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covers or Divines the Santa Fe Trail The Rev. Colton as Al
calde of Monterey The Milch