INDEX

Alvarado, Governor of California, 15-16, 18, 23 "Arcadian Age," 58-62 Ashe, Richard, 251, 252

Baker, Edward, Colonel, 236, 244 "Bear Flag Revolution," 32-36 Benton, T.H., father-in-law to Frémont, 29; exerts influence in Frémont's behalf, 40 Bluxome, Isaac, 202, 204 Bovee, 253 Bowie, 251, 252 Brannan, Sam, 56-57, 155, 189

Cahuenga, Treaty of (1847), 42 California, inhabitants, 1 occupation by Spain, 2 et seq classes, 5-6 life of early settlers, 6 et seq advent of foreign residents, 13 et seq population in 1840, 16-17 arrival of two parties of settlers (1841), 17 Frémont's expedition, 29 military conquest by U.S., 30 et seq. Mexican laws in, 46-50; constitutional convention (1849), 50-52 influence of discovery of gold, 52-54 overland migration to, 67 et seq journey by way of Panama to, 96 et seq life in the gold fields, 107 et seq city life in 1849, 119 et seq law, 174-176; politics, 176-180 financial stringency (1855), 181-183 California Star, the, 123 Carson, Kit, 38 Casey, J.P., 191, 192 et seq, 220 et seq Chagres in 1849, 99-100 Cole, Beverly, 202 Coleman, W.T., 201, 202, 204, 205, 211 et seq, 251 Cora, Charles, trial of, 189-191 re-trial by Vigilantes, 225-226

Daily Evening Bulletin, 184-188, 190 Delano, 75 Dempster, Clancey, 201, 202, 204 Den, Nicholas, 14 Doane, Charles, 219 Donner party, 26 Dows, James, 202 Duane, Charles, 235 Durkee, John, 249-251

Farragut, David, 242 Farwell, 201 Frémont, J.C., expedition, 29 et seq personal characteristics, 40-41, 44-45 negotiates treaty with Californians, 42 appointed Governor of California, 42 asks permission to form expedition against Mexico, 43-44 court-martialed and dismissed from service, 44 Gatun in 1849, 100-01 Gavilán Peak, U.S. flag raised at, 30 Gift, Colonel, 218 Gillespie, Lieutenant, 30, 31-32 Gold, influence of discovery upon life in California, 52-54; discovered by Marshall (1848), 55; news brought to East, 62; influence in Europe, 65-66; the diggings, 106 et seq. Graham, Isaac, 15-16 Green, Talbot, 172

Harlan, William, account of overland journey, 68-69; quoted, 121; experience in San Francisco, 128; Hartnell, 14 Herald, 200 Hittell, T.H., recounts incidents of overland journey, 70, 72 Hopkins, Sterling, 251, 252 Hossefross, 202 "Hounds," The, 137-39 Howard, Volney, 241, 244, 245, 246

Ide, W.B., 34 Indian menace to immigrant trains, 71

Jenkins, John, trial of, 153-156 Johnson, J.N., Governor of California, 210 et seq. Johnston, Captain, 38

Kearny. General Stephen Watts, 37 et seq. Kearny, Woolley, 235 Kelly, John, 115 King, James, of William, 183, 184 et seq., 207-08, 227

Larkin, T.O., 28-29 "Law and Order" party, 179, 208; clash with Vigilantes, 236 et seq. Leese, Jacob, 33

McGlynn, J.A., 129-30 McGowan, Edward, 195-96, 235 McLean, William, 235 McNabb, 252 Maloney, Rube, 248, 251, 252 Marshall, James, discovers gold, 55 Mason, Colonel R.B., 46 Meiggs, Harry, 172 Merritt, 33 Mesa, Battle of the, 41 Mexican government in California, attitude toward settlers, 17-19, 27 Mexican War, influence upon affairs in California, 35 Missions established by "Sacred Expedition," 3 Montgomery, Lieutenant, 35 Mormons, 19-20, 56-57, 77 et seq. Mountain Meadows massacre, 95 Musgrave, J.D., 235

Oregon question, effect upon Western migration, 20-21, 55 Oregon Trail, 21-22

Panama as a route to California, 96 et seq. Panama, city of, in 1849, 102-103 Pattie, James, 14 Pico, Andrés, 37 Portolá, 2 Pratt, P.P., 80

"Regulators," the, 136-37 Richardson, William, 189 Rigdon, Sidney, 80 Rowe, 252 Ryan, W.R., quoted, 7, 120-21

"Sacred Expedition," 2 San Diego, first mission founded (1769), 13 San Francisco, before discovery of gold, 123; effect of discovery of gold, 123-24; in 1849, 124 et seq.; fire of Dec. 4, 1849, 141; later fires, 142; Volunteer Fire Department, 143-46; civic progress, 146-49; population in 1851, 150-51; in the mid-fifties, 159 et seq. San Gabriel River, Battle of (1847), 41 San Pascual, Battle of, 38 Santa Fé, 14 Semple, 33 Serra, Father Junipero, 2 Sherman, W.T., 208-09, 242-243, 245 Sloat, Commodore J.D., 35, 36 Smith, Growling, 48 Smith, Jedediah, 15 Smith, Joseph, Jr., founder of the Mormon Church, 77-79; as a leader, 79-80; death, 85 Smith, Peter, claims against city of San Francisco, 170 Sonoma captured, 32-35 Spain, religious occupation of California, 2 et seq.; discourages immigration into, 13 Spence, David, 14 Stockton, Robert, Commodore, 36 et seq.; quarrels with Kearny, 38-39 Stuart, James, 151-52 Sunday Times, the, 192 Sutler, Captain J.A., 23-26 Sutter's Fort, 24, 25, 29, 30, 33, 106 "Sydney Ducks," 136, 234

Terry, Judge, 241, 242, 243, 245-46, 251, 252 Thomes, W.H., quoted, 9 Three Weeks in the Gold Mines, Simpson, 64 Truett, 201, 220, 251

Vallejo, General, 18 Vigilantes, of 1851, 150 et seq.; of 1856, 231 et seq.

Walker, Joseph, 29, 30 White, James, 235 Wightman, Peter, 235 Wool, General, 242

Yerba Buena, see San Francisco Young, Brigham, 85-88, 89, 90, 91