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INDEX
Aceves, Antonio Quiterio, biography 297
Ackerman, J. Henry 601
Agua Amarga, watering place I22
Agua Caliente, watering place. 105, 106, 109
Agua Caliente (Warner's ranch) 674
Agua Escondida (in Papaguería) 60, 62
Agua Escondida (in California) 122
Aguage (definition) 74
Aguirre, Antonio 201
Aguirre, Juan Bautista 48, 329
Alabado, a hymn IO3
Alamo river 74,315
Alarcon, Hernando de. 336
Alcatraces, Alcatraz, island 47,50
Alcalde map 512,513
Alexander VI., Pope 21
Allen, Major Robert
694
Almaden mines
377
Almond, William B 606
Alta California, newspaper
587
Altamirano, Justo Roberto 295
Altar, presidio 73
Altar, Rio del . 149
Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 179, 180, 232, 233, 236, 238, 256, 257, 260, 366, 378, 480, 508, 511, 518, 520, 533
biography . .350-351
Alvarado, María Ignacia, wife of Pio Pico 363
Alvarez, Luis Joaquin 298
Alvires, Claudio 333
Alviso, Domingo 293
Alviso, Ignacio 341
Alvitre, Sebastian 332
Amesti, José . 526
Americans, arrival of first armed parties 236
787
788
THE BEGINNINGS OF SAN FRANCISCO
American river 375, 444, 461
gold on 448
Amezquita, Josefa, wife of Sal 719
Amézquita, Juan Antonio
295
Amézquita, Manuel Domingo 332
Angel island 47,50
Anthony, Rev. Elihu
590
Anza, Juan Bautista, 48, 55-151, 309, 312, 328, 330, 717, 720,
738, 749, 750, 752
illness of 129
exploration of peninsula and Rio de San Francisco. .. 129-151 diaries of .
760
military reservation secured by him 728
Arballo, María Feliciana
305
Arce, Francisco C. 393
Archuleta, Ignacio 322
Archuleta, Miguel 207
Arellano, Arellanes, Manuel Ramirez 299
Arellano, Arellanes, Teodoro 300
Argonauts, arrival at San Francisco 456
names given by them 490
Argüello, Doña Concepcion 193,344-345
Argüello, José Darío 320, 344, 718, 719, 721, 740
Argüello, Luis Antonio 344, 719,721 Argüello, Santiago 191
Arivaca . 57
Arizona, Arizonac 283
57,
Armstrong, James 259
Army of the West 671
672
arrival at Santa Fé
march for California 672 dragoons sent back 673
Arrillaga, José Joaquin 227, 275
Arroba (definition) 211
Arroyo Seco 92, 127
789
INDEX
Arroyo de Buenos Ayres . 141
Arroyo de San José Cupertino I3I
Arroyo de San Salvador 136
Arroyo del San Mateo
134
Arroyo del Bosque 41
Arroyo del Puerto 132
Arroyo del Rincon 123
Arroyo de los Dolores
134,717
Arroyo de los Llagas
130, 234
Artisans imported . 162
Asuncion, ranchería of I26
Asuncion, military camp 126
Austin, Alexander .
457
Ávila, Concepcion, Fuller's wife
515
Ávila, Francisco 332
Ayala, Juan Manuel de. 44
Ayuntamiento (definition) 165
Ayuntamiento for San Francisco ordered 500
Ayuntamiento elected 604
Backus, Oscar J 457
Bahia de los Pinos 272
Bahia Redonda 42, 132, 137
Bailey, Theodorus, Lieut. Com'r 479
Baja California . II8
Bajio (definition) 59
Baker, Colonel E. D 740
Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de 738
Bancroft, George, secretary of the navy 391
Bandini, José, daughters of 193
Barreneche, Barrenche, Fray Juan Antonio 312
Bartleson, John. 253
Bartlett, John Russell. 191
790
THE BEGINNINGS OF SAN FRANCISCO
Bartlett, Washington A 512, 514, 518
appointed alcalde 545
captured by Sanchez 548
released .
