337ff., 350, 353, 371

Los Angeles and the Southern Pacific Railroad problem, 440ff., 489, 502ff

Los Angeles as market for the interior, 385; as market for whalers, 308

Los Angeles charity, criticism of, 431

Los Angeles Coffee Saloon, 279

Los Angeles College, 566

Los Angeles College Clinical Association, 367

Los Angeles County, 25, 35, 92, 188, 426; organization of, 35; ownership of, 166; proposed divisions of, 406, 593; reward unpaid, 425

Los Angeles County, An Historical Sketch of, 365, 501

Los Angeles County, History of, (Guinn) 620

Los Angeles County Bank, 466

Los Angeles County Homeopathic Medical Society, 548

Los Angeles County Railroad, 592

Los Angeles Court House, adobe, 40, 256; Temple —, 67, 294, 339, 441, 449; present —, 301, 452

Los Angeles Crematory Society, 567

Los Angeles, early views of, 364

Los Angeles Furniture Co., 378

Los Angeles Gas Co., 489

Los Angeles Guards, 499

Los Angeles Harbor, 545, 637, 642; — Board, 642; — dredging, 426; proposed harbors, 581. (See Harbor Contest.)

Los Angeles, History of, (Willard) 646

Los Angeles High School, 301, 419, 452, 532; first — student to enter State University, 536

Los Angeles Infirmary, 210

Los Angeles Medical Society, 370

Los Angeles Pacific Railroad Co., 613

Los Angeles, panoramic views of, 364

Los Angeles Produce Exchange, 537

Los Angeles Rifleros, 499

Los Angeles River, 116, 258, 289, 398, 412; —, right to water of, 541

Los Angeles Saddlery Co., 82

Los Angeles Savings Bank, 358

Los Angeles Soap Co., 470

Los Angeles Social Club, 383, 500

Los Angeles Soda Water Works, 363

Los Angeles: steamer, 346; little steamer, 395, 398, 404; locomotive, 402, 404

Los Angeles Street, 30, 288, 383, 400, 408, 433, 472, 510

Los Angeles Terminal Railroad, 597

Los Angeles Theater, 590

Los Angeles Water Co., 366, 377, 384, 389, 418, 446, 510, 534, 617

Los Angeles & Independence Railroad, 485, 487, 488, 521, 569; — depot, 485

Los Angeles & San Gabriel Valley Railroad, 549, 585

Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad, 295, 318, 321, 334, 353, 354, 363, 370, 375, 380, 383, 384, 393, 396, 404, 408, 430, 440, 441, 452, 506, 521; —, depot, (later owned by the Southern Pacific) 107, 383, 393, 400, 401, 403; first train into Los Angeles, 401; first regular trains, 403; first midnight train, 402; first popular excursion, 402

Los Angeles & Truxton Railroad, 460

Lothian, I. A., 619, 635

Lott, A. E., 386

Lotteries, land sales by, 573

Louis French, 369

Louis Vielle (Louis Gordo), 369

Louisiana Coffee Saloon, 279

Love, Harry, 58

Lover's Lane, 198

Low, Frederick, F., 323, 338

Lowe, Ella Housefield , xvi

Lowe, T. S. C., 561, 604; — Railroad, Mount, 604; — Astronomical Observatory, 604

Lowe, W. W., 521

Lowenthal, Henry, 627

Lucky, W. T., 389, 452

Lugo, António María, and the Lugo family, 35, 47, 74, 102, 135, 159, 167, 168, 174, 183, 200, 214, 253, 263, 376

Lugo, Felipe, 220, 242

Lugo, José del Carmen, 87, 174

Lugo, José María, 87, 99, 174

Lugo, José Ygnácio, 171, 263

Lugo, Magdalena, 171

Lugo, Vicente, 87, 99, 102, 174

Lugo, Ygnácio, 74, 158, 174

Luleå, 4

Lumber-famine, 380

Lumber, from San Bernardino, 88; — yards, 81, 88, 274, 380

Lummis, Charles F., 232, 364, 541ff., 593, 607, 626, 638, 646, 647, 648; personality, 542; on the memoirs of Harris Newmark , xii

