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1881-82: July, T .: August, 0; September, 0.30; October, 0.55; November, 1.88; Decem-
ber, 3.27: January, 1.89; February, 2.40; March, 3.78: April, 1.99; May, 0.35; June. 0.10; seasonal, 16.51; year, 1882; annual. 18.06.
1882-83 : July, T .; August, 0; September, 0.57 ; October, 2.63; November, 3.22; Decem- ber, 1.13; January, 2.23; February, 1.11; March, 3.70; April, 0.67: May, 2.85; June, 0; seasonal, 18.11; year. 1883 ; annual, 13.48.
1883-84 : July, 0; August, 0; September, 0.90; October, 0.97 : November, 0.61; Decem- ber, 0.44; January, 3.43; February, 4.46; March. 8.14; April, 4.32; May. 0.06; June, 1.45 ; seasonal, 24.78; year, 1884 ; annual, 34.92. 1884-85 : July, 0; August, T .: September, 0.60; October, 2.01 : November, 0; December, 10.45; January, 2.16; February, 0.49; March, 0.08: April. 0.68; May, T .; June, 0.11; sea- sonal, 16.58; year, 1885; annual, 20.72.
1885-86: July. T .: August, 0; September, 0.08; October, 0.02; November, 11.34; Decem- ber, 5.76: January, 7.95; February, 0.29; March, 2.68; April, 4.08; May, 0.07; June, 0; seasonal, 32.27 ; year, 1886; annual, 18.17.
1886-87: July, 0; August, 0: September, 0; October, 0.68; November, 0.21 : December, 2.21; January, 1.12; February, 6.28; March, 0.94; April, 2.53; May, T .; June, 0; seasonal. 13.97 : year, 1887 ; annual, 13.43.
1887-88: July. 0; August, T .: September, 0.02; October, 0: November, 0.45; December, 2.09; January, 4.81; February, 0.57; March, 3.04; April, 0.10; May, 0.40; June, 0.08; sea- sonal, 11.56; year, 1888; annual, 18.46.
1888-89: July, T .: August, T .; September, 0.55; October, 0; November, 4.28; December, 4.63; January, 0.15; February. 0.33: March, 6.25; April, 0.26; May, 3.25: June, 0.25: sea- sonal. 19.95; year, 1889; annual, 27.48.
1889-90: July, 0; August, 0; September, 0; October, 6.02; November. 3.15; December, 7.82: January, 6.62; February, 4.06: March, 3.00; April, 1.33: May. 1.80: June, 0; seasonal, 33.80: year, 1890; annual, 20.95.
1890-91: July, 0: August, T .: September. 0.80: October, T .: November, 0; December, 3.34: January, 0.53; February, 6.61 ; March, 1.78; April, 2.04; May, 0.66; June, 0.05; sea- sonal, 15.81 ; year, 1891 ; annual, 15.63.
1891-92: July, T .; August, 0; September, 0.10; October, 0.10; November. 0.48; Decem- ber, 3.28; January, 1.78: February, 2.84; March, 3.02; April, 1.20: May, 2.38; June, T .; seasonal, 15.18; year, 1892; annual, 23.60.
1892-93: July. 0; August, 0: September, 0.18; October, 0.70; November, 6.60; Decem- ber, 4.90; January, 3.27: February, 2.66; March, 3.51: April, 1.08: May, 1.05; June, 0; seasonal, 23.95; year, 1893; annual, 16.59.
1893-94: July, T .: August. T .; September. 0.22: October, 0.12; November, 2.92; Decem-
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ber, 1.76: January, 4.17; February, 3.92; March, 0.74; April, 0.34 ; May, 1.70; June, 0.46; seasonal, 16.35; year, 1894 ; annual, 22.61.
1894-95: July, T .: August, T .; September, 0.88; October, 1.06; November, 0.48; Decem- ber, 8.86; January. 8.42; February, 1.84; March, 1.20; April, 0.86: May. 0.51; June, 0; seasonal, 24.11 ; year, 1895; annual, 17.38.
