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Conventions (see also Labor and Politics), many held in San Francisco, II, 774.
Cook, Captain, discovers Sandwich Islands, I, 9. Cora, shoots and kills Richardson in 1855, I, 204.
Corporations, hostility of, to Constitution of 1879, II,
545; submit to blackmailing, II, 698; tear up and injure streets, II, 916.
Corruption (see Municipal and Graft).
Cosmopolitanism, of Yerba Buena, I, 112; nationality of gold seekers, I, 135; population of San Francisco, I, 226.
Cost of living, in early fifties, I, 247; failure of a free market experiment, II, 902.
Currency (see also Money), use of greenbacks dis- countenanced, I, 346.
Crabtree, Lott, popularity of, I, 437; presents a fountain to city, II, 639.
Craven, Mrs. Nettie, claims to be widow of James G. Fair, II, 812.
Crime, wicked classes in evidence in 1849, I, 136; prevalence of, in pioneer days, I, 182; I, 199; the Hounds, I, 200; Hounds become regulators, I, 200; Vigilance Committee of 1851, I, 202 ; firearms carried
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generally, I, 203; swift punishment fails to deter criminals, I, 204; conditions in 1855-56, I, 204; "Bulletin's" crusade against, I, 205; Vigilance Com- mittee of 1856, I, 206; Cora and Casey lynched, I, 206; criminal element not difficult to control, I, 219; I, 222; an orderly city, I, 327; neglect of preventive measures, I, 447; San Francisco most orderly place in state, I, 450; Vasquez and his robber band, I, 450; abuse of pardoning power, I, 450; Lawyer Crittenden killed by Laura D. Fair, I, 451; killing of Crit- tenden causes a moral awakening, I, 451 ; murder of Charles de Young, II, 551; police records, II, 619; Wheeler the Strangler, II, 620; murder of Nicholas Skerritt, II, 621; the law's delays, II, 621; on the high seas, II, 622; on Barbary Coast, II, 624; re- markable poisoning case, II, 813; in city and coun- try, II, 815; two girls murdered by Theodore Durrant, in a church, II, 814; murder of a school girl, II, 815; Chinese criminals, II, 816; few crimes during earth- quake troubles, II, 859; gas pipe thugs create a reign of terror, II, 874; thugs captured and hanged, II, 875; mysterious death of Chief of Police Biggy, II, 891. Criticism, San Francisco subjected to, unfair, II, 777. Crocker, Charles, his spite fence invites a mob, II, 538.
Dairies, plenty of cattle but no milk, I, 86. Dancing, the waltz prohibited by the padres, I, 46. Darien, projected piercing of the isthmus, I, 3.
Debt of city, in 1848, I, 185; in 1851, I, 192; no pro- vision for payment of municipal obligations, I, 192; an unsatisfactory funding experiment, I, 193; hostility to bonding projects, I, 406; abnormal fear of, II, 709 ; bond authorizations and their purposes, II, 937.
Defenses, condition of, at outbreak of Civil war, I, 332. de Lesseps visits San Francisco, II, 593.
Demi-monde numerous in pioneer days, I, 228.
Department stores after fire of 1906, II, 909.
Desert Land Act, "Chronicle" exposes abuses of, II, 523.
de Young, Charles, murdered by son of Isaac S. Kalloch, II, 551.
de Young, M. H., suggests midwinter fair, II, 728. Diamond mine swindle, II, 508.
Directory, first city, published in 1850, I, 303.
Disasters (see also earthquakes), on ocean, I, 471; a nitroglycerine explosion, I, 471.
Distribution, too much thought devoted to, II, 488.
Diversions (see also Sports) of native Californians, I, 50.
Divorces, numerous during pioneer days, I, 241.
Dogs, immense numbers maintained on ranches, I, 95. Dollar line of steamers started, II, 743.
"Dolly Vardens," success of, in 1873, II, 478; defeat and disappearance of party, II, 478.
Donner party, its sufferings, I, 113.
Doyle, John T., legal career, II, 627.
Drake, Sir Francis, his dubious pursuits, I, 5; doubtful statements concerning his discoveries, I, 25.
Drake's Bay, entered by Cermeño, I, 4. Drama (see Amusements).