Lummis, M. Dorothea, 548

L'Union Nouvelle, 516

Lusitania, sinking of the, 644

Last, C. F. A., 607

Lynch, Joseph D., 516, 556, 581

Lynchings: Brown, 140; Alvitre, 147; Flores, 209; Daniel, 223; Cota, 304; Daimwood, 324; wholesale, 325; Cerradel, 326; Wilkins, 327; Lachenais, 420; Chinese, 30, 433; —, defense of, 141; —, El Monte boys at, 91, 324, 471

Lyons, Cy, 194, 195; —'s Station, 194

Lyons, Sanford, 194

M

Macaulay, Thomas Babington , xi

MacGowan, Granville, 201

McArthur, Anna, 107

McBride, James, 404

McConnell, J. R., 597

McCoy, Frank, 579

McCracken, T. W., 416

McCrea, John, 404

McCrellish, Frederick J., 270, 271, 283ff.; — & Co., 270

McCullough, J. G., 341

McDonald, Edward N., 218; — Block, 206, 218, 545

McDonald, N. A., 404

McDougal, F. A. and Mrs., 168, 383

McDowell, Hugh, 617

McDowell, Irwin, 341

McElroy, John, 93

McFadden, James, 506

McFadden, P., 366

McFadden, William, 419

McFarland, Albert, 556

McFarland, James P., 107, 109; — & Downey, 109

McGarry Tract, 574

McGarvin, D. C., 607

McGinnis, Ed., 137

McGroarty, John S., 102

McGuire, Thomas, 422

McKee, H. S., 625

McKee, William, 107, 163, 321, 539

McKinley, William, 616, 618

McKinney, Preston, 559

McLain, George P., 446; — & Lehman, 559

McClellan, Bryce, 464, 483

McClellan, George F., 483

McClellan, H., 483

McLoughlin, Ben, 153

McMullen's Station, 415

Machado, Augustin, 63, 179

Machado, Susana, 63

Machado, Ygnácio, 179

Machete, 231

Mackey, A. F., 587

Maclay, Charles, 459

Macniel, Hugh Livingston, 561

Macy, Lucinda, 106

Macy, Obed, 26, 91, 92, 150, 297; — Street, 92, 198, 412

Macy, Oscar, 91, 92, 210, 216, 297

Madigan, Eliza, 321, 355

Madigan, Mike, 383; — lot, 396

Madox, A., 91

Madras, 547

Magic performances, 318

Magruder, John B., 224

Mahler, first Jewish child to die here, 104

Mahlstedt, Mrs. D., 527

Maier, Simon, 69, 607

Mail, dead-letter, 267; —, disturbed, 291; —, sent by express company, 374, 375; Overland —, 256, 259; uncertain arrival of —, 235, 374; — routes, 361; improvement in despatch of —, 264; small amount of — business, 431; introduction of money-orders by —, 431; — by stages, 234, 373, 374

Main Street, 31, 32, 73, 112, 125, 158, 335, 472, 518, 519, 535, 543, 561, 573, 584

Main Street Savings Bank, 561

Main Street & Agricultural Park Railway Co., 389, 462

Maine, the, 616

Maison Dorée, 513

Major, L. A., 516

Mallard, Augusta, 361

Mallard, Joseph Stillman, 33, 36, 89, 205, 361, 364, 411; Mrs. —, 46; — Street, 36

