. History of Yuba County, California, with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, residences, public buildings, fine blocks and manufactories. t just to say, that in allmercantile transactions the Russians were notable forstrict honesty, as in social intercourse for affability of manner towards our people. They tookimmense numbers of otter, beaver and seal skins dur-ing their stay, and left the country almost withoutfur-bearing animals. Sutter at once began to transfer all movable prop-erty to New Helvetia. While he was thus engaged,in 1843, Capt. Stephen Smith arrived at Bod
. History of Yuba County, California, with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, residences, public buildings, fine blocks and manufactories. t just to say, that in allmercantile transactions the Russians were notable forstrict honesty, as in social intercourse for affability of manner towards our people. They tookimmense numbers of otter, beaver and seal skins dur-ing their stay, and left the country almost withoutfur-bearing animals. Sutter at once began to transfer all movable prop-erty to New Helvetia. While he was thus engaged,in 1843, Capt. Stephen Smith arrived at Bodega, inthe George Henry, bringing with him the firststeam engine ever seen in California. Capt. Smithhad a grant of land at Bodega from Gov. Micheltorrena, and with his partner and brother-in-law, Torres, bought some of the Russian buildingsfrom Sutter, establishing a steam saw mill near theport. Thus Sonoma County had the honor of introducing this element of wealth and progress. On the day when the engine began to work, sent invitations to all the Sonoma settlers, andI, with my brother Salvador, was one of the first to. HISTORY OF YUBA COUNTY CALIFORNIA irrive. I distinctly remember having predicted on[|,al iccasion, that before many yours there wi ulil I,,.more steam engines than soldiers in California. .Myrrai|er3 can hear witness that I was no false successors of Smith have not only proved thetruth of my words, hut have verified theremark of my compatriot, Gen. Jose Castro, at Mon-(c-riy, that the North Americans were so enterpisinga people, that if it were proposed, they were quiteUjpable of changing tin: color of the stars. Without entering into details respecting the variousminor expeditions sent out from Sun Francisco to theregion north of the Hay, hotli for the purpose ofwatching Russian movements at Bodoga and thekrdly less dreaded operations of the English who hadsettled on the Columbia River, I will confine myselfto the choice
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