Dress, of native Californians, I, 51 ; of pioneers, I, 250. Drinking habit, glittering bar rooms, I, 227; prevalence of, I, 258; establishment of temperance restaurants in pioneer days, I, 273; signs of abatement of, I, 449; wine at meals in restaurants, II, 600; bar rooms and free lunch counters, II, 601; the treating practice, II, 604; sale of intoxicating liquors pro- hibited after fire of 1906, II, 873.
Duane, Charles P., secures judgment against Vigilance committee, I, 217.
Duelling, prevalence of, I, 259; editor killed in a duel, I, 297; Broderick-Terry encounter, I, 315; politics canse many duels, I, 317; last political duel in Cali- fornia, I, 403.
Dupont street, widening of, II, 568; name changed to Grant avenue, II, 569.
Durrant, Theodore, murders two young women in a church, II, 814; hanged July 7, 1898, II, 814.
"Dutch Flat Swindle," charge brought by an engineer against Central Pacific Railroad projectors, I, 361.
Earthquakes, gold hunters not afraid of, I, 169; a verified prediction, I, 170; lack of precautions in building, I, 468; Bret Harte's jocular prophecy, I, 468; the temblor of 1868, I, 468; shock of 1868 more severe in Oakland, I, 469; damage of that of 1868 not great, I, 470; why San Franciscans do not worry about, II, 850.
Earthquake of April 18, 1906, the night before, II, 828 ; first intimation of disaster, II, 829; as rated by the scientists, II, 829; organization of Committee of Fifty, II, 836; military precautions, II, 840; work of Relief committee, II, 841; help from every quar- ter, II, 841; exaggerated reports concerning, II, 845; taking care of the homeless, II, 847; historical data gathered, II, 848; area of burned district, II, 849; notable exemption from flames, II, 849; precautions neglected by Water Company, II, 851; construction of buildings to guard against disaster, II, 852; ordinary safes prove valueless in conflagration, II, 853; exodus from the city, II, 853; the great con- flagration rages three days, II, 854; Schmitz as presiding officer of Committee of Fifty, II, 858 ; order preserved without difficulty, II, 858; cooking on the streets, II, 860; refugee camps, II, 860; clearing away the ruins, II, 865; rival cities seek to profit by San Francisco's misfortune, II, 869; losses and amount of insurance received, II, 869.
Economics, failure of certain theories, II, 676.
Education (see also Public Schools and Universities), neglected by padres, I, 45; numerous college-bred men among the argonauts, I, 230; College of Pacific founded, I, 237; early facilities, I, 305; the higher in pioneer days, I, 306; St. Ignatius College founded, I, 307; parochial and private schools, I, 307; I, 456;
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public schools and their activities, I, 454; work of educators, I, 454; public school property, I, 455; method of selecting public school teachers, I, 455; public school course of studies in sixties, I, 455; modern languages taught in public schools, I, 455; truancy, I, 456; University of California and its resources, I, 457; coeducation in State University, I, 458; effect of higher education on literature, I, 458; Horace Hawe's unsuccessful attempt to estab- lish a university, II, 643; public schools during the seventies, II, 644; private and parochial schools during the seventies II, 645; text book scandal, II, 645; growth of public school system, II, 800; normal school established in San Francisco, II, 8or; effect of proximity of universities, II, 803.
Eight Hour League formed, I, 373.
Elections, under military auspices, I, 184; corruption at the polls, I, 208; ballot box not guarded against stuffing, I, 310; primary methods disregarded, I, 310; workingmen win in primaries of 1867, I, 374; the "tape worm" ticket, I, 405; ballot reform effected, I, 405; appointment of assessors urged, I, 428; women suffrage in 1870, I, 428; votes at $3 a piece, II, 523 ; legislation against "piece" clubs, II, 532; adoption of constitution of 1879, II, 547; success of railroad in manipulating, II, 589; railroad hoodwinks the voters, II, 649; trading to secure head of ticket, II, 694; secrecy of ballot at, II, 704; Australian ballot adopted, II, 704; an improved primary law, II, 705; new primary law exposes weaknesses of bosses, II, 706; direct election of senators advocated, II, 707; Stanford's election as United States senator, II, 708; voting machines used in San Francisco, II, 718; women suffrage defeated in 1896, II, 719; new mode of choosing municipal officers, II, 895 ; preponderance of better element in the electorate, I, 208.