1895-96: July, 0.04; August, T .; Septem- ber, 1.26; October, 0.17; November, 1.54; De- cember, 1.54; January, 9.76; February, 0.09; March, 2.57 ; April, 5.34; May, 0.92; June, 0; seasonal, 23.23 ; year, 1896; annual, 25.06.
1896-97 : July, T .; August, 0.20; Septem- ber, 0.31; October. 0.55; November, 3.56; December, 1.76; January, 3.66; February, 4.15 ; March, 2.54 ; April, 0.25; May, 0.30; June, 0.04; seasonal, 17.32; year, 1897 ; annual, 15.32.
1897-98: July, 0; August, 0.01 ; September, 0.16; October, 1.96: November, 0.61 ; Decem- ber, 1.64; January, 0.98; February, 3.19; March, 0.04; April, 0.28; May, 1.50; June, 0.14; seasonal, 10.51; year, 1898; annual, 10.04.
1898-99: July. 0; August, 0; September, 0.36; October, 0.64; November, 0.61; Decem- ber, 2.30; January, 3.94; February, 0.04; March, 6.02: April, 0.10; May, 0.54; June, 0.49 ; seasonal, 15.04; year, 1899; annual, 21.14. 1899-1900: July, 0; August, 0.02; Septem- ber. 0; October, 4.46; November, 2.62; Decem- ber, 2.91; January, 3.54; February, 0.32; March, 1.61 ; April, 1.88: May, 2.88; June, T .; seasonal, 20.24; year, 1900; annual, 17.91.
1900-01: July, T .; August, 0; September, 0.06; October, 1.74; November, 4.50; Decem- ber, 1.38: January, 3.70; February, 5.32; March, 0.48; April. 2.23; May, 0.80; June, T .; seasonal, 20.21; year, 1901; annual, 18.52.
1901-02: July, 0; August, T .; September, 0.56; October, 1.56; November, 2.68; Decem- ber, 1.19; January, 0.95; February, 6.52; March, 1.99; April, 1.36; May, 0.45; June, 0.01 ; seasonal, 17.27 ; year, 1902; annual, 17.88.
1902-03: July, 0; August, T .; September, 0; October, 1.67 ; November, 2.02; December, 2.91; January, 3.05; February, 1.70; March, 4.81 ; April, 0.46; May, T .; June, T .; seasonal, 16.62; year, 1903; annual, 14.70.
1903-04: July, 0; August, 0; September, 0; October, 0.12; November, 3.44; December, 1.12; January, 0.45; February, 5.26; March, 5.43; April, 1.02; May, 0.03; June, T .; sea- sonal, 16.87 ; year, 1904 ; annual, 20.99.
1904-05: July, T .; August, 0.07; Septem- ber, 3.62; October, 1.86; November, 2.05; De- cember, 1.20; January, 3.33; February, 2.47 ; March, 3.75; April, 1.18; May, 2.45; June, 0; seasonal, 21.98; year, 1905; annual, 14.97.
1905-06: July, 0; August, T .; September, 0.03; October, 0; November, 1.20; December, 0.56; January, 6.63; February, 3.02; March,
8.45; April, 1.21; May, 2.24; June, 0.59; sea- sonal, 23.93 ; year, 1906; annual, 30.70.
1906-07: July, 0; August, T .; September, 0.20: October, T .; November, 0.99; December, 7.37 ; January, 4.63; February, 2.37 ; March, 7.28; April, 0.25; May, 0.10; June, 0.85; sea- sonal, 24.04; year, 1907 : annual, 20.05.
1907-08: July, 0; August, 0; September, T .; October, 1.20; November, 0.04; December, 3.33; January, 3.84; February, 2.75; March, 0.42: April, 0.08 ; May, 0.54; June, T .; seasonal, 12.20; year, 1908; annual, 11.21.
