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GATE XIV. ALL ASHORE XV. THE SIGHTS
OF SAN FRANCISCO XVI. CHARLEY HEARS A
CONVERSATION XVII. ON TO THE DIGGIN'S XVIII. THE TRAIL
OF THE ENEMY XIX. A GREAT DISCOVERY XX. ANOTHER
GREAT DISCOVERY XXI. MINERS' JUSTICE XXII. THE BEST
OF ALL

ILLUSTRATIONS
"YOU STOLE THOSE PAPERS" . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
"OVER THEY GO!"
DOWN SLIPPED CHARLEY'S HORSE FROM THE TRAIL
"I'VE LOST THE PAPERS"
BILLY STEPPED ON HIS LEAD ROPE AND LEVELED HIS GUN
LIKE LIGHTNING

MAPS
THE MAP FROM THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER
FROM NEW ORLEANS TO SAN FRANCISCO, 1849
THE ROUTE ACROSS THE ISTHMUS IN 1849
THE VOYAGE OF THE SCHOONER "MARY ANN" FROM SAN

FRANCISCO TO THE GOLD FIELDS, 1849
FROM SACRAMENTO TO "THE DIGGIN'S," 1849

THE STORY OF CALIFORNIA
1542--On September 28, 1542, Captain Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a
Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain, on a voyage of
exploration along the coast northward from Mexico casts anchor of his
two small ships, the San Salvador and the Victoria, in San Diego Bay.
He christens it the Puerta de San Miguel (Port of Saint Michael).
Thence his ships explore north clear to the line of present Oregon.
Mid-voyage he dies from an accident, and is buried on San Miguel
Island, opposite present Santa Barbara. The exploration is continued by
his lieutenant, Bartolome Ferrelo.
1579--In June, 1579, Sir Francis Drake, English adventurer, lands near
the Bay of San Francisco, to overhaul his ship, the Golden Hind. He
takes possession of the shore for Queen Elizabeth, christens it New
Albion, and erects a monument. His bay is called Francis Drake's Bay.
1587--The Bay of Monterey visited, according to description, in 1587,
by the Spanish navigator Pedro de Unamunu, in his ship Nuestra
Señora de la Esperança (Our Lady of Hope). He lands and erects a
cross, and christens the place Puerta de San Lucas (Port of Saint Luke),
taking possession for the King of Spain.
1595--In 1595 the Spanish navigator Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeno is
wrecked in Francis Drake's Bay, to which he gives the name Bay of
San Francisco. This was a small bay behind Point Reyes, north of the
entrance to the Golden Gate.
1602--Cabrillo's Port of San Miguel entered in 1602 by the Spanish
navigator Sebastian Vizcaino, with four vessels: the San Diego (Saint
James), the Santo Tomas (Saint Thomas), the Tres Reyes (Three Kings),
and a launch. He christens the bay San Diego. Voyaging further, he
rediscovers the Port of San Lucas, and christens it Monterey, in honor

of the Count of Monterey, the ruler for Spain in Mexico.
1769--Sent out by Comandante José de Galvez, inspector general for
Spain in Mexico, in 1769 the first expedition by land ascends from
Lower California of Mexico into Alta (Upper) California. It is in two
parties, one commanded by Captain Rivera y Moncada and
accompanied by the Franciscan priest Padre Juan Crespi, the other
commanded by Gaspar de Portola, governor of the Californias for
Spain, and accompanied by the Franciscan priest Padre Junipero Serra.
The object was to establish three Franciscan missions--one at San
Diego, one at Monterey, one at San Francisco; and at Monterey a town
and a fort. By sea set forth, with another expedition, and with supplies,
the ships San Carlos (Saint Charles), San Antonio (Saint Anthony), and
San José (Saint Joseph). The San José was disabled at the start. The
meeting place was to be San Diego. Here, July 16, 1769, the mission of
San Diego de Arcala is founded.
1769--November 2, 1769, the present Bay of San Francisco is
discovered, from a hill, by some soldiers in the party of Gaspar de
Portola, who had led an expedition northward from San Diego, to
search for Monterey.
1770--June 3, 1770, the mission of San Carlos Borromeo de Monterey
is founded. Three other missions follow, to September, 1772.
1776--September 17, 1776, the presidio or military station of San
Francisco is founded.
1776--October 9, 1776, the mission of San Francisco de Asis is
dedicated, on the shore of the real San Francisco Bay. By August 23,
1823, twenty-one missions have been placed.
1781--September 4, 1781, the town of Los Angeles is established.
1794--In 1794, as old records say, the first American arrived, landing
from a ship and settling in Santa Barbara. He is called by the
Californians, "Boston Boy."

1804--Upper California is made a separate Spanish province, by royal
decree of August 29, 1804.
1821--By revolt of Mexico against Spain, in 1821 California becomes a
Mexican province.
1826--In 1826 arrive the first Americans by land, being a party of
trappers led from Salt Lake by Jedediah S. Smith.
1832--Captain Benjamin Morrell, Jr., of the American vessel Tartar,
after having stopped at California publishes, in 1832, a book upon his
travels, in which he urges the acquisition