Electricity, first used as an illuminant in San Fran- cisco, II, 583; slow application of, to street railway traction, II, 762.
Emanuel Baptist Church, murders committed in, by Theodore Durrant, II, 814.
Employers' Association, formed to meet aggressions of labor unions, II, 686; II, 687.
Epicurianism, development of, in early days, I, 249.
Etiquette, unconventional habits of native Californians, I, 63.
Exaggeration, San Francisco a victim of, I, 242.
"Examiner," founded, I, 461; under management of William R. Hearst, II, 806.
Expenditures (see Municipal).
Extravagance, of city officials, I, 190; an era of foolish, II, 496; rich not given to display in early days, II, 601 ; people generally very free handed, II, 603.
Explosives, use of, in great conflagration of 1906, II, 833.
Expositions, the Midwinter Fair of 1894, II, 728; Panama Pacific projected for 1915, II, 925.
Extortion, by municipal officers, II, 872.
Fairs (see also Expositions), first industrial in Cali- fornia, I, 321; Mechanics Institute Exhibition very popular, I, 455.
Fair, James G., mining magnate, II, 497; Mrs. Nettie Craven claims that she is his widow, II, 812.
Fair, Laura D., murders Lawyer Crittenden, I, 451 ; ac- quitted by a jury, I, 451.
Family relations among native Californians, I, 46. Fashion, dressing and high living, II, 601; New Year's calls, II, 604.
Federal, officials mix in local politics, II, 519; govern- ment interferes with sanitary regulation of Chinese, II, 597; relations of general government to port, II, 932.
Federated Trades, formation of, II, 684.
Felton, John B., legal career, II, 626.
Ferries in 1871, I, 417; travel on, during seventies, II, 618; erection of ferry building at foot of Market street, II, 741; enormous growth of crossbay traffic, II, 924.
Fickert, Charles M., election of, regarded as rebuke to graft prosecution, II, 896.
Field, Stephen J., career in California, II, 628.
Fire Arms, generally carried in early days, I, 140.
Fires (see also Conflagrations), inadequate precautions
against, I, 140; excessive number of, I, 467; fallacy concerning indestructiblety of redwood lumber, I, 468; contracted precautionary limitations on build- ings, II, 569; the great conflagration of 1906, II, 830; use of dynamite, II, 833; area of district burned in 1906, II, 849; conflagration of 1906 under control on third day, II, 854; losses paid by insurance com- panies, II, 869; precautions adopted for places of amusement, II, 910; high pressure system installed after fire of 1906, II, 937; numerous cisterns through- out the city as a fire precaution, II, 937.
Fire Department, numerous companies formed, I, 141; Broderick's relations with volunteer firemen, I, 215; firemen as social leaders, I, 255; equipment of volun- teer organizations, I, 256; engine houses centers of social activities, I, 256; parades of firemen, I, 256; firemen in politics, I, 257; composition of volunteer organizations, I, 442; creation of paid department, I, 442; part of volunteer organization in pageants, I, 442.
Filibusteriog, San Francisco as a base for, I, 267; ac- tively supports various projects, I, 269; Crabb's abor- tive attempt on Sonora, I, 270; encouraged by the press, I, 298.
Fillmore Street, benefited by great conflagration, II, 682.
Fitch, George K., editor of Bulletin, II, 63x; his vigorous advocacy of economy, II, 808.
Fisheries, of Pacific Coast, I, 392.
Flood, James C., mining magnate, II, 497.
Flood & O'Brien, start Nevada bank, II, 508.
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Forbes, James A., intrigues against Americans, I, 75. Foreigners, few in California in 1826, I, 67; Mexico prohibits their entrance, I, 67; shipwrecked sailors welcomed by native Californians, I, 67; native Cali- fornian jealousy of, I, 68; friction with in 1833, I, 68; large proportion of among gold hunters, I, 137; in San Francisco in 1853, I, 137; attacked by "Hounds," I, 200; unjustly blamed for excesses, I, 225; much esteemed members of Vigilance committee, I, 226; social life and amusements of, I, 200.
