Harlan, William, account of overland journey, 68-69; quoted, 121; experience in San Francisco, 128; Hartnell, 14 _Herald_, 200 Hittell, T.H., recounts incidents of overland journey, 70, 72 Hopkins, Sterling, 251, 252 Hossefross, 202 "Hounds," The, 137-39 Howard, Volney, 241, 244, 245, 246 Ide, W.B., 34 Indian menace to immigrant trains, 71 Jenkins, John, trial of, 153-156 Johnson, J.N., Governor of California, 210 et seq. Johnston, Captain, 38 Kearny. General Stephen Watts, 37 et seq. Kearny, Woolley, 235 Kelly, John, 115 King, James, of William, 183, 184 et seq., 207-08, 227 Larkin, T.O., 28-29 "Law and Order" party, 179, 208; clash with Vigilantes, 236 et seq. Leese, Jacob, 33 McGlynn, J.A., 129-30 McGowan, Edward, 195-96, 235 McLean, William, 235 McNabb, 252 Maloney, Rube, 248, 251, 252 Marshall, James, discovers gold, 55 Mason, Colonel R.B., 46 Meiggs, Harry, 172 Merritt, 33 Mesa, Battle of the, 41 Mexican government in California, attitude toward settlers, 17-19, 27 Mexican War, influence upon affairs in California, 35 Missions established by "Sacred Expedition," 3 Montgomery, Lieutenant, 35 Mormons, 19-20, 56-57, 77 et seq. Mountain Meadows massacre, 95 Musgrave, J.D., 235 Oregon question, effect upon Western migration, 20-21, 55 Oregon Trail, 21-22 Panama as a route to California, 96 et seq. Panama, city of, in 1849, 102-103 Pattie, James, 14 Pico, Andrés, 37 Portolá, 2 Pratt, P.P., 80 "Regulators," the, 136-37 Richardson, William, 189 Rigdon, Sidney, 80 Rowe, 252 Ryan, W.R., quoted, 7, 120-21 "Sacred Expedition," 2 San Diego, first mission founded (1769), 13 San Francisco, before discovery of gold, 123; effect of discovery of gold, 123-24; in 1849, 124 et seq.; fire of Dec. 4, 1849, 141; later fires, 142; Volunteer Fire Department, 143-46; civic progress, 146-49; population in 1851, 150-51; in the mid-fifties, 159 et seq. San Gabriel River, Battle of (1847), 41 San Pascual, Battle of, 38 Santa Fé, 14 Semple, 33 Serra, Father Junipero, 2 Sherman, W.T., 208-09, 242-243, 245 Sloat, Commodore J.D., 35, 36 Smith, Growling, 48 Smith, Jedediah, 15 Smith, Joseph, Jr., founder of the Mormon Church, 77-79; as a leader, 79-80; death, 85 Smith, Peter, claims against city of San Francisco, 170 Sonoma captured, 32-35 Spain, religious occupation of California, 2 et seq.; discourages immigration into, 13 Spence, David, 14 Stockton, Robert, Commodore, 36 et seq.; quarrels with Kearny, 38-39 Stuart, James, 151-52 _Sunday Times_, the, 192 Sutler, Captain J.A., 23-26 Sutter's Fort, 24, 25, 29, 30, 33, 106 "Sydney Ducks," 136, 234