1908-09 : July. T .: August, 0; September, 0.05; October, 0.26; November, 1.23; Decem- ber, 2.04 ; January, 9.65 : February, 6.68; March, 1.84; April, T .; May, T .; June, 0.03; seasonal, 21.78; year, 1909; annual, 24.87.
1909-10: July, 0; August, 0; September, 0.21; October, 1.27; November, 1.32; Decem- ber, 3.87 ; January, 1.48; February, 0.83 ; March, 3.06; April. 0.11; May, 0.03 ; June, T. ; seasonal, 12.18; year, 1910; annual, 7.78.
1910-11: July, T .; August, 0; September, 0.20; October, 0.28; November ; 0.17; Decem- ber, 1.62; January, 12.72; February, 1.88; March, 4.30; April, 0.66; May, 0.03; June, 0.12; seasonal, 21.98; year, 1911; annual, 21.11.
1911-12: July, 0; August, 0: September, T .; October, 0.18; November, 0.15; December, 1.07; January, 2.74; February, 0.23; March, 1.97; April, 1.69; May, 0.94; June, 0.58; sea- sonal, 9.55; year, 1912; annual, 11.01.
1912-13: July, T .; August, 0; September, 1.25: October, 0.58; November, 0.80; Decem- ber, 0.23; January, 2.52; February, 0.16; March, 1.32; April, 0.53; May, 0.51; June, 0.11; sea- sonal, 8.03 ; year, 1913; annual, 14.29.
1913-14: July. T .; August, 0.01 ; Septem- ber, T .; October, 0.13; November, 4.58; De- cember, 4.40: January, 5.97; February, 2.96; March, 0.59; April, 0.70; May, 0.50; June, 0.60; seasonal, 24.44 ; year, 1914; annual, 16.05.
1914-15: July, 0 ; August, 0: September, T .; October, 0.82: November, 0.47; December, 3.44; January, 3.76; February, 4.26; March, 1.20; April, 0.50; May, 2.75; June, 0; seasonal, 17.20; year, 1915 ; annual, 17.73.
1915-16: July, T .; August, 0.01 ; September, T .; October, T .: November, 0.83; December, 1.42; January, 9.35; February, 2:45; March, 1.06; April, 0.06; May. 0.10; June, 0.01; sea- sonal, 18.29; year, 1916; annual, 18.27.
1916-17: July, 0.07; August, T .; Septem- ber, 0.16; October, 0.79; November, 0.49; De- cember, 3.73; January, 1.30: February, 4.97; March, 0.70: April, 0.62; May, 0.12; June, 0; seasonal, 12.95; year, 1917; annual, 8.92.
1917-18: July, T .; August, T .; September, 0.51; October, T .; November, 0.23 ; December, 0.45; January, 0.97; February, 3.36; March, 4.00; April, 1.06; May, 0.01 ; June, T. ; seasonal, 10.61; year, 1918; annual, 16.92.
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1918-19: July, 0; August, T .; September, 3.58; October. 0.40: November, 1.84; Decem- ber, 1.70; January, 1.77 ; February, 6.29; March, 1.50; April, 0.11; May, 0.01 ; June, 0; seasonal, 17.20; year, 1919; annual, 12.80.
1919-20: July. T .: August, T .: September, 0.53: October, 0.01; November, 0.36; Decem- ber, 2.22; January, 0.29; February, 0.81 ; March, 3.27: April. 1.36; May, 0.1; June, 0.05; sea- sonal, 8.80; year, 1920; annual, 14.79.
Approximate Mean Rainfall
Means (62 years, 1849-1911) : July, 0.02; August, 0.01 ; September, 0.22; October, 0.83; November, 2.02: December, 3.95; January, 3.96; February, 2.89: March, 3.00; April, 1.58; May, 0.80; June, 0.12; seasonal, 19.48 ; annual, 19.24.
Temperatures in Degrees Fahrenheit
Following is a table of absolute maximum and minimum temperatures since 1878:
Year, 1878: Absolute maximum, 100 in August; absolute minimum, 24 in December. Year, 1879: Absolute maximum, 103 in August ; absolutte minimum, 25 in December. Year, 1880: Absolute maximum, 98 in July ; absolute minimum 25 in January.
