Gold! (35 page)

Monterey, CA,
19
–
21
,
63
–
65
,
71
,
79
,
85
,
243

Monterey County Historical Society,
253
–
54

Monterey style of architecture,
71

Monterrey, Mexico,
135
–
36
,
174

Mormon Battalion,
54
–
57
,
114

Mormons and Mormonism

discovery of gold and,
38
–
39
,
46
,
57
–
58

early history,
52
–
54

gold rush and,
67
–
68

leadership of Young,
54
–
56

Mulford, Prentice,
151

Murieta, Joaquin

Love's pursuit of,
201
–
2

mining with Hobson,
197
–
99

as old man,
254

rampage of crime,
199
–
201

as revolutionary,
203

Reyes' framing of,
196

Muzzey, David Saville,
17

Native Americans

Act for the Government and Protection of the Indians (1850),
204
,
205

Cheyenne and Sioux,
225
–
26

Comanches,
136
–
38

Custer and,
242

dangers for overland travelers,
114

as mill builders and workers,
35
–
36
,
68

in New Mexico,
67

in Ohio,
xxii
–
xxiii

Sioux,
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–
26
,
233
–
34
,
236
(
See also
Black Hills gold rush)

as slaves,
203
–
5

Sutter and,
5
,
8
–
9

Treaty of 1868 with Sioux,
233
–
34
,
236

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo provisions,
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–
78

Zapatero (Tejon chief),
196

Nauvoo, IL,
53

New Helvetia,
6

New Orleans, LA,
123

New York Harbor,
4

New York Herald
,
100
–
102

Nicaraguan route to California,
97
,
99

Nome, AK,
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–
48

Paine, Lewis,
232
–
33

Paisano (
New York Herald
correspondent),
101
–
2

panning for gold,
68
,
83
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84
,
155
–
57
,
259

Perkins of Cincinnati,
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–
27

Pico, Andres,
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,
263

placer gold,
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,
78
,
86
,
154
–
55
,
241

the placer (gold region),
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75
,
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,
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,
81
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82
,
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89

Polk, James K.

gold discovery and,
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73
,
105
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6
,
207
,
293

Larkin and,
73

Mexican American War,
17
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18

Mormons and,
54
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55

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo,
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–
43
,
66
,
99
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100

Webster's criticism of,
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100

Polk's State of the Union Address (1848)

on developing California,
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7

on gold in California,
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–
6
,
207
,
303
–
6

on Mexican-American War,
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–
300

on territorial possessions,
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–
303

on treaties with other countries,
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–
96

on U.S. military strength,
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–
99

on U.S. Navy,
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–
300

polygamy of Mormons,
53

Porter, Jim,
115
–
16

presidential election (1848),
99
–
100

prospectors.
See
gold miners

publishing industry on gold fields,
96
–
99

Quantrill, William,
216
–
20

quartz mining,
91
,
241

racism and class distinctions

against Chinese immigrants,
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–
91

crime in California and,
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–
71

gold fields and,
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,
118
–
20
,
163
–
64
,
166

greed as,
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higher class of steamboat pilot,
115

Irish immigrants,
120
,
149
–
50
,
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–
59

against Latin Americans and Californios,
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–
94

Native Americans,
203
–
5

ranching in Southern California,
29
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30
,
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88
,
204
–
5

religion, gold rush and,
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–
18

Reminiscences of a ranger; or, Early times in Southern California
(Bell),
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–
99
,
201
–
2

resolutions for controlling crime,
181
–
82

Reyes, Feliz,
196

Reynosa, Mexico,
127
,
129
,
132
–
33

Rich Bar, CA,
151
–
52

Rio Bravo del Norte.
See
Rio Grande River

Rio Grande River

McNeil's description of,
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,
130
–
31

Mexican-American border dispute,
15
–
16
,
17

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo provisions,
66
,
270
,
272
,
273

Rocky Mountains route to California,
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,
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99

Ross, Horatio,
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,
239

Rough and Ready mining camp,
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–
14

Russia,
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,
10

Sacramento, CA

expansion of,
255

growth of,
70

as likely spot for town,
2
,
7

Mrs. Moore's establishment,
150

Sutter's founding of,
7

Sycamore Tree Establishment,
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–
67