Foodstuffs, necessity of importing in early fifties, I, 247. Football, games of university students, social events, II, 799.
Forrest, Edwin, great popularity of the actor, I, 438. Foundry Workers, strike of, II, 684.
France, French intrigues against Mexico, I, 75; French consul involved in plot against Mexico, I, 268; in- trigues of Frenchmen blocked by southern sympa- thizers, I, 269.
Franchises, street railway privileges freely granted, II, 557; community eager to have them granted, II, 557 ; wholesale grants of, II, 578 ; value of underestimated, II, 579; more street railway privileges conferred, II, 759; dispute over Sutter street railway privilege, I, 920.
Franciscans, carry out ideas of Kino in California, I, II.
Fraser river, rush of miners to placers, I, 272.
Fraternal, many organizations in the city, I, 232; flourishing condition of organizations, I, 446; great numbers in city in 1912, II, 787.
Freedom of Speech, passage of a gag law, II, 540. Free Market, failure of an experiment, II, 902.
Freights and Fares, see Railroads and Transportation. Fremont, John C., upsets plans of Consul Larkin, I, 76; leads a scientific expedition in 1842, I, 103; his policy of provocation in California, I, 104; connection with the Bear Flag movement, I, 105; names the Golden Gate, I, 122.
Fresno Rate Case, Southern Pacific wins by a trick, II, 651.
Fruit, little raised in California in early days, I, 53; a pioneer fruit grower, I, 86.
Fur Trade, linked up with California's destiny, I, 92; Hudson Bay Company in California, I, 116.
Gage, Henry T., intervenes in teamsters' strike, II, 691.
Gag Law, passed by a frightened legislature and promptly repealed, II, 540.
Gallagher, Jim, boodling supervisor appointed acting mayor by graft prosecutors, II, 889; bomb exploded in hall of his house, II, 891.
Gambling, in Yerba Buena, I, 114; attempts to sup- press in 1848, I, 182; games played, I, 227; pro- prietors of dens grow rich, I, 228 ; legislative endorse- ment of lotteries, II, 605; racing receives legislative
support, II, 615; wide open town advocated during Schmitz-Ruef administration, II, 737.
Gas Pipe Thugs, murderous thieves inspire terror, II, 874; captured and hanged, II, 875.
Geary, John W., upbraids local governing body, I, 185. Geary Street Railway, municipal road authorized, II, 721 ; taken over by city, II, 764.
Geological Survey, investigates disaster of 1906, II, 850; makes suggestions regarding construction, II, 582.
George, Henry, fears land monopoly, I, 428 ; his career in San Francisco, II, 559; his unrealized predictions, II, 559; his epoch making book, II, 640.
Gilbert, Edward, editor killed in a duel, I, 297. Gilroy, first Briton to become a Californiao, I, 67.
Goat Island, attempt of railroad to secure, I, 423; scheme blocked by report of United States engineers, I, 424.
Gold, search for islands of, I, 8; Spaniards fail to dis- cover in California, I, 99; found in Los Angeles county in 1841, I, 100; discovery at Sutter's mill dis- rupts Mormon colony, I, 113; the discovery at Sut- ter's mill, I, 131; early immigrants not in quest of, I, 131; Larkin reports discovery to president, I, 132; news of discovery received in the East, I, 133; Lar- kin and Lieutenant Sherman make reports concerning, I, 133 ; conservation suggested by military governor, I, 133; General Persifer Smith urges that only Amer- icans be allowed to mine, I, 134; attempts to monopolize placers, I, 134; effects of gold mining on San Francisco temperament, I, 135; the rush to the mines, I, 135; seekers of all nationalities, I, 135; plethora affects values, I, 160; medal scandal, I, 190; searchers of varied character, I, 225; hunters victims of home sickness, I, 230; abundance of causes high wages, I, 245; low price of, I, 248; effects of its plentifulness, I, 248 ; plenty of, but no money, I, 282; buying and selling dust, I, 283; diminishing output, I, 324; production, I, 348 ; largest shipment on record, II, 678; discovery of in Klondike, II, 732. Golden Era, school of writers, I, 304.
Golden Gate, Lieut. Juan Manuel de Ayala passes through, I, 16; named by Fremont, I, 122; survey of, I, 124.