Year, 1881 : Absolute maximum, 98 in July ; absolute minimum, 32 in November and De- cember.
Year, 1882: Absolute maximum, 100 in August and September ; absolute minimum, 27 in December.
Year, 1883 : Absolute maximum, 104 in July ; absolute minimum, 22 in January and February.
Year, 1884: Absolute maximum, 100 in August ; absolute minimum, 21 in February. Year, 1885 : Absolute maximum, 105 in August ; absolutte minimum, 34 in January. Year, 1886: Absolute maximum, 105 in July ; absolute minimum, 28 in January.
Year, 1887 : Absolute maximum, 100 in June. August and September ; absolute mini- mum, 28 in November.
Year, 1888: Absolute maximum, 108 in August ; absolute minimum, 19 in January. ยท Year, 1889: Absolute maximum, 104 in July ; absolute minimum, 31 in January and February.
Year, 1890: Absolute maximum, 102 in July ; absolute minimum, 29 in January. Year, 1891 : Absolute maximum, 106 in June, July and August ; absolute minimum, 26 in December.
Year, 1892: Absolute maximum, 106 in August : absolute minimum, 26 in December. Year, 1893: Absolute maximum, 103 in July ; absolute minimum, 28 in December. Year, 1894 : Absolute maximum, 108 in August ; absolute minimum, 26 in December.
Year, 1895 : Absolute maximum, 102 in June; absolute minimum, 28 in December.
Year, 1896: Absolute maximum, 104 in July ; absolute minimum, 28 in January.
Year, 1897 : Absolute maximum, 105 in July ; absolute minimum, 28 in December.
Year, 1898: Absolute maximum, 110 in August, absolute minimum, 26 in January.
Year, 1899: Absolute maximum, 102 in July ; absolute minimum, 30 in February.
Year, 1900: Absolute maximum, 102 in August ; absolute minimum, 30 in December. Year, 1901 : Absolute maximum, 105 in August ; absolute minimum, 26 in January. Year, 1902: Absolute maximum, 107 in July ; absolute minimum, 29 in January. Year. 1903 : Absolute maximum, 102 in September ; absolute minimum, 29 in January. Year, 1904: Absolute maximum, 102 in September ; absolute minimum, 32 in January. Year, 1905: Absolute maximum, 110 in July ; absolute minimum, 28 in December.
Year, 1906: Absolute maximum, 104 in July ; absolute minimum, 30 in December. Year, 1907 : Absolute maximum, 99 in August ; absolute minimum. 31 in January. Year, 1908: Absolute maximum, 103 in August; absolute minimum, 28 in December. Year, 1909: Absolute maximum, 101 in July : absolute minimum, 29 in December.
Year, 1910: Absolute maximum, 103 in May ; absolute minimum, 28 in January.
Year, 1911: Absolute maximum, 100 in July ; absolute minimum, 30 in December.
Year, 1912: Absolute maximum, 103 in June : absolute minimum, 29 in January.
Year, 1913: Absolute maximum, 109 in August ; absolute minimum, 26 in January.
Year. 1914: Absolute maximum, 102 in July ; absolute minimum, 30 in December. Year, 1915: Absolute maximum, 105 in August ; absolute minimum, 24 in December. Year, 1916: Absolute maximum, 105 in July ; absolute minimum, 30 in December.
Year, 1917: Absolute maximum, 107 in July ; absolute minimum, 26 in January. Year, 1918: Absolute maximum, 107 in June ; absolute minimum, 29 in December. Year, 1919: Absolute maximum, 107 in August ; absolute minimum, 24 in January. Year, 1920: Absolute maximum, 108 in June ; absolute minimum, 29 in January.
Relative Humidity and Percentage of Sunshine
This table represents average conditions by months; humidity, mean for twenty-four years ; sunshine, mean for five years.