549
orders name San Francisco used on all public docu- ments 550
Battalion of convicts ordered 236
Battalion arrives
237
Batallon Fijo. 237
Beale, Edward F 679, 741
Bear flag 402
Bear flag war. 393-410
Bear river (in Utah) 253,376
Bear river (in California) 394, 462
Beechey, Capt. Frederick William, R. N 499
Begg, John & Co
2II
Belden, Josiah
253, 526
Benicia
355
Benton, Thomas H. 383, 388, 401, 425, 686-687
Bernal, Doña Carmen Sibrian de 328
Bernal, José Francisco, biography 301,747
Berreyesa, José de los Reyes 304, 406-408, 503, 753
Berreyesa, José de los Santos. 190, 407, 754-756
Berreyesa, Nicolas Antonio 304
Bidwell, John 253, 398, 423
Bigelow, John 456
Birdsall, John M 458
Birney, Robert 523
Blaisdell, Samuel F 457
Bluxome, Isaac, Jr 599, 743
Bodega y Quadra, Juan Francisco 44,137
Bodega, Russian settlement. 226
Bocana de la Ensenada de los Farallones 41
Boggs, Lilburn W 627
Boiling springs, Humboldt desert 472
791
INDEX
Bojorques, José Ramon 295
Bojorques, Pedro Antonio 303 Bolton, James R 571
Borega valley 87 Borica, Diego de. 162, 188, 245
Boronda, Manuel. 207
Borromeo, Count Cárlos 269
Bosqui, Edward 530
Boston man
243
Boston nation.
245
Bouchard, Captain Hippolyte 227
Bowden, Joseph .
590
Bowie, Dr. Augustus J 617
Branciforte, Villa de, founded I 6c
Brannan, Samuel .
264, 448, 533, 543, 589, 599, 743
biography
709
Breen, Margaret, wife of Patrick (Donner party),
648, 651, 652, 653
Breen, Patrick (Donner party)
627, 643, 652
Bridger and Vasquez. 629
Briones, Juana .
518, 524, 525
Broderick, David C. 594, 595, 747
Brodie, S. H 458
Brooke, Lloyd 457
Brown, Charles 408
Brown, John Henry 518, 527, 544
biography 764-765 Brown's hotel . 527
Bryan, W. P
606
Bryant, Edwin
172, 173, 631, 742
appointed alcalde
550
his book. 551
Bryant, Colonel J. J 585
Bryant and Sturgis 516
Buckalew's Point
515
792
THE BEGINNINGS OF SAN FRANCISCO
Bucaréli y Ursúa, Antonio, viceroy of New Spain,
42, 56, 174, 216, 274, 343, 749, 752
Buchanan, James, secretary of state 387
secret dispatch . 388-391
Buey de Agua (definition)
43
Burnett, Peter H
489, 605, 71I
Burritt, Judge Samuel L., residence of 617
Burrows, Captain Charles 130, 416
Bush, Dr. J. P. 737
Burton, Louis T. 196
Burton, Henry S 553
Butron, Manuel
216
Butterfield, B. F
457
Butte, a town
140
Buttes of Sacramento valley 388, 392
Caballería (definition) 78
Cabecera (definition) 234
Caborca, mission of 57,58, 149
Cabrillo, Juan Rodrigues 272, 738
Cáceres, Francisco
515
Cady, Charles, second relief (Donner party) 648, 649, 652
Cahuenga pass .
122
Cahuenga, peace of
418, 425, 681
Calaveras river .
378
California families, origin of
189
costume .
198
courtesy
201
honesty 201
203
name changed 228
240
battalion
415
march of . 417
presidential vote, 1856 427
hospitality
deplorable condition of .
793
INDEX
California, gulf of 336
Californians, a fine race 189-200
revolt of . 415
Californian (newspaper)
586-587
California Star (newspaper)
587-588
California Star express
591
Calle de la Fundacion
507
Camino del Diablo
58
Campa y Cos, Fray Miguel
5I
Cañada de la Graciosa
124
Cañada de San Andrés
43, 135
Cañada (definition)
86
Cañon (definition)
86
Cañizares, José.