Mallard, Mary, 411

Mallard, Walter, 89

Mallory, Stephen Russell, 467

Maloney, Richard, 239

Manilla, 365

Manning, Celeste , xvi

Manning, Joe, 464

Mansfield, John, 541, 587, 597

Manufacturers' Association, 611

Marble-cutter, first, 406

Marchessault, Damien, 132, 241, 258, 350, 366

Mariguana, 14

Mariposa, 148

Mariposa, La, 550

Mariposa Big Trees, 272

Market House, Temple, 240, 241, 258, 263, 294

Markham, Henry Harrison, 378, 517, 598

Marks, Baruch, 75; — & Co., B., 75

Marriages, native, 136

Marsh, William, 149

Marshall & Henderson, 537

Marshals, U. S., 315, 543

Martial law, 207

Martin & Co., E., 356

Martin, Jack, 268

Martin, Mrs. Peter, 355

Martin, W. H., 237

Martinez, Nicolás, 391

Mascarel, José, 62, 63, 65, 339, 341, 423, 596; — & Barri, 189

Masonic Temple, San Francisco, laying of corner-stone, 270

Masons, F. & A., 156, 208, 317, 371, 624; Lodge No. 42, 26, 105, 118, 203

Massachusetts Cavalry, Second, 295

Matches, Swedish, 120

Mathes, S. J., 482

Mathews, John R., 537

Maurício, Maurice, 191

Maximilian, Emperor, 224, 359

Maxwell, George W., 567

Maxwell, Walter S., 71, 537, 568; Mrs. —, 71

Mayerhofer, Josephine, 191

Mayors of Los Angeles, 32, 33, 36, 50, 100, 105, 115, 147, 218, 288, 302, 372, 379, 388, 398, 399, 445, 467, 556, 561, 566, 613, 616, 638, 639, 642; Mayor as Justice of Peace, 524

Mazatlán, 23, 27

Meat-packers, 482

Meat, price affected by cold, 381

Mechanics' Institute, 190

Medical aid, visiting Europe for, 164

Medical colleges, Los Angeles, 280, 593; first medical school, 548

Medical Profession of Southern California, History of the, 641

Medicines, early, 110

Meiggs, Harry, 21

Mellus, Francis, 35, 36, 39, 61, 87, 105, 119, 132, 137, 227, 256, 265, 288; Mrs. —, 61, 227

Mellus, Henry, 39, 85, 132, 133, 226, 227, 256, 268, 284, 288; Mrs. —, 85, 133, 227; — & Howard, 61

Mellus, James J., 61, 537, 607

Mellus' Row, 60, 61, 71, 75, 248, 309, 313, 351, 472

Mendell, George H., 618

Mercantile Place, 539

Merced Ranch, 167, 520

Merchandise, bet on races, 161; —, early prices of, 73

Merchandising, extravagant stories about, 38

Merchants' Association, 605, 611

Merchants and Manufacturers' Association, 611, 634

Merchants, small stocks of, 311; —, tricks of, 131, 177

Merrymaking, 135

Mesa, 322

Mescal, 134, 205, 424

Mesmer, Joseph, 244, 630

Mesmer, Louis, 191, 244, 303, 380, 523, 581, 596

Messer, Kiln, 123, 200, 274, 275, 410; Mrs. —, 442

Methodists, 103, 340, 516

Metlakahtla, 602

Metropolitan Building, 639

Mexican War, 108, 169; — Veterans, 138, 499

Mexicans, 89, 322, 330, 333; cuisine of, 102, 133, 630; dress of, 99, 157; goods of, 62, 66, 279; as laborers, 25; as outlaws, 206, 333; as illiterate voters, 42

Mexico, 397; peace proclamation of, 400

Mexico, City of, 57, 546

Meyberg, Max, 605, 606, 639; — Bros., 611

Meyberg, Mrs. Morris , xvi

Meyer, Constant, 452

Meyer, Edgar J., 644

Meyer, Eugene, 68, 198, 237, 290, 355, 366, 377, 381, 383, 400, 450, 452, 464, 466, 480, 499, 523, 540, 644; Mrs. —, 196, 290, 377, 564, 637, 644; — & Co., Eugene, 452, 643

