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t h p <.:lo t o \r .. i t e t o ve them promi e ca . This i s r u s h i 1 g iOr l a ., hu i t o ·te,
r.1.3.p1 1 tr .. t · na n or his re:put t i o is t .le v i c t im of circurnsta.noes . i o t h i s e· · o
7 _pre. t: t copie s of t e a.f 'idavi t ot' t e " ~irst Gold. iscover · ii:1. Cal i ' orL · , i 18
"... foll owL1 0 tr asoript reoords w re o tlce ow.-:1e ... by .,;yrus
L hi y ou t h ca.me to the .Puebl o de Lob els , in 1 849 ; by his d ilJ report e
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