THE FORTY-NINERS

A CHRONICLE OF THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL AND EL DORADO

BY STEWART EDWARD WHITE

1918



CONTENTS

I. SPANISH DAYS
II. THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION
III. LAW--MILITARY AND CIVIL
IV. GOLD
V. ACROSS THE PLAINS
VI. THE MORMONS
VII. THE WAY BY PANAMA
VIII. THE DIGGINGS
IX. THE URBAN FORTY-NINER
X. ORDEAL BY FIRE
XI. THE VIGILANTES OF '51
XII. SAN FRANCISCO IN TRANSITION
XIII. THE STORM GATHERS
XIV. THE STORM BREAKS
XV. THE VIGILANTES OF '56
XVI. THE TRIUMPH OF THE VIGILANTES
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
INDEX