Meyer, Isaac A., 309; — & Breslauer, 309

Meyer, J. A., 297

Meyer, Louisa , xvi

Meyer, Mendel, 233, 459

Meyer, Samuel, 26, 75, 150, 194, 233, 309, 383; Mrs. —, 75

Meyer & Breslauer, 309

Meying, William , xvi

Michaels, M., 72

Micheltorena, Manuel, 92, 178

Midwinter Fair, San Francisco, 605

Mikado, 547

Miles, Charles E., 446, 454, 457

Miles, Nelson A., 581, 586, 587

Military academy, first, 622; — bands, 296, 394, 398, 579; — posts, Los Angeles trade with, 265

Milk, early peddling of, 172

Miller, marble cutter, 406

Miller, John M., 543

Miller & Lux, 458

Milliner's advertisement, 492

Millington, S. J., 427

Mills and millers, 54, 87, 213, 218, 367, 381, 470, 581

Millspaugh, Jesse F., 532

Milner, John, 404, 452, 568; Mrs. —, 527

Miner, Randolph Huntington, 473, 612; Mrs. —, 473

Mining and miners, 17, 94, 108, 123, 126, 148, 149, 228, 268, 271, 318, 321, 385ff., 474, 475, 476, 477

Minstrels, 186

Mint Valley, 415

Minting, early, 130

Miron, Juan María, 202

Miron, Juana, 202

Mirror, Los Angeles, 444, 474, 482, 530, 533, 617

Mission Dolores, 276

Mission Fathers, 88, 92, 101, 115, 199

Mission Inn, Frank Miller's, 625

Mission Play, 102

Mission Road, 42, 533

Missions (see under Spanish Missions)

Mitchell, Charles E. , xvi

Mitchell, Henry Milner, 417, 455, 457, 488, 499; —, shot by mistake, 517; Mrs. —, 517

Mitchell, John S., 492

Mix, W. A., 405

Mob, psychology of the, 324

Modjeska, Helena, 494, 495; — Avenue, 495

Moerenhaut, Jacob A., 254, 317, 501

Moffatt & Co., 130

Moffitt, A. B., 521

Mohave County, Arizona, 92

Mohongo, 465

Moiso, Jim, 550

Mojave, desert, 317; Fort —, 281; —, town of, 386, 387

Molino, El, 54

Mondonville, 579

Money, exchange with San Francisco, 129; expressing — as coin to San Francisco, 129; hoarding — in bags, 129; — orders, first foreign, 431

Monk, Hank, 429

Monroe, William N., 563

Monrovia, 467, 563, 576, 578, 620

Montana, 304, 351

Monte, El, 71, 88, 90, 91, 92, 107, 150, 196, 207, 234, 251, 261, 317, 324, 325, 354, 426, 452, 471

Montebello, 535

Monterey, 22, 47, 254, 255, 279, 520

Monterey, steamer, 465

Monte Vista, 579

Montgomery Saloon, 31, 209, 282

Moody, Dwight L., 590

Moore, C. E., 642

Moore, Maggie, 381

Moore, Walter S., 71, 464, 587; Mrs. —, 71

Moore, William, 319

Moran, John, 363

More, Ira, 532, 604

Moreno, bankrupt, 68

Moreno, Francisco, 159

Morford, W. E., 476

Morgan, Octavius, 469, 568

Morgan, Cosmo, 465; — & Newmark, 465

Mormons, 87, 88, 151, 155, 156, 217, 218, 242, 320, 345

Morning Call, San Francisco, 427

Morris, Herman, 72

Morris, Jacob, 72

Morris, J. L., 72, 383

Morris, Moritz, 72, 356, 383, 540; — Bros., 104; — Vineyard, 104, 539

Morris, shoemaker, 86

Morrison, Murray, 185, 295, 365, 436; Mrs. —, 185, 436

Morsch, Fred, 409

Mortimer, C. White, 597

Morton, F., 65, 66, 152, 248

Morton, Levi P., 617

Mosher, L. E., 583, 607, 616

Mosquito Gulf, 14

Mott, John G., 72

Mott, Stephen Hathaway, 82, 366, 472, 534

Mott, Thomas D., 64, 72, 73, 81, 82, 160, 181, 309, 311, 323, 324, 335, 366, 383, 440; Mrs. —, 181, 309; — Hall, 590; — Market, 590

