Rocky Mountain life; or, Startling scenes and perilous adventures in the far West, during an expedition of three years . ir civilization, or convertthem to the trutbs of Christianity, as to render them the slaves of a cor-rupt and vicious priesthood. Monterey is the present capital of Upper California. It is beautifullysituated upon a gently undulating plain, in lull view of the Ocean andharbor, and contains about one thousand inhabitants. Its houses areconstructed of adobies, after tiie Mexican fashion. South of this town are several other places of considerable impor-tance along the coast, v
Rocky Mountain life; or, Startling scenes and perilous adventures in the far West, during an expedition of three years . ir civilization, or convertthem to the trutbs of Christianity, as to render them the slaves of a cor-rupt and vicious priesthood. Monterey is the present capital of Upper California. It is beautifullysituated upon a gently undulating plain, in lull view of the Ocean andharbor, and contains about one thousand inhabitants. Its houses areconstructed of adobies, after tiie Mexican fashion. South of this town are several other places of considerable impor-tance along the coast, viz: San Diego, San Gabriel, snd San Barbara;all of which are well located for conunercial purposes. A town called the Pueblo is situated upon a small river that debouchesbetween San Diego and San Gabriel. This town is a few miles removedfrom the coast, and is said to be tiie largest one in California. It containsa population of about fifteen hundred, and is the grand centripot of over-land intercourse with New Mexico. Above Monterey are two other towns, bearing the names of Sonoma andiSan Francisco. ) »J. Mexican Indians.— Paire 246. WHAT THE RESULT WILL BE. 249 The latter is situated upon the bay of that name, and, from its superiorcommercial advantages, is destined to become one of the largest and mostimportant business cities upon the western coast of the American conti-nent. Possessed of one of the finest and most commodious harbors in theworld, (emphatically the harbor of harbors,) and located at the mouth ofa large navigable river, that waters a vast expanse of country unsurpass-ed in fertility, what should hinder it from assuming that commanding po-sition designed for it by nature 1 It is built after the English manner, and its inhabitants, numberingabout two hundred, are principally American, English, and French, witha few Mexicans and Indians. There are also several settlements upon the Sacramento and otherrivers, consisting mostly of foreigners. The Catholic missio
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