45, 48, 49
Canoe.
IO2
Cantil Blanco .
718
Cantil at Montgomery street
496
Caponeras (definition)
546
Carlos III., king of Spain
39
Carquines, straits of .
31, 40, 42, 48, 49, 137
Carr, Jesse D.
568
Carrillo, Anastacio 189
Carrillo, Cárlos Antonio 189, 196, 233, 515
Carrillo, Doña Francisca Benicia, wife of Vallejo 355
Carrillo, Guillermo 195
Carrillo, José Antonio 190, 233, 430, 431, 433, 680
Carrillo, Joaquin .
196
Carrillo, María Antonia Victoria, wife of Ortega 275
Carrillo, Mariano 195
Carrillo, Raimundo 195
Carrillo, Ramon 196, 197
Carrillo, daughters of Carlos Antonio 196
Carrillo, daughters of Joaquin 196 Carrizal (in Papaguería). 58, 59, 149
Carrizo (definition) 74
794
THE BEGINNINGS OF SAN FRANCISCO
Carrizo creek 85
Carson, Kit. 375, 406, 407, 673, 679, 756
Carson pass 375
Carson river 375, 466
Carson sink. 466
Carson valley 461,470
Carson valley hot springs 467
Casa Fundadora 500
Castañares, Manuel . 433
Castillo de San Cárlos (Monterey) 477, 478, 479, 480
Castillo de San Joaquin 135, 231, 409, 542, 543, 720
Castle Dome 70
Castro, Angel María 380
Castro, Joaquin Isidro.
Castro, José
179, 191, 233, 257, 260, 261, 380, 419
Castro, Manuel de Jesus 130, 240, 377, 380
Castro, María Lugarda, wife of Thomas W. Doak. 247
Castro, Doña Modesto, wife of the general . 191
Castro, Victor 506 Cattle, slaughter of 177
Cattle thieves 485
Cayuco (definition) 44
Central (Long) wharf.
374, 532
Cermeño, Sebastian Rodrigues
272
Cerro Colorado
141
Cerro de San Pablo III
Chagres river and fever
454
Chico, Mariano, governor 232, 506
Chiles, Joseph B 253
70
Chino (definition) 1 60
Cholera on isthmus
454
desert .
465, 470, 472
Chimney peak .
plains . 462
deaths from
467, 472
300, 743
795
INDEX
Cholos (definition) 228
Cholos 238-240
Churches in San Francisco 591
Cienega (definition) 82
Cienega de San Sebastian, 82, 85, 86, 106, 113, 114, 116, 289, 290 City hall 584 City hotel . 527, 582, 584
City wharves 573,575
Civil fund
488, 607, 694
Clark, Newman S., general 731
Clark, Nicholas, second relief (Donner party), 648, 649, 654, 656
565
Clark, William S., his methods of obtaining town lots first wharf .
573
Clark's Point named for him
573
Cocopa mountains 79, 80
Coffeemire, Edward, first and fourth relief (Donner party)
646, 656
College of San Fernando I45 Colorado desert 73, 82, 94, 106, 109, 111, 315, 317
Colorado, missions of the 148, 309-313 Colorado river, 63, 69, 95, 106, 109, 110, 147, 148, 315, 3 17, 336-338 Colton, Walter 421,477,586
216
Colonization
162
failure of mission plan for.
163
Comisario prefecto
230
Commercial street
575,577
Commonwealth founded
489
Community of men
490
Compadre (definition) 197
Companía Extranjera 236
Constitutional convention. 487
162, 189
Convicts sent to California.