Golden Gate Park (see also parks), the efforts to im- prove, II, 769.
Government (see also municipal and political), prov- ince of California cheaply administered, I, 73; Mexican shows little concern for California, I, 74; centralized authority, I, 164; usurpations of military authorities, I, 184; fails to make proper provision, I, 283 ; James Bryce's opinion of constitution of 1879, II, 480; constitution of 1879 not a sand lot instrument, II, 512; evils of special legislation, II, 514; absence of proper safeguards, II, 517; neglect of streets by municipality, II, 517; sand lot orators denounce municipal, II, 518; federal officials interfere with
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state affairs, II, 519; the federal ring, II, 519; agita- tion for a new organic law, II, 529; last legislature under constitution of 1849, II, 530; failure of legis- lature to authorize adequate police force, II, 541; new form of police commission, II, 541; legislature pro- hibits dealings in futures, II, 550; taxation scandal, II, 555; city orderly in the eighties, II, 596.
Graft prosecution (see also corruption and municipal), an aggravated form of tipping, II, 759; Market street trolley permit granted, II, 846; corrupt practices of chimney inspectors, II, 847; first speck of trouble after big fire, II, 856; Ruef's gang resumes its vicious prac- tices, II, 872; division of opinion in community re- garding, II, 881; supervisors trapped by Detective Burns, II, 882; indictments by the hundred, II, 882; policy and methods of, II, 883; circumstances sur- rounding grant of Market street trolley permit, II, 884; fluctuations of public opinion, II, 886; indict- ments that were not pressed, II, 887; make up of the prosecution, II, 887; district attorney subordinated by Heney, II, 887; connection of street car strike with, II, 888; runs the city government, II, 889; flouts assistance of civic bodies, II, 889; intemperate conduct during trials, II, 889; boodling supervisor made acting mayor, II, 889; mysterious death of Chief of Police Biggy, II, 891; explosion of bomb in hall of boodler Gallagher's house, II, 891; fruitless ef- forts to convict, II, 892; cases dismissed, II, 893; at- tempt to secure pardon of Ruef, the only grafter sent to prison, II, 895; methods of condemned by popular vote, II, 896.
Graham, Isaac, trapper and illicit distiller, I, 69; ar- rested and sent to Mexico, II, 827.
Grand Opera House, last performance in old place on Mission street, II, 827; new house to be erected in civic center, II, 912.
Grangers, opposition to railroad monopoly, II, 478; an unsuccessful hanking experiment, II, 528.
Grant, Ulysses, his reception in San Francisco, II, 607. Great Britain, inquires into feelings of native Cali- fornians, I, 75; British subjects secure a profitable trade monoply from Mexicans, I, 94.
Greater San Francisco, movement to create, II, 900; relations of street car service to, II, 923.
Gregariousness, the tendency as exhibited in San Fran- cisco, I, 274.
Green family, attempt to disturb Pueblo titles, I, 217. Gresham law, failed to operate in California, II, 663.
Haas, Morris, shoots Heney in court room, II, 890; commits suicide in jail, II, 891.
Hagar, John S., legal and political career, II, 630.
Halladie, A. S., inventor of cable traction devices for street cars, II, 575.
Hamburg American Line, starts steamer service be- tween San Francisco and Europe, II, 743.
Harbor Commission (see also Bay of San Francisco and Water Front), creation of, I, 417; state toll charges abolished, II, 660; operations of, II, 741; constructs needed ferry building, II, 741; wasteful manage- ment, II, 742; establishes a free market, II, 902; city seeks to take control of water front from, II, 929; operations of in 1911, II, 930; revenues and expendi- tures of port administered by, II, 930.
Haro, Francisco, makes survey of Yerba Buena, I, 439. Harrigan, Edward, his early successes in San Fran- cisco, II, 613.
Haskell, Burnett, career of the agitator, II, 653. Hastings, S. C., first chief justice of California, II, 629. Hawaii, suggestion that Spain should acquire, I, 60;
trade with, I, 394; reciprocity treaty and its effects, I, 394; plans for annexation of, I, 395; increased trade results from treaty, II, 670; communication with improved, II, 774; trade attains large propor- tions, II, 931.