January : Humidity, 5 a. m., 86; 5 p. m., 71 ; per cent of sunshine, 37; hours of sunshine, 111.5.
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February : Humidity, 5 a. m., 83 : 5 p. m., 61 ; per cent of sunshine, 54; hours of sunshine, 162.2.
March: Humidity, 5 a. m., 81; 5 p. m., 55; per cent of sunshine, 63; hours of sunshine, 234.5.
April: Humidity, 5 a. m., 79; 5 p. m., 46; per cent of sunshine, 81; hours of sunshine, 323.4.
May: Humidity, 5 a. m., 78: 5 p. m., 44; per cent of sunshine, 83; hours of sunshine, 368.0.
June: Humidity, 5 a. m., 75; 5 p. m., 38; per cent of sunshine, 87; hours of sunshine, 390.4.
July : Humidity, 5 a. m., 75: 5 p. m., 34; per cent of sunshine, 96; hours of sunshine, 434.3.
August : Humidity, 5 a. m., 75; 5 p. m., 35; per cent of sunshine, 96; hours of sunshine, 405.4.
September : Humidity, 5 a. m., 72 ; 5 p. m., 36 ; per cent of sunshine, 88; hours of sunshine, 329.3.
October: Humidity, 5 a. m., 74; 5 p. m., 43 ; per cent of sunshine, 77; hours of sunshine, 265.7.
November: Humidity, 5 a. m., 76; 5 p. m., 53 ; per cent of sunshine, 60 ; hours of sunshine, 180.0.
December : Humidity, 5 a. m., 82 ; 5 p. m., 40 ; per cent of sunshine, 38 ; hours of sunshine, 111.2.
Extreme Temperatures
This table presents the absolute extremes of temperature by months, covering the period from 1878 to 1920, inclusive.
January : Absolute maximum, 72: year and date, 30, 1899 ; absolute minimum, 19; year and date, 14, 1888.
February : Absolute maximum, 80 ; year and date, 18, 1889; absolute minimum, 21 ; year and date, 13, 1884.
March : Absolute maximum, 82; year and date, 22, 1915 ; absolute minimum, 29; year and date, 15, 1880.
April: Absolute maximum, 89; year and date, 24, 1910; absolute minimum, 35; year and date, 4, 1901.
May : Absolute maximum, 103; year and date, 30, 1910 ; absolute minimum, 37 ; year and date, 7, 1916.
June : Absolute maximum, 108; year and date, 20, 1920 ; absolute minimum, 44; year and date, 1, 1890.
July : Absolute maximum, 110; year and date, 8, 1905; absolute minimum, 47; year and date, 3, 1901.
August : Absolute maximum, 110; year and date, 11, 1898 ; absolute minimum, 48; year and date, 30, 1887.
September : Absolute maximum, 106; year and date, 11, 1888 ; absolute minimum, 44 ; year and date, 18, 1882.
October : Absolute maximum, 99; year and date, 7, 1917 ; absolute minimum, 36; year and date, 14, 1881.
November : Absolute maximum, 81; year and date, 5, 1898; absolute minimum, 27; year and date, 27, 1880.
December : Absolute maximum, 69; year and date, 8, 1893 ; absolute minimum, 24; year and date, 14, 1883.
Maximum Extremes of Wind
This table presents maximum velocities of wind by months, covering the period from 1895 to 1920, inclusive.
January : Maximum velocity, 60; direction, southeast; year, 1901 ; day, 3.
February : Maximum velocity, 60; direction, southeast ; year, 1902; day, 25.
March: Maximum velocity, 65; direction, southeast ; year, 1904; day, 10.
April: Maximum velocity, 46; direction, south ; year, 1902; day, 7.
May: Maximum velocity, 48: direction, northwest; year, 1912; day, 6. June: Maximum velocity, 42; direction, northwest; year, 1886; day, 12.
July : Maximum velocity,
40; direction,
northwest; year, 1903; day, 2.
August : Maximum velocity, 38; direction, southwest ; year, 1908; day, 9.