Cooke, Philip St. George 264
Cooper, John Bautista Roger 517
Colonists, pay of
796
THE BEGINNINGS OF SAN FRANCISCO
Cooper, John Burwood, alias "Jack the Sailor" 517
Cordero, Mariano Antonio. 718
Córdoba, Alberto de, engineer 187
Cordua, Theodore 641
Corita (definition) 147
Corlear, governor of New York 243
Corlear, Arent van
243
Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de
336
Cortés, Hernando
21
Costansó, Miguel
32, 35, 94, 164, 190
Cota, Pablo de . 320
Coutts, Lieutenant Cave J 485
Cowie and Fowler
404
Coyote creek .
86,87, 116
Coyote river . 130, 136, 14I
Crespi, Fray Juan .31, 34, 40, 124, 131, 319, 320
Croix, Carlos Francisco de, viceroy of New Spain
39
Croix, Teodoro de .
310
Cross, Hobson and company's building
531
Cupertino I3I
Cunningham, William H 250
Curtis, Joseph R 605
Curtis, Jotham 641
Custom house at San Francisco
529, 530
Customs dues 215, 216
Dall and Austin 577
Dana, Richard Henry, Jr 193, 196, 215, 499, 532
Dana, William G 196, 250
Dantí, Fray Antonio 497
Davidson, Professor George. 272, 744 his services in Limantour case. 570
biography 765-767
Davidson, Lieutenant John W 673, 675, 680
797
INDEX
Davis, John Calvert 515 Davis, William Heath, 214, 215, 256, 444, 508, 523, 529, 583, 588 761, 762
Dead Man's island 430
Diaz, Benito 531,724
Diaz, Fray Juan 57,75,31I
Diaz, Manuel, alcalde of Monterey 383
Diaz, Captain Melchior 58, 63, 69, 336, 337
Diaz, del Castillo, biography
760
De Boom, John Cornelius 612
Defensores de la patria 235
De Haro, Francisco, 202, 407, 503, 506, 511, 748
De Haro, Francisco and Ramon . 407, 408, 503, 753, 754, 756
De Haro, Doña Josefa, wife of Guerrero 534
De la Guerra, Doña Angustias 193,195
De la Guerra, Pablo. . 194, 487, 488
De la Guerra y Noriega, José. 2II, 247, 342, 721, 738 daughters of 193
Del Valle, Ignacio 444
De Mofras, Eugene Duflot 171-173
Denton, John (Donner party) 627, 637, 647
Derby, Lieutenant George H 458
De Soto, Ignacio 151, 297
Desperadoes. 483
Dewey and Heiser 576
De Witt, Alfred . 459
De Witt and Harrison 583
De Witt, Kittle & Co 583
Diseño (definition) 218
District (bounds of) 233
Doak, Thomas W 196, 247
Dodge, Henry L
605
Dofar, Mathew, second relief (Donner party) 648, 650
Dolan, Patrick (Donner party) 627, 637, 638
Dolores, mission of 157
798
THE BEGINNINGS OF SAN FRANCISCO
Dominguez, Manuel 197,488
Dominican Monks 174
Doniphan's regiment 671
Donner party . 473, 627, 631
measures for relief of 563-564
composition of.
627, 628
the Oregon trail .
627
emigrants at Independence 627
George Donner
627-628, 643, 650, 655, 656, 658
Jacob Donner .
627, 643, 644, 650
Tamsen Donner, wife of George, 645, 649, 650, 656, 658, 659 James F. Reed 627, 632 Reed loses his cattle
632
he kills Snyder 633
is banished to desert . 633 sets off for California
634
Boggs, Lilburn W
627
Russell, William H
627
death of Mrs. Keyes
628
Black hills
629
South pass 629
meet Bridger and Vasquez
629
at Fort Laramie 629
at Fort Bridger 629 meet L. W. Hastings 629
take Hastings' cut-off 630
joined by Harlan party 630 in Weber cañon 631 Wasatch range 631 reach Salt lake 631
632
death of Halloran
633
reach Humboldt river
quarrels 633
death of Snyder 633
INDEX
799
Donner party, the sink of the Humboldt 634
all on foot .
