An edition of Eldorado Or Adventures In Path Of Empire
(1850)
Eldorado
or, Adventures in the path of empire: comprising a voyage to California, via Panama; life in San Francisco and Monterey; pictures of the gold region, and experiences of Mexican travel.
18th ed
by Bayard Taylor
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Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) was already a well-established writer when he traveled to California as special correspondent for the New York Tribune in the summer of 1849. On his return to New York, Taylor established himself not only as one of America's great travel writers but as a true man of letters, producing distinguished novels and poems as well as nonfiction for the next quarter century. Eldorado (1850) consists of Taylor's rewritten dispatches to his paper. Volume 2 tells of the 1849 elections, horseback tours of the Sierras, gold camps on the Mokelumne River, analysis of the 1849 overland emigration, San Francisco social and cultural life, and a return to the East with stops in Guadalajara, Mazatlàn, Mexico City, Popcateptel, and Vera Cruz. Thomas Butler King's official report on California, 22 March 1850, is printed as an appendix.
Publish Date
1859
Publisher
G.P. Putnam
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Description and travel, Gold discoveries, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Travel, Ethnic groups, Zamorano 80, Description and travel. [from old catalog], Gold discoveries. [from old catalog], California, history, Mexico, description and travel, West (u.s.), biographyPeople
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Table of Contents
CONTESTS PMI CHAPTER I From New York to Chagres The Shores of Florida Night in Havana Harbor- New Orleans Chagres from the Sea
Page 1
CHAPTER II.
Crossing the Isthmus Quarrel with a Native The Village of Oatun Songs on the River A Priest's Household An Affectionate Boatman Riding Through the Forests We Reach Panama
Page 11
CHAPTER III.
Scenes in Panama Emigrants Arriving Ruined Churches 88 CHAPTER IV The Pacific Coast of Mexico Meal-time on the Steamer A Midnight Call at AcapulcoThe Mexican Coast The Old Presidio of San Bias Touching at Mazatlan
Page 31
CHAPTER V.
The Coast of California A Treacherous Coast Harbor of San Diego Narratives of Emigration Gen Villamil and his Colony The Last Day of the Voyage The Anchor Drops
Page 43
PAG a CHAPTER VII To the San Joaquin, on Muleback Scenery of the Inland Ranches on the Road Colonel Fremont A Sonorian Comrade Crossing the Coast Range The Mos- quitos and the Ferry
Page 63
CHAPTER VIII.
Camp-Life and a Ride to the Diggings Stockton Rocky Mountain Men Fiery Travel the Mule's Heart Arrival at the Diggings
Page 76
CHAPTER IX.
The Diggings on Mokelumne River Gold in the River-Bed The Sonorians The Process of Dry- Washing Storks of the Gold-DiggersCost of our Visit
Page 84
CHAPTER X.
A Gallop to Stockton, with some Words on Law and Society Appropriating a Horse The Californian Horse A Flogging Scene in Stockton Law and Order Moral Effect of Gold
Page 94
CHAPTER XI.
A Night-Adventure in the Mountains An Unceremonious Supper The Trail Lost Second View of San Francisco Col Fremont's Mine
Page 104
CHAPTER XII.
San Francisco by Day and Night The Streets after Breakfast A Bull-Chase The Afternoon The Inside of a Gaming-Hell CHAPTER XIII Incidents of a Walk to Monterey Fisher's Ranche Agriculture in California A Mountain Panorama Belated on the Road The Gila Emigrants Monterey at La "t
Page 151
FAQI CHAPTER XV The State Organization of California Steps toward Organization The Con vention Meets The Question of Suffrage Trouble about the Boundary The Great Seal of the State Distinguished Californians Uo CHAPTER XVI The Closing Scenes of the Convention A Bali-Room Picture Signing the Con- stitution Gen Riley and the Members Moral of the Convention
Page 158
CHAPTER XVII.