Sacramento Harbor,
2
,
7
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8

Sacramento River,
2
,
7
,
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,
79
,
149

the saints.
See
Mormons and Mormonism

Salt Lake City,
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–
98

Samuels, Reuben,
216
,
220

San Diego, CA,
43

San Fernando Valley,
30
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31

San Francisco, CA

arson in,
175

commerce and manpower in,
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77

crime rate,
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–
49
,
169
–
71
,
173
–
76

desertion of during gold rush,
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76
,
84
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85
,
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,
92

harbor with abandoned ships,
147

mob violence against criminals,
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–
78

news of gold discovery in,
61

storage costs,
292

Vigilance Committee,
179
–
83
,
186

weather in,
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–
94

San Francisco Daily Courier
,
178
,
180
–
82

San Juan River,
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–
35

Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de,
17
,
41
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42

Santa Fe, NM,
130

Savannah, GA,
232

sawmill, Marshall and Sutter's,
31
–
37
,
38
,
65
,
68
–
69
,
257
–
58

Schieffelin, Ed,
245
–
47

Scott, Winfield,
41

Seward, William,
233

Shaeffer, Francis,
162

Sheridan, Philip “Little Phil,”
237
–
38
,
242

Sherman, William Tecumseh “Cump”

about,
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63

birth of,
xxiii

Civil War, march across Georgia,
229
–
32

Custer and,
237
–
38

retirement and death of,
248

Treaty of 1868 negotiated by,
233
–
34

ships' crews, desertion of,
75
,
85

silver mining,
228
,
245
–
46

Simpson, Henry,
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–
99

Sioux tribes,
225
–
26
,
233
–
34
,
236
.
See also
Black Hills gold rush

slavery

of Californian Indians,
203
–
5

California's stand on,
188
,
189

as campaign issue (1848),
99
–
100

Taylor's response to South,
172

Slidell, John,
17

Sloat, John D.,
20
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21

Smith, Azariqah,
40

Smith, George,
61

Smith, Joseph,
51
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54

Smith's Bar, CA,
149
–
51
,
152
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53

South America
(steamer),
115
–
23

Spanish land grants in California,
29
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30

Stanish Lou River,
153

Stanislaus Three,
185

steamships

to Brazos, TX,
124
–
25

gamblers aboard,
116

gold rush business boost,
108
,
115

Ohio to New Orleans, LA,
115
–
23

to Panama (springs a leak),
123

as recommended mode of travel,
97
–
98

supplies for miners on,
102

Strode, Edward,
134
–
35
,
140
–
42

Studebaker, John,
108

Sutter, Anna Dubeld,
3

Sutter, John.
See also
Sutter's Fort birth to early 30s,
3
–
4

death of,
243

Frémont and,
31

gold discovery and,
43
–
49

McNeil's description of,
243
–
45

Mexican citizenship,
7
,
9
–
10
,
14

mining for gold,
90
–
91

myth about ruination of,
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–
65

petitioning Congress for return of his land,
233
,
234
–
35

provisions for Donner Party,
24
–
25

sawmill, Marshall and Sutter's,
31
–
37
,
38
,
65
,
68
–
69
,
257
–
58

Swiss Guard and,
2
–
3

Sutter's Creek, CA,
91

Sutter's Fort

anonymous letter written from,
91
–
94

business success,
9
,
10
–
11

description of,
1
–
2
,
8

Frémont and,
20
,
21
–
22
,
31

idea for,
6

reconstruction of,
255

shopping mall and hotel at,
109

Swiss Guard,
2
–
3
,
6

Swiss militia,
3
–
4
,
6

Sycamore Tree Establishment, Sacramento, CA,
157
–
67

Sydney (Australia), British ex-convicts from,
170
–
71
,
175
–
76

Taylor, Zachary “Rough and Ready,”
17
,
18
,
100
,
105
,
172
–
73

territorial possessions of U.S.,
300
–
303

Tevis, Lloyd,
241

Texas annexation resolution (1845),
16

Texas Congress,
16

Texas statehood,
15
–
18
.
See also
Mexican-American War

“The excitement and enthusiasm of Gold Washing still continues-increases” (
California Star
),
86
–
89

Times of London
(newspaper),
102
–
3

Tombstone, AZ,
246
–
47