Moulton, Elijah T., 171, 289; Mrs. —, 171

Mountain Meadow Massacre, 106, 217

Mountain travel, difficulty of, 120, 121, 285

Mounted Rifles, Los Angeles, 294

Mud Springs, 387

Mueller, Otto, 518

Muir Glacier, 602

Mulberry-tree, 390

Mule Springs, 414

Mules, 16, 92, 312; on street railways, 462; mule trains, 187, 312, 385

Mulholland, William, 50, 509, 555

Mullally, Joe, 396; —, Porter & Ayers, 83

Mumus, 125

Municipal and County Adobe, 36, 40, 41, 209, 256, 324, 338, 530

Municipal League, 545, 646

Munk, J. A., 636, 647, 648

Murat, John, 258

"Murchison, Charles F.," 590; — Letters, 590

Murders, 31, 35, 46, 58, 139, 190, 206, 303, 304, 323, 324, 326, 327, 330, 340, 418, 424, 430, 432, 470, 512, 629

Murdoch, W. T., 610

Murieta, Joaquín, 58

Murphy, Joe, 381

Murphy, Sheriff, 223

Muscupiabe, 90

Museum of History, Science and Art, 110, 159, 238, 253, 258, 291, 457, 479, 622, 631, 640, 645

Mushet, W. C., 639

Music, early, 157, 183, 193, 268, 398; Spanish and Mexican, —, 22, 31; — teachers, 373; musicians, 183, 213, 214, 412

Mustard, wild, 126

Mutton, 216

Myles, Henry R., 109, 111, 320

N

Nadeau, George A., 304

Nadeau, H., 492

Nadeau, Remi, 304, 385ff., 421, 513, 534, 558; — Block, 558; — Hotel, 385, 513, 518, 534, 587; — Park, 576, 579; — Station, 388; rancho, 388

