OF

CALIFORNIA

THE STORY OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE GOLDEN
STATE AS NARRATED BY THEMSELVES OR
GLEANED FROM OTHER SOURCES

BY GEORGE WHARTON JAMES

AUTHOR OF "THROUGH RAMONA'S COUNTRY," "THE OLD MISSIONS
OF CALIFORNIA," "THE Wonders of thE COLORADO des-
ERT," "IN AND AROUND THE GRAND CANYON," ETC.

As one candle lighteth another and diminisheth not in flame,
so nobleness enkindleth nobleness

BOSTON

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

1910

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

JUL 18 1916

CHARLES ELLICIT PERKINS
MEMORIAL COLLECTION

Copyright, 1910,

BY EDITH E. FARNSWORTH,

All rights reserved

Published, November, 1910

Printers

S. J. PARKHILL & Co., BOSTON, U. S. A.

TO THOSE

Heroic Men and Women

OF SAN FRANCISCO

WHO, AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE OF 1906, AS THEY GAZED UPON THEIR DEVASTATED HOMES AND BUSINESS HOUSES, THEN AND THERE BEGAN TO PLAN FOR THEIR IMPROVED RESTORATION, WHICH NOW, 1910, IS MORE THAN ACCOMPLISHED, THESE VARIED CHAPTERS OF CALIFORNIA HEROISM ARE DEDICATED AS A SINCERE EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION AND ADMIRATION

H

INTRODUCTION

BRAVE and heroic deeds have always thrilled the

minds of others to emulation. A great deed is an inspiration for other great deeds. Bravery and heroism are as contagious as cowardice and fear. The habit of the mind should be towards right, regardless of all consequences. The brave man knows nothing of consequences; he does his duty and leaves consequences to take care of themselves.

During all ages it has been recognized that nothing stimulates most men to heroism and nobility so much as the example of their fellows. From all time the acts of the noble and brave have been recited to incite to emulation those who listen. All war songs have this origin, and Napoleon could think of nothing more powerful to say, when his soldiers were about to fight in the presence of the sphinx and pyramids of the Nile, than: "Forty centuries gaze down upon you."

This principle is recognized, also, in the Scriptural records, where, to stimulate converts of the Christian faith to live the new life demanded of them, the writer, after recounting the wonderful deeds of the heroes of the past, added these words: "Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us."