death of Hardcoop 634
death of Wolfinger 634
635
they reach the Truckee
635
relief train arrives 635
rest at Truckee meadows
635
a snow storm 635
unable to cross the sierra 636
camp on Donner and Alder creeks 636-637
death of Pike. 637
the forlon hope
637
death of Stanton, Dolan, Graves, Antonio, and Mur- phy. 638
' Luis and Salvador killed for food
638
forlorn hope passes out from the sierra 638
arrive at Johnson's rancho
638
first relief starts . 639
reach summit . 640
arrival of Reed at Johnson's 640
Sutter furnishes supplies 641
Reed's ineffectual attempts to reach the emigrants 641
he enlists in Frémont's army 641
in Santa Clara campaign 642
second relief starts . 642
suffering and death in the mountain camps 643
arrival of the first relief 644
they start on return with twenty-two sufferers. 646
meet second relief coming in 647
second relief reaches camps 648
starts on return with seventeen emigrants. 648
suffering and death at starved camp 651-653
third relief reaches starved camp and mountain camps,
654-655
Tamsen Donner refuses to leave dying husband.
655
800 THE BEGINNINGS OF SAN FRANCISCO
Donner party, fourth relief reaches camps. Only Keseberg alive 656
absurd stories concerning Keseberg 657-658
description of the trail 659, 660
Douglas, James . 368, 520, 521
Douglas, Thomas
588
Drake, Francis 272 Dress of San Franciscans 614, 615
Drinking and gambling
620, 621
Duhaut-Cilly, Auguste
499
Du Pont, Captain Samuel F 735
Dwinelle, John W I 57
Echeandía, José María, governor. 175, 208, 251, 499, 721 Eddy, William H. (Donner party),
627, 637, 639, 640, 653, 654, 655
Eddy, William M
Ejidos (definition)
El Buchon. 514,737
234
El Cojo 124
El Divisadero 501-502
El Dorado 584
El Polin, ojo de agua 188 Ellis, Alfred J 531, 599, 737
Embarcadero of the Sacramento 445
Emmons, Geo. F., lieutenant. 339
Emory, William H.
315, 458, 673, 675, 678
Ensenada del Carmelita 46 Esaire, Fray Tomás 100, 146 Escolta (definition). 224
Estrada, José Antonio 351
Estudillo, José Joaquin 505
Expediente (definition) 218
1 66
INDEX 801
Fages, Pedro 39, 40, 77, 93, 136, 161, 274, 277, 278
Fallon, Malachi 457,606
Fallon, William O., fourth relief (Donner party) 656 guide. 657
Fanega (definition) 91
Farallon islands I33
Fauntleroy, Daingerfield 4II
Fauntleroy's dragoons 4II
Fay, Caleb T. 597
Felch, Judge Alpheus 155
Felix, José Vicente 302
Feo, Captain Pablo 288
Ferdinand VII., king of Spain I66
Fernandez, José Perez
721
Figueroa, José, governor,
167, 175, 176, 185, 228, 229, 500-502, 504
death of
I79
Finch, John
531,532 612
Finley, Johnson and company
Fire.
594
Fire department organized.
595
First New York volunteers 552
arrival in San Francisco 552
services in California. 553
personnel of 553
557
mutiny in 557
Fitch, George K. 458
196, 526
Fitch, Henry Delano
Flores, José María 429, 680
Folsom, Captain Joseph L 451, 519, 529, 553
lays off military reservation 723-724 Folsom, town of 527 Font, Fray Pedro 100, 103, 109, 111, 128, 132-142
diary of 760
services, Lower California
802
THE BEGINNINGS OF SAN FRANCISCO
Forbes, Cleveland 453
Forbes, Alexander. 258
Forbes, James Alexander 258, 539
Ford, Henry L. 404
Foreigners, arrest of 257
Foreign trade. 209, 210
Boston houses predominate 212
Fort Bridger
630
Fort Hall.
462, 630
Fort Laramie
462
Fort Montgomery
543
Fort Ross .
226, 367, 521
Fort Point.
50, 133
Fort Vancouver
520
Fort Winfield Scott
731
Forster, John 362
Fosdick, Jay (Donner party
628, 638
Foster, Stephen C. .
