Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . e Indianshelped them across with canoes and small rafts. TheseIndians were the Yupu, or Yuba, of the Maidu stock, andthe village stood about where Yuba City is now junction of Feather River and the Yuba, Fremont gives Castro and Pio Pico, the former presenting the military side, the latterthe civil, of the government of California, were at swords points over thedefinition of their respective authorities and of the proper line of
Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . e Indianshelped them across with canoes and small rafts. TheseIndians were the Yupu, or Yuba, of the Maidu stock, andthe village stood about where Yuba City is now junction of Feather River and the Yuba, Fremont gives Castro and Pio Pico, the former presenting the military side, the latterthe civil, of the government of California, were at swords points over thedefinition of their respective authorities and of the proper line of , Castro stood for the north and Pio Pico for the south. June 8,1846, Castro proclaimed martial law and on June i6th, Pio Pico with a mili-tary force started for Monterey to compel Castros submission to his by the Americans at this moment changed the whole complexion ofaffairs. The reader will perceive that the flimsy government of Californiawas not in a position to make much of a stand against the Americans, especiallywith a large element of the population, native and foreign, openly expressingtheir u -5 3) £ 5 - jy . 3 = ^ Shasta 313 as latitude 39° 07 45, longitude 121° 30 21. A Germannamed Cordua had a fine cattle ranch not far up the Yubafrom this place; and farther up Feather River the blacksmithNeal, who had remained behind at Sutters Fort from theother Fremont expedition, was encountered occupying agood ranch with plenty of stock. Continuing they haltedon March 29th on Pine Creek in latitude 39° 52 58, longitude121° 52 58. The next day another fine ranch was met withon Deer Creek. This one belonged to a man whose name,in Lassen Peak (10,577 ^et), is on the map of California,Lassen being another German. His ranch was in latitude39° 56 04, longitude 121 ° 56 44 at an elevation of 500 feetabove the sea. ^ Resting six days here, not being in much ofa hurry, apparently, to get out of California, Fremont wentleisurely
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