Hawes, Horace, a well hated reformer, I, 186; demands impeachment of governor, I, 188; framer of con- solidation act, I, 311 ; seeks to establish a university, II, 643.
Health, evil results of filling in Yerba Buena cove, I, 194; presence of Chinese lepers in city, II, 779; in- terference of federal authorities with municipal reg- ulations, II, 780; a worked up plague scare, II, 781; commission sent to Washington to combat plague scare, II, 782; commission investigates and makes a report on bubonic plague cases, II, 784.
Hearst, William R., assumes charge of Examiner, II, 806.
Heney, Francis J., appointed assistant district attorney, II, 883 ; shot in court room by Morris Haas, II, 890; beaten in effort to secure district attorneyship, II, 896.
"Herald," driven from business by Vigilance com- mittee, I, 298.
Hetch, Hetchy, effort to secure for reservoir purposes, II, 936; bonds authorized to bring water from, II, 937.
Highton, Henry E., legal career, II, 628.
Hill, Sarah Althea, brings suit against Senator Sharon for divorce, II, 810.
History, methods of writing, II, 898.
Hoge, Joseph P., legal career, II, 626.
Home Life, absence of, I, 227; its restraining influence unfelt in early fifties, I, 229; growth of feeling for, II, 757.
Home Sickness, prevalence of the affliction, I, 230.
Horse Racing (see also Sports), of early Californians, I, 58.
Horticulture (see also Agriculture), infancy of Cali- fornia fruit industry, I, 383.
Hospitals (see also Charities), first in San Francisco, I, 252.
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Hospitality (see also Atmosphere), lavishly displayed by native Californians, I, 49.
Hotels, numerous in days of argonauts, I, 273; center in early days, I, 274; in the sixties, I, 466; Palace erected, II, 505; opening of Palace, II, 572; erection of Baldwin, II, 573; fare of criticized, II, 599; great numbers in 1912, II, 906; modernization of, II, 907. "Hounds," an early criminal organization, I, 200; pose as reformers under name of "regulators," I, 200; their political affiliations, I, 201 ; citizens rise against and suppress, I, 201.
Hudson Bay Company, accorded hunting privileges, I, 116.
Hunters Point Dry Dock, built on water front, I, 419. Huntington, C. P., as a lobbyist, I, 361; his corre- spondence with Colton, I, 366; head of powerful Washington lobby, II, 587; Colton correspondence discloses corrupt practices, II, 589.
Hydraulic Mining, stopped by courts, II, 734.
Ide, William B, originator of Bear flag movement, I, 105.
Idols, creation of popular, I, 250.
Illumination, charges for gas in early days, I, 326; gas introduced by Peter Donahue, II, 582; rivalry in sale of gas, II, 582; first electric light in San Francisco, II, 583.
Immigrants, become traders, I, 59; sufferings of the Donner party, I, 113; first settlers not in search of gold, I, 131; during the fifties, I, 137; gold hunters did not come to stay, I, 137; failure of California to receive its share of, I, 277; war promotes, I, 345; not encouraged during the seventies, II, 486; vote upon exclusion of Chinese, II, 598 ; an assimilable popu- lation demanded, II, 598 ; railroad policy not designed to promote, II, 661 ; settlers coming into state, II, 673; railroads encourage immigration, II, 773; Panama canal expected to promote immigration, II, 927. Improvement Clubs, activities of, II, 919.
Incivicism, little interest in municipal affairs, I, 155; indifference of qualified voters, I, 181; failure to vote for charters, I, 194; responsible for prevalence of crime, I, 199; Vigilance committee made necessary by neglect of voters, I, 208; Vigilance committe re- bukes, I, 212; Vigilance committee product of indif- ference of respectable element, I, 220; pioneer charge- able with, I, 310; lukewarmness in politics, I, 405; increased attention to civic duty, I, 448; responsible for excesses of Workingmen's party and Ruef gang, II, 696.
Indians, uprising of at San Diego, I, 16; misgivings concerning possibilities of improvement, I, 18; treat- ment of by missionaries, I, 25; low in scale of intelli- gence, I, 26; at mission of St. Francis, I, 26; restric- tions imposed upon, I, 27; melt away before whites, I, 27; Governor Sola declares them worthless, I, 30; undependable as laborers, I, 32; why they were not
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