History of California: The Mexican governors ; The last Mexican governors ; The Americans

Theodore Henry Hittell

Pacific Press Publishing House and Occidental Publishing Company, 1885 - California

General history of California.

Contents

• BOOK V: 43
• The Mexican republic and how it originated: 49
• Remarkable meeting between the governor and the comandante: 55
• The fight at Santa Barbara its circumstances and results: 62
• Progress of the fight burning of the mission and how the Indians were driven off: 65
• How the crew of the Constante made a votive offering to the virgin: 68
• Marriages of Californian women with foreigners: 74
• Arguellos visit to San Diego to meet his successor three governors at one time: 80
• National legislation against Spaniards the expulsion act: 86
• Removal of Echeandia to Monterey weddings and bridal tours of Zamorano: 89
• Proposed secularization of the missions of Lower California: 95
• Smiths movements failure to get off letter to Father Duran: 101
• CHAPTER IV: 107
• Rejoicings at the suppression of the rebellion Father Caballeros extravagant: 113
• Decree for the reorganization of the Californian military forces: 119
• CHAPTER V: 125
• His ideas of the administration of justice capital executions under obsolete la: 131
• His arbitrary proceedings against Abel Stearns: 137
• CHAPTER VI: 143
• Renewal of the quarrel between Echeandia and the deputation Agustin V: 149
• His appointment as sixth Mexican governor of Alta California manifold instruc: 161
• Figueroas friendly reply: 167
• Figueroas letter to the Russian comandante: 173
• Elections of 1833 and new territorial deputation: 179
• Discussion as to the effect of the secularization law: 185
• The colonization scheme of Hijar and Padres: 191
• CHAPTER IX: 198
• Distinction between the mission the presidio and the village question of pueblo: 204
• How the caravan trade in serapes and mules between California and New Mex: 205
• How the work of ruin commenced wholesale slaughter of cattle: 207
• Honors to his memory: 213
• His orders to Gutierrez arrest of the vigilance committee leaders at Los Angeles: 219
• The Ariadne clew out of the labyrinth how he left or was shipped from Mon: 225
• Centralist triumph in Mexico new constitutional bases California restive: 228
• Alvarado declared governor powers conferred on him: 234
• Alvarados march to Los Angeles negotiations and treaty: 240
• How the new appointment was announced Jose Antonio Carrillos letter to: 245
• His proclamation of the termination of hostilities: 251
• Dissatisfaction of San Jose with the preference given the pueblo of Dolores: 257
• Elections of 1839 and meeting of the first departmental junta in 1840: 263
• CHAPTER XIII: 275
• Arrivals of 1839 and 1840: 281
• Failure of Russian negotiations with Vallejo: 287
• Alexander Forbes History of California Robert Greenhows histories: 293
• Progress of education in California Alvarados encouragement of it: 294
• Hartnell continued in office his duties: 300
• Erection of the Californias into a bishopric Father Francisco Garcia Diego first: 306
• Extent workings and yield of the Los Angeles goldfields: 312
• Wretched condition of his soldiers on their arrival: 316
• Bad financial condition of the country: 322
• Effect of the Bases de Tacubaya in California elections of president: 328
• CHAPTER II: 334
• How Rafael Telles attempted to restrain the excesses of the troops: 335
• Reglamento for organization of the California militia its provisions: 342
• ico was started: 344
• Alvarado on the alert: 348
• Battle of Cahuenga Alvarados dash Sutters white handkerchief Michelto: 354
• Lower California affairs: 357
• Legislation of the departmental assembly: 363
• The bill of rights sections copied from New York and Iowa additional sec: 365
• Candidates for the superior tribunal of justice: 369
• Manifest destiny of California: 375
• Further legislation for the disposition of mission properties: 381
• Decline of ecclesiastical power and influence in California: 383
• Attack of Indians on the Gulnac ranch Castros preparations to march against: 389
• Castros opposition to Pico his independent action: 395
• CHAPTER III: 399
• Meeting of the assembly Francisco Figueroas report on the state of the country: 401
• His horror of such an unprecedented and unheard of body: 407
• Castros proclamation to his soldiers his letter to Pico on the bearflag atrocity: 409
• CHAPTER VI: 415
• Bentons extraordinary account of Fremonts services: 421
• Bitter feelings of Americans against the Vallejos precautions taken to prevent: 427
• Origin of the bearflag party and who composed it: 431