Napa Valley, 199

Naples, 621

Naples, California, 630

Nast, Thomas, 590

Natick House, 63, 77

Nation, The , xii

National Hotel, 396

Natives, naïve temperaments of, 162

Naud, Edouard, 202, 288; Mrs. —, 202; —'s Warehouse, 288

Needles, 440

Negroes, 123, 138, 330, 527; negro troops, 330

Negros, Calle de los, 30, 98, 288, 510

Neuendorffer, R. C. , xvi

Neumark, West Prussia, 1

Neuner, M. C., 639

Nevada Bank, San Francisco, 595

New Arlington Hotel, 418, 552

New High Street, 472

Newberry, John R., 551

Newell, Jerry, 83

Newfoundland, storm off, 11

Newhall, Walter S., 607

Newhall, 41, 95, 170, 504

Newman, Edward, 330

Newmark, Abraham, son of Joseph Newmark, 538

Newmark, Augusta, wife of J. P. Newmark, 163, 191, 240; death of, 611

Newmark Bros., 559

Newmark, Caroline, daughter of Joseph Newmark, 121, 347

Newmark, Edith, daughter of Harris Newmark, 470

Newmark, Edward J., son of Joseph Newmark, 121, 376, 624

Newmark, Edward J., son of Harris Newmark, 515

Newmark, Ella, daughter of Harris Newmark, 517, 533

Newmark, Emily, daughter of Harris Newmark, 367

Newmark, Estelle, daughter of Harris Newmark, 355

Newmark (Neumark), Esther, mother of Harris Newmark, 1, 2, 3, 7; death of, 360

Newmark, Harriet, daughter of Joseph Newmark, 121, 195, 290

Newmark, Harriet, daughter of J. P. Newmark, 444

Newmark (Neumark), Harris, son of Philipp Neumark, birth, 1; boyhood, 2; accompanies father to Sweden, 3, 649; first experience at sea, 3; in Denmark and Sweden, 4; returns to Loebau, 4; becomes shoeblacking apprentice, 4; visits Finland, 5; experience with Russian bigotry, 5; last winter at Loebau, 5; invited by brother, J. P. Newmark, to come to California, 6; leaves Gothenburg for America, 7; forms peculiar acquaintance, 7ff.; lands at Hull, 8; arrested with fellow-passenger at Liverpool, 9; misses steamer, 9; sails from Liverpool, 10; narrowly escapes shipwreck, 11; arrives at New York, 12; tries peddling—for a day, 13; sails for California via Nicaragua, 14; crosses the Isthmus, 15; adventure on a mule, 16; shares the vicissitudes of the trip with Lieutenant William Tecumseh Sherman, 17; reaches the Pacific, 18; enters the Golden Gate, 19; meets Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Newmark and family, 121; absorbed with early San Francisco life, 19ff.; continues sea-trip to Southern California, 22; disembarks at San Pedro, 22; meets Phineas Banning, 23; comes by stage to Los Angeles, 24; amazed at first sight of Indians, squirrels and carne seca, 25; reunion with brother, 26; clerks for brother, 27; makes rounds of Los Angeles gambling dens, 30ff.; faces gun of drunken neighbor, 58; and confronts weapon of another joker, 60; early associations with Mayor Nichols, 32; acts as agent for Henry Hancock, 37; lives in the family of Joseph Newmark, 121; first meeting with George Hansen, 37; friendship with George Carson, 217; learns Spanish before English, 121; becomes charter member of Los Angeles Hebrew Benevolent Society, 123; establishes himself in business, 128; sacrifices necessary to attain success, 128; first business profits, 128; duns a debtor at some personal risk, 144; becomes partner in Rich, Newmark & Co., 146; business trips and adventures, 150ff.; attends bull-fight, 161; experiences first earthquake, 165; participates in early social life, 183; forms friendship with Cameron E. Thom, 228; proposes marriage to Miss Sarah Newmark, 103; third business venture, 189; revisits San Francisco, 191; rides horseback to Fort Tejón, 194ff.; begins buying hides, 196; joins the Masonic order, 203; second experience with earthquake, 204; as Vigilante, 205; again visits San Francisco, 211; dealings with Louis Robidoux, 175; engages in sheep business, 220; eyewitness to slaying of Sheriff Getman, 221; marries Miss Sarah Newmark, 224, 589; engages in the clothing trade, 237; unfortunate business venture at Fort Tejón, 248; participates in a rodeo, 242; forms friendship with Winfield Scott Hancock, 246; N. on Hancock's patriotism, 300; becomes citizen of the United States, 249; associations with Juan Bandini, 255; appointed Deputy County Treasurer, 260; delegate to Masonic ceremonies, San Francisco, 270; first opportunity to use the telegraph, 271; cordial relations with Senator Gwin, 296; sees lynching of Cota, 304; embarks in the commission business, 310; suffers first loss of a child, 317; is examined for health and becomes pioneer policy holder of Germania Insurance Company, 319; present at wholesale lynching, 324; condones lynch-law, 141; probable narrow escape from accidental assassination, 330; observes fearful effect of drought, 329; loss in