Shore and Forest Swimming a Ravine Dinner by the Sea-ShoreGeology and Indian Tradition The Sea-Lions on Point Lobos
Page 169
CHAPTER XVIII.
Old California Its Missions and its Lands Rise of the Missions Their Downfall Extent of the Mission Property The Law for Granting Lands Uncertain Boundary of Grants Disposition of the Gold Land
Page 179
CHAPTER XIX.
Return to San Francisco Journey in an Ambulance Night and Morning in tho Mountains Fording the Pajaro River A Sirocco in San Jose Night-Camp under the Oaks
Page 193
PAQH CHAPTER XXII Travelling on the Plains Night, Rain and a Ranche The Nevada at Sunset Prairie and Wood Craft Among the Hills A Knot of Politicians
Page 227
CHAPTER XXIII.
Journey to the Volcano The Forest Trail Camping in a Storm The Volcanic Com munityAppearance of the Extinct Craters The Top of Polo's Peak Keturn to theMokelumne
Page 239
CHAPTER XXIV.
Election Scenes and Mining Characters Voting on the Mokelumne Incidents of Digging An Englishman in Eaptures " Buckshot" Quicksilver My own Gold Digging 25T CHAPTER XXV The Rainy Season The Ferry Deception of the Diggers Dry Creek and Amador's Creek A Ranche and its Inhabitants A Female Specimen A Vision Relin quished
Page 260
CHAPTER XXVI.
Night in Sacramento City Perils of a Stroll The City Music Ethiopian Melodies Californian Theatre Playing the Eavesdropper Squatters' Quarrels Fate of my Mare
Page 272
CHAPTER XXVII.
The Overland Emigration of 1849 Its Character The Cholera on the Plains Salt Lake City The Great Basin The Nevada Descent of the Mountains Apathy in Peril The Close
Page 280
CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Italy of the West Steam on the Sacramento The Sunsets of California A Company of Washmen A Voracious Donkey Attempt at Squatter Life
Page 292
PAGI CHAPTER XXX Society in California The Transformation of the Emigran t The Norsemen Re- vived The Energies of Society California Democracy
Page 810
CHAPTER XXXI.
Leaving San Francisco A German Crew and Chilian Schooner "Weathering a South- Easter The Fire on Shore We put back in Distress The Burnt District Stem ming a Flood Tide The Steamer Paso del Mar Down the Coast
Page 815
CHAPTER XXXII.
Mazatlan A Chinese Boniface The Streets by Night and Day The Atmosphere of the Gulf Preparations to leave Solemn Warnings
Page 826
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Travel in the Tierra Caliente Tropical Winter A Lazy Mule Night at a Ranche A " Caminador" Evening at a Posada Breakfast in El Rosario A Jolly Hostess Ride to La Bayona The Palm and the Pine Indian Bobbers Chat with the Na tivesEl Chucho The Ferry of Rio Santiago A Night of Horror
Page 833
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The Ascent to the Table-Land My Friend and Caminador A Bargain The People Tepic Sacred Mysteries at San Lionel The Massacre of the Innocents A Val ley Picture Crossing the Barranca
Page 850
CHAPTER.
XXXY The Robber Region Meeting a Conducta Tequila below Suspicions The Robbers at Last Plundered and Bound My Liberation A Gibbet Scene The Kind Padre of Guadalajara
Page 862
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Three Days in Guadalajara My Hosts An Unlucky Scotchman Financiering The Cabal Notoriety Movable Fortresses The Alameda Tropic Beauty by Moonlight An Affectionate Farewell
Page 878
XIV.
PAGH CHAPTER XXXVIII The Dividing Kidge and Descent to the Valley of Mexico The Bajio An Escort A Gay Padre Zurutuza's Hacienda The Pass of Capulalpan Mexico 398 CHAPTER XXXIX Scenes in the Mexican Capital Interior of the Cathedral Street Characters Smok ing in the Theatre Aztec Antiquities
Page 899
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