. The argonauts of 'forty-nine, some recollections of the plains and the diggings. added five hundredto seven hundredmiles to our jour-ney, increasing tothat extent the taxupon our teams, tosav nothing of theloss of s e \ e r a 1wrecks of precioustime. Our party,aiid that of our w^ii-lom captain, John-son Ilorrell, hadchanced to fall inwith each otheragain. Horrell hadtwo ox teams. Aparty from Missou-ri with a like outfitalso joined us at. l COME FROM OLD MISSOURI, ALL THE WAY FROM PIKK!—t 1 These lines are from an old-time California comic ballad, which, as sungfrom the stage, took California
. The argonauts of 'forty-nine, some recollections of the plains and the diggings. added five hundredto seven hundredmiles to our jour-ney, increasing tothat extent the taxupon our teams, tosav nothing of theloss of s e \ e r a 1wrecks of precioustime. Our party,aiid that of our w^ii-lom captain, John-son Ilorrell, hadchanced to fall inwith each otheragain. Horrell hadtwo ox teams. Aparty from Missou-ri with a like outfitalso joined us at. l COME FROM OLD MISSOURI, ALL THE WAY FROM PIKK!—t 1 These lines are from an old-time California comic ballad, which, as sungfrom the stage, took California audiences bystorm; and thus illustrated insomedegree the levity and ridicule indulged in on the plains and in California in tlieearly days at the expense of the emigrants from Missouri, seemingly because oftheir odd speech, manners, and dress. They were dubbed indifferently asPukes, Pikes, or Iike Countians. A SRCriON Ol ILTTONIA. 59 about the same time: so that now our train, iuekid-ino- our two teams, numbered six wagons, and thusconstituted, we made the balance of the distance tothe Sacramento V^alley. From the Meadowsto Mud Lake, abouta hundred and sixtymiles, the countryw^as to all appearancedestitute of feed; andfrom the Rabbit-IIoleWells ( thirt\-sevenmiles out) to MudLake, there was nowater except such asfrom its temperatureor its mineral proper-ties rendered it a verypoor makeshift. Fromthe wells mentionedto Black Rock,
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