September: Maximum velocity, 40; direc- tion, northwest; year, 1903; day, 11.
October: Maximum velocity, 48; direction, south ; year, 1894; day, 20.
November: Maximum velocity, 48; direc- tion, north; year, 1895; day, 22.
December : Maximum velocity, 60; direc- tion, southeast ; year, 1894; day, 9.
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CHAPTER III
SACRAMENTO COUNTY CROPS
S ACRAMENTO County is situated at the southern extremity of the great Sacra- mento Valley, and is well-named the "Heart of California." Its land area of 988 square miles is largely composed of rich sedi- ment bottom land through which flow three big rivers, and owing to the enormous yield of crops obtained each year the county has be- come known as among the richest farming districts in the world.
This county leads all others of the state in the production of pears and asparagus, be- sides being a large producer of such fruits as grapes, peaches, prunes, plums, olives and al- monds. The orange likewise thrives well here, and is a good producer. Over 35,000 acres are devoted to fruits, vines and nuts. The fruit- production and net returns therefrom during the season of 1920, which netted the growers nearly $10,000,000, surpassed that of all previ- ous crop years. The increased production is due to a normal increase in plantings during the last eight years, and has placed Sacra- mento County among the leading fruit-pro- ducing counties of the state.
Apart from the ideal soil and climatic con- ditions, so necessary to profitable fruit culture, several other factors have contributed largely to this gradual increase in the plantings of the county. Among these is the permanent build- ing of three of the largest fruit and vegetable canneries in the state, three olive-pickling plants, and five asparagus canneries which alone handle a 16,000-acre crop. It is claimed by those who follow the shipping and market- ing of fruit and vegetable products, that ninety out of every hundred cans of asparagus opened and served on any table anywhere in the United States, were grown and put up in Sac- ramento County. Sacramento is the head- quarters for the handling of more than ninety- five per cent of all the deciduous fruits grown in the entire State of California, and therefore it is the greatest transportation center and shipping-point for perishables in the world.
Other factors contributing to the growing agricultural and horticultural importance of the county are the splendid river transporta- tion, handling the bulk of the vast Delta fruit output, and the unexcelled transcontinental shipping facilities of the city, which enable the grower to get his fruit started to Eastern mar-
kets under refrigeration without the slightest loss of time and with minimum loss of cargo. From sixty to eighty carloads of deciduous fruits leave this county every day during the shipping season. In addition to the enormous acreage developed to fruit crops, there are over 100,000 acres devoted to alfalfa, beans, hops, corn, vegetables, and to the growing of vege- table seeds and flower seeds; and about 150,000 acres are planted each year to wheat, barley, and other cereal crops.
The livestock industry has gradually been increased along modern lines, so that now the county has some of the largest and best dairy and swine herds in the state. The large yields of alfalfa and other crops, together with the building of several large and modern cream- eries and a condensary, have practically trebled this industry during the last three years. The poultry industry also is on the increase, especially in the new districts that are being settled, where the farmers are grow- ing large flocks to carry them along until their young orchards come into bearing.
Crop Reports
From 1917 to 1920 inclusive, the following fresh-fruit and grape yields in Sacramento County were reported :
1917 : 5,298 carloads, valued at $4,903,145. 1918: 4,702 carloads, valued at $5,613,400. 1919: 5,050 carloads, valued at $7,557,706. 1920: 5,768 carloads, valued at $9,450,169.
These figures do not include nuts and dried fruits, of the annual production value of $600,000 or over. The total bearing and non- bearing acreage, including both fruit and vine, is 35,000 acres.
The plantings for the seasons of 1919-1920 and 1920-1921 are reported as follows :
1919-1920: Plums and prunes, 41,000 trees ; pears, 75,697 trees; apples, 1,311 trees; apri- cots, 6,959 trees; cherries, 3,874 trees; al- monds, 8,965 trees ; olives, 9,867 trees; citrus, 675 acres ; grapes, 20,862 vines ; miscellaneous, 6,983 trees.