487, 685
Foster, William M. (Donner party),
627, 637, 638, 653, 654, 655, 656, 658
Fourgeaud, Dr. Victor J
588, 592
Franciscan monks
171, 181, 186
Fernandinos 185 Zacatecans 185 Franklin, Selim. 739
Franklin, Stephen 458
Frémont, John C 262, 723, 742, 757
biography of 374-427
expeditions of 1842 and 1843 374
enters California, 1844. 375
expedition of 1845-1846 376
affair of Gavilan peak 380-384
meeting with Gillespie 387
attacked by Klamaths 387
stirs up settlers 392
803
INDEX
Frémont, John C., captures Arce's horses 393
captures Sonoma . 394
organization of Bear flag party 395
prisoners sent to Sacramento 397
applies to Montgomery for supplies 399
Bear flag raised. 402
Ide's proclamation 402
murder of Cowie and Fowler 404
assumes command of the Bears 406
murder of Berreyesa and the De Haros 407
escape of De la Torre. 408
spikes guns at San Francisco 409
end of Bear flag war . 410
hot pursuit of Castro 4II
description of his party 412
Sloat takes possession 414
Frémont marches south 415
the Californian battalion 416
the peace of Cahuenga 417
appointed governor by Stockton 417
his statements and testimony 419-426
nominated for the presidency 426
the vote in California . 427
his endorsement of Phelps' claim 712
Fresh pond . I34
Friday of Sorrows I34
Frisbie, Captain John B 554
Fuente, Pedro Perez de la 306
Fuller, John Casimiro
514,515
Fuller, Mrs. John 522
Fur trade
209
Gale, William A.
197, 209-21I
Gallegos, Carlos
296
Galindo, José Antonio
202, 503, 534
804
THE BEGINNINGS OF SAN FRANCISCO
Galindo, Nicholas 303
Galvez, José de 31,55,744
Gantt, Captain John. 370
Garcés, Fray Francisco (Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo),
57, 69, 75, 76, 95, 100, 102, 109, 146, 305, 309, 312, 313, 314 Garcia, Bernardino, desperado 404
Garcia, José Antonio 296
Gardner's lagoon 74
Garnett, Major R. S 355
Gavilan creek 40, 130
Gavilan mountains 40, 130
Gavilan peak. 263, 381-385
Geary, John W 582,737
first alcalde 605
biography of 606
Gelston and company 590
Gendreau, Joseph, second relief (Donner party) 648, 650
Gente de razon (translation of) 307
Gibson, Samuel 404, 675, 676
Gila bend 96
Gila mountains 62, 63, 64, 69, 95, 103, 104, 108, 148
61,62
Gila river.
Gilbert, Edward 487,554 Gillespie, Archibald H, 387, 399, 406, 428, 675, 676, 713, 754, 756 Gillespie, Charles V.
590, 618
Gillespie, Mrs. Charles V
590
Gilroy hot springs, site of 14I
Gilroy, John 246, 247
Gilroy, town of . 247
Glover, Aquila, first relief (Donner party) 646
Gold in 1843 443
discovery of, 1848 444
first assay 592
deposited for customs dues 608
value of
608-609
805
INDEX
Gold excitement 553
Golden Gate .
31,34, 41,456
first passage of . 45
Gomez, Joaquin 383
Gomez, José .
147
Gonzales, Diego
718
Gonzales, José Manuel
Goose creek
303,332
462
Gough, Charles H.
739
Goycoechea, Felipe
245, 246
Graciosa, La Laguna
124
Graciosa, Cañada de la
124
Graciosa station
124
Graham house
585
Graham, Isaac .
232, 480
Graveyard in San Francisco
591
Gray, William
722
Green river .
253, 462
Green, Talbot H. 253, 580, 581, 603, 736
Greenwood, Brittan, second relief (Donner party) 442, 448
Gregson's baby (Mrs) 528
Grigsby, John 394, 395, 396
Grigsby-Ide party 397
Grimes, Captain Eliab 533
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