. The Argonauts of California, being the reminiscences of scenes and incidents that occurred in California in early mining days;. em had also been foundscattered over the country, ventured forth in quest of this earthlyEden. They brought with them in their ships all the various tools,implements, and devices for collecting together the scattered rem-nants of the holy pavement, and tradition states also, as well as fromthe fact that amidst the debris and ruins of an old edifice of somedescription in San Francisco was found many years since a hugebear carved in stone, confirming the tradition tha
. The Argonauts of California, being the reminiscences of scenes and incidents that occurred in California in early mining days;. em had also been foundscattered over the country, ventured forth in quest of this earthlyEden. They brought with them in their ships all the various tools,implements, and devices for collecting together the scattered rem-nants of the holy pavement, and tradition states also, as well as fromthe fact that amidst the debris and ruins of an old edifice of somedescription in San Francisco was found many years since a hugebear carved in stone, confirming the tradition that this was the siteof an edifice erected by this race of people (the Forty-niners) andused as a place of resort for social gatherings, and as a means ofkeeping in remembrance those early days and perpetuating the THE ARGOXAUTS OF CAL/FOAWIA. 113 names of the most prominent of those who took a pan. And the inquisitive boy would probably ask: Are the names of any of these yet remembered, Ia ? Yes, but only one that I now remember of, the father would answer; for it was the tradition that at that early period of time. >i/ f. a mule was often seen wandering among the hills and cafions,going in various directions, but without any apparent desire on thepart of the frank and energetic looking Argonaut upon its back togo anywhere in particular, only so he got there on time. Tradition,my son, further tells us that this riders name was Pixley, and thathe was probably hunting for some office. 114 THE ARGONAUTS OF CALIFORNIA. •• Well, the boy asks, did he find it, Pa ? Tradition tells us that he did later—a printing office. Well, Pa, the boy will again ask; • the name of the man whofirst found the gold was known, wasnt it? Yes, so it was supposed for many long years, and they evenerected a monument in Colomo to perpetuat<5 his memory; but alasfor the uncertainty of all human knowledge, an eccentric and ingen-
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