. California; an intimate history. s, and who are quite certain of being ani-mated by a mixture of patriotism, brotherly love, andChristianity. He had been a carpenter in Massachusetts,and was now a farmer, and father of a large brood inCalifornia; a long, lank, hairy person, who waved hisarms and uttered many words. His next speech was a ringing declaration of indepen-dence and a demand for a flag. Fremont had providedthem with none, but there was an artist in the company,who claimed later to be a relative of Mrs. AbrahamLincoln. His name was Todd. He found a flour-sack,which he cut into the
. California; an intimate history. s, and who are quite certain of being ani-mated by a mixture of patriotism, brotherly love, andChristianity. He had been a carpenter in Massachusetts,and was now a farmer, and father of a large brood inCalifornia; a long, lank, hairy person, who waved hisarms and uttered many words. His next speech was a ringing declaration of indepen-dence and a demand for a flag. Fremont had providedthem with none, but there was an artist in the company,who claimed later to be a relative of Mrs. AbrahamLincoln. His name was Todd. He found a flour-sack,which he cut into the proper oblong shape. Then heio8 THE BEAR-FLAG REVOLUTION pressed into service a strip from the red-flannel shirt ofanother of that gallant band and sewed the red to thewhite. Then he found a pot of paint and in the northwestcomer of the flag he painted a star, and not far awaythe counterfeit presentment of a bear (the CaHforniansthought it was a pig) and the proud words CaliforniaRepublic. The Mexican flag was hauled down and this. CALIFORNIA BEAR FLAG work of art and patriotism given to the breeze. TheBear-flag Revolution entered history. The date wasJune 14, 1846. Ide organized his forces, prohibited intoxicants, re-assured the trembling native population (eighteen in all),promising them a liberty they never yet had enjoyed,but warning them to be his friends would they live toenjoy it. He frequently invoked the name of Washingtonwhile haranguing them. It was the only word of his dis-109 CALIFORNIA course they understood, but they knew that the ablestman of their Httle world, Juan Bautista Alvarado, ad-mired Washington; so they embraced the long uglyYankee on both cheeks and promised to be his loyalsubjects. Fremont was growing restless. War had begun onMay 13th; but, although he assumed that this must be thecase, he had no information, and, full of military ardor ashe was, had much difficulty to keep in the moved his camp down to New Helvetia, and whenthe prison
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