. The argonauts of 'forty-nine, some recollections of the plains and the diggings. - worked, they did a good deal of 1 Adapted from Mark Twains Roughing It, by permission of AmericanPublishing Co., Hartford, Conn. See Appendix, p. ^^-;il THE emigrants FIRST APPEARANCEIN THE io8 THE NOBLE SAVAGE. spasmodic mining. The pan and the wooden bowl—the batea (bah-ta-a) of the Mexicans—were the imple-ments they chiefly used for the purpose. A half doz-en or more of them would dig and wash diligently fortwo to three hours, when they would hie themselvesoff to the nearest store or tradin
. The argonauts of 'forty-nine, some recollections of the plains and the diggings. - worked, they did a good deal of 1 Adapted from Mark Twains Roughing It, by permission of AmericanPublishing Co., Hartford, Conn. See Appendix, p. ^^-;il THE emigrants FIRST APPEARANCEIN THE io8 THE NOBLE SAVAGE. spasmodic mining. The pan and the wooden bowl—the batea (bah-ta-a) of the Mexicans—were the imple-ments they chiefly used for the purpose. A half doz-en or more of them would dig and wash diligently fortwo to three hours, when they would hie themselvesoff to the nearest store or trading-post to spend the proceeds. Atthe Mountain-eers Home/ wehad a frequentcustomer, who?-^^ pompously point-ed to himself asme Jim, Alcal-de,^ and whorarely missed anopportunity toimpress upon usthe dignit} of hispersonage. Jimevinced a decid-ed partiality forbright calico shirts—at five dollars apiece; for whichhe appropriated the bulk of the earnings of himself andhis handful of followers. These shirts he would puton, one after another, until he had perhaps a half doz-en telescoped over his person at once, never taking the
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