• The terms of the proclamation objects of the bearflag party: 437
• Capture of William Todd how William Ford rescued him by a brilliant exploit: 443
• Convention of Americans at Sonoma Fremonts propositions: 450
• Census of 1825 character of the population attempts to make California a penal: 453
• First battles of the war 556: 456
• How the schooner Guadalupe was built by an American at San Gabriel carried: 462
• CHAPTER IX: 469
• Floriculture the wild flowers of California: 475
• How old Mullikin taught Father Martinez to speak English: 479
• How horses were used the usual gait: 481
• Clothing of gentlemen: 488
• Treatment of wives: 494
• FEASTS DANCES AND AMUSEMENTS PAGE: 499
• Musical voices music at the missions masses chanted to the tune of reel: 505
• The Californians the Arcadians of the western world: 511
• Views of Humboldt Dana and Duflot de Mofras: 517
• Fathers Boscana and Zalveder at San Juan Capistrano: 522
• The mission system first an advantage afterwards an obstacle to progress: 528
• Monte Diablo the view from its summit: 534
• Islands: 540
• Geysers solfataras and hot springs: 546
• Soils: 550
• Ceanothus azalea and rhododendron: 556
• Elks deer mountain sheep: 562
• General summary: 568
• Movements of the Californians Jose Maria Flores letter Picos orders: 574
• Stocktons address to the people of California: 580
• His plan of government for the territory: 586
• Celebration of July 4 1836 at Leeses house: 592
• Revolt of the Californians at Los Angeles how the news was carried to Stock: 598
• Preferences of the hijas del pais for husbands of foreign blood: 600
• Movements of Fremont failure of his voyage his return to Monterey: 601
• The instructions that were given him: 607
• Arrival in California meeting with Gillespie: 613
• The march meeting with peace commissioners Flores letter: 619
• CHAPTER IV: 625
• Arrangement between Kearny and Shubrick their agreement with Commodore: 631
• Fremonts position at Los Angeles how he was obliged to obey Kearny: 637
• Commander Montgomerys seizure of San Jose del Cabo raising of the Ameri: 643
• The advance on Mexico battle of Cerro Gordo Nicholas P Trists commis: 646
• Advance upon the city lodgment affected: 652
• Arrest of Nash his submission: 658
• His general order for trials by jury experience and disapprobation of courts: 664
• How he prevented any further revolt correspondence and meeting with Jose: 669
• Letter describing his position: 675
• Losses of the Donner party how the memorials of starvation camp were: 681
• Arrival of gold in quantities at San Francisco the excitement there: 687
• His estimates of the gold yield condition of affairs at the mines: 693
• Masons order in reference to the receipt of golddust at the customhouse: 696
• Why congress did not provide a territorial government the slavery question: 702
• Efforts of San Francisco to secure an efficient local government the ayunta: 708
• His orders for the election of delegates to a constitutional convention and of offi: 714
• San Francisco a center for speculators Baron Steinberger: 720
• Trial and punishment of the ringleaders: 726
• Rileys visit to the mines: 732
• Importance of the subject of land titles the laws and documents on which they: 739
• Present condition of the archives and their value: 745
• Questions as to pueblos and pueblo claims: 751
• The Californian members who neither spoke nor understood English employ: 757
• Unanimous adoption of a section against slavery: 758
• Expressions of opinion on the subject of gambling: 764
• Debates about the clauses against dueling: 770
• The de facto government its officers digest and publication of Mexican laws: 776
• William B Almonds court at San Francisco: 778
• The election for its ratification and of officers under it: 784
• General demeanor of the two houses: 790
• Calaveras and Mariposa: 796
• Crosbys report on the advantages of the common law over the civil law: 798
• Burnetts presentation of the proposition to the legislature how it was received: 804
• How King found the object of his mission already accomplished: 810
• Why the South had no right to complain: 816
• His views of the rights of the people the higher law: 818

Bibliographic information

• Title: History of California: The Mexican governors ; The last Mexican governors ; The Americans; Volume 2 of History of California, Pacific Press Publishing Company
• Author: Theodore Henry Hittell
• Contributors: Pacific Press Publishing Company, Occidental Publishing Company, N.J. Stone Company
• Publisher: Pacific Press Publishing House and Occidental Publishing Company, 1885
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Dec 4, 2013