hide speculation, 331; pays high price for flour and beans, 332; buys first home, 335; plays poker in jury-room, 55; represses an anti-Lincoln demonstration and saves a friend, 337; in response to a threat, establishes, with Phineas Banning, the firm of H. Newmark, soon H. Newmark & Co., 342ff.; takes Frank Lecouvreur into his service, 344; dealings with Mormons, 345; forces business competitors to capitulate, 353; buys out Banning, 353; spectator at the King-Carlisle duel, 348; also at the Kewen-Lemberg affray, 351; decides to remove to New York, 359; with family, crosses the Isthmus of Panamá, 359; opens branch office in the metropolis, 359; buys home in New York, 359; revisits Europe, and sees again birthplace and father, 360; at the Paris Exposition of 1867, 360; unpleasant predicament at Covent Garden, 360; bears to Miss Mary Hollister proposal of marriage from Phineas Banning, 368; returns to Los Angeles, 376; imports one of the first grand pianos seen here, 376; introduces finger-bowls, 377; installs bathroom in adobe, 119; buys city acreage at auction, 379; purchases site for home on Fort Street, 68, 381; helps organize first social club, 383; friendship with Remi Nadeau, 386ff.; assists in welcoming William H. Seward, 398; with an amusing result, 400; involuntary candidate for Supervisorship, 403; counsellor to Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent Society, 409; intimate relations with early ranchers, 421; helps organize Sixth District Agricultural Society, 426; on committee to arrange patriotic celebration, 428; witnesses Chinese massacre, 434; psychologically affected by the wool craze, 437ff.; member of committee to invite Southern Pacific Railroad Company to build into Los Angeles, 440, 502; helps prepare County railroad ordinances, 441; one of the founders of the Public Library, 443; visits Vasquez in captivity, 458; travels to San Francisco by stage, 465; N. on the future of Fort Street, 466; housewarming, 467; first meeting with Lucky Baldwin, 474; visits Lake Tahoe, 477; advises Juan Matías Sanchez against risking his property, 478; buys first lot sold in Santa Monica, 480; coöperates in editing Chamber of Commerce report for Centennial, 482; by stage and rail to San Francisco, 496; visits Centennial Exhibition, 497; crossing Continent to New York by rail, 497; makes use of early typewriter, 497; again in San Francisco, 498; takes part in the opening of San Fernando Tunnel, 504; N. on discourteous treatment of C. F. Crocker by municipal authorities, 504; relations with Leland Stanford, 322, 506; dealings with John E. Hollenbeck, 492; failure to appreciate land-values, 513; sells Van Nuys Building site, 515; removes temporarily to San Francisco, 520; President of the Congregation, B'nai B'rith, 608; President, Temple Block Co., 596; meets Mme. Modjeska, 495; director, Board of Trade, 537; celebrates silver wedding, 538; entertains Dr. Edward Lasker, 540; tours Mexico and visits New Orleans Exposition, 546; retires from wholesale grocery business, 549; with Kaspare Cohn forms K. Cohn & Co., 549; resumes shipping of hides and wool, 549; relations with Alessandro Repetto, 552ff.; administrator of Repetto's estate, 553; one of the purchasers of the Repetto rancho, 552, 555; a founder of Newmark and Montebello, 555; invited to stand as candidate for Mayor, 556; brings in Eastern coal at fabulously low rates, 557; again tours Europe, 564; N. on State division, 592; invests in gas-making plant, 561; in Alaska, 602; at the Chicago Fair, 605; dissolves partnership with Kaspare Cohn, 613; revives H. Newmark & Co., 613; on Pioneer Society committee, 614; N.'s tribute to his brother, J. P. Newmark, 611; builds residence on Grand Avenue, 593; once more buys a lot at Santa Monica, 596; final visit to Europe, 621; builds Blanchard Hall, 68; buys electric automobiles—and soon sells them, 626; proposes monument to S. M. White, 469; erects Gamut Club, 625; participates in a movement to provide land for Federal Building, 630; retires from business, 633; N.'s tribute to Lionel J. Adams, 636; golden wedding anniversary, 636; at banquet to William H. Taft, 639; N. on the death of his wife, 640; recollections of family physicians, 648; breaks ground for Jewish Orphans' Home, 643; joins in testimonial to Griffith J. Griffith, 643; speech at the half-century jubilee of M. A. Newmark & Co., 344; receives loving cup, 344; at Santa Monica, looking backward , vii, 649; views on longevity and health, 649; attitude toward alcohol and tobacco, 649; pride in Los Angeles, 651; object in writing his memoirs , ix, 477

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