The history of America, from its discovery by Columbus to the conclusion of the late war : with an appendix, containing an account of the rise and progress of the present unhappy contest between Great Britain and her colonies . ey (land in need of already manufadlure fome ccarfe llufFs, and purchafe what neceflaries theyftand in need of with pearls, which they fifh for in the gulph, and with wineinearly refembling that of Madeira, which they fell to the Spaniards. A few laws, and thofe \ery fimple, are fufficient to regulate this rifing order to enforce the obfervance of them,
The history of America, from its discovery by Columbus to the conclusion of the late war : with an appendix, containing an account of the rise and progress of the present unhappy contest between Great Britain and her colonies . ey (land in need of already manufadlure fome ccarfe llufFs, and purchafe what neceflaries theyftand in need of with pearls, which they fifh for in the gulph, and with wineinearly refembling that of Madeira, which they fell to the Spaniards. A few laws, and thofe \ery fimple, are fufficient to regulate this rifing order to enforce the obfervance of them, the moft intelligent perfon of thevillage is impowered to whip and imprifon offenders. Thefe are the only punilli-ments of which they have any knov/Iedge, and are found to be fufKcient to regu-late their moral conduft. In all California there are only two garrifons, each con-fifting of thirty men, and a foldier with each miflionary or magiftrate. Thefetroops were chofen by the legiflators, and are under their command, though paidby the government. From its vicinity to Cinaloa and Sonora, it is probable,fliould the population of thefe provinces increafe in the manner fuppofed, that • Vaaegas, HiA. Califbrn. California. THE HISTORY OF AMERICA. California may, by degrees, receive from them fuch a recruit of inhabitants, as tobe no longer reckaned among the uncultivated diftrifts of the Spanifh empire inAmerica. At prelent it ferves only for a place of refrefiimenc for the annualIhips that fail frocn the Philippine iQands to New Spain. Guadalaxara, the mod northern divifion of New Spain, was fubdued in 1531,by Nugnez de Guzman, who found it inhabited by a bold warlike people iwell armed, well cloathed; obflinate lovers of freedom ; and who, for a time,refilled the fuperior arms and difcipline of the Spaniards. The firft province,which gives it name to the audience, and takes its own from the capital, is re-prefented as a fertile, healthful country, and contains fome mines of fil
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