1920-1921 : Plums and prunes, 31,775 trees ; pears, 92,945 trees; apples, 1,680 trees; apri- cots, 4,542 trees; cherries, 3,785 trees; al- monds, 6,730 trees; olives, slight increase ; peaches, 32,010 trees; grapes, 71,440 vines; miscellaneous, 8,505 trees.
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Under the direction of Fred C. Brosius, county horticultural commissioner, not only have the producing districts enlarged, but the quality of the fruits, grapes and nuts has been greatly improved. Likewise the marketing of
the crops and the enforcement of the stand- ardization laws, with respect both to crating and to wholesome grade, have been brought to the highest state of efficiency by Commis- sioner Brosius.
CHAPTER IV GEN. JOHN A. SUTTER
N O OTHER name is so closely connected with the settlement of Sacramento City and County as that of Gen. John A. Sutter, the first permanent white settler with- in their limits and the pioneer of civilization here. Born of Swiss parents, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, February 28, 1803, and edu- cated there, he entered the French military service as captain under Charles X and re- mained there until he was thirty years of age. Embarking for New York, he arrived there in July, 1834, having come to select a place and prepare the way for a colony of his country- men in the West. His first location was at St. Charles, Mo., but having lost his property through the sinking of a vessel, he abandoned the place. Leaving St. Louis, where he had stayed for a time, he went to New Mexico. There he met some hunters and trappers, who told him of Upper California, whither they had journeyed, of its fertile and beautiful val- leys, its verdant foothills and its lofty moun- tain ranges, covered with magnificent pine and redwood forests. He at once resolved to go to this state and make it his future field of labor. There being no lines of steamers run- ning to California ports, the only way of ar- riving here was to cross the plains and moun- tains with one of the trapping expeditions of the American or English fur companies. Ac- cordingly, April 1, 1836, he joined Captain Tripp, of the American Fur Company, and traveled with him to the rendezvous in the Rocky Mountains. Crossing the mountains with six horsemen, after a long and dangerous trip he arrived at Fort Vancouver. Embark- ing on a vessel bound for the Sandwich Is- lands, he hoped to find an opportunity to sail thence to the Pacific Coast and sailed from the islands in a vessel bound for Sitka and from there down the coast. July 2, 1839, the vessel was driven by furious gales into the Bay of Yerba Buena (as San Francisco was then called), and there was boarded by a gov- ernment officer with an armed force, who
ordered him to leave, saying that Monterey. ninety miles south, was the port of entry. Sutter, however, obtained leave to stay forty- eight hours in order to procure supplies.
When he reached Monterey, he succeeded in meeting Governor Alvarado, whom he told that he wished to secure and colonize a sec- tion of country in Upper California on the Sacramento River. The governor, who was desirous that the country should be subdued and settled, warmly approved Sutter's plan, but warned him that the Indians were hostile and would not allow the whites to settle there ; further, that they had robbed the people of San Jose and the lower country of their cattle and other property. However, he gave Sutter a passport with authority to explore and oc- cupy any territory he might consider desirable for his colony, and requested him to return in one year, when he should have his citizenship acknowledged and receive a grant of such lands as he might desire to secure.
Returning to Yerba Buena, which at that time contained scarcely fifty inhabitants, Sutter secured a schooner and several small boats with which to explore the interior, and started with ten whites to ascend the river. He could secure no guide, as no one could be found who had ever ascended the Sacramento River. However, in eight days he discovered the mouth of the river. Reaching a point about ten miles below the present city of Sac- ramento, he came on a party of about two hundred Indians who showed hostility. As some of the Indians fortunately understood Spanish, Sutter was able to assure them that there were no Spaniards (against whom the Indians showed particular hostility) among his party, and explained that he was simply a peaceful citizen, coming among them to settle and trade. Finally he was guided by two Indians who spoke Spanish, up the river to the Feather River. He made his way up this river for some distance, but some of his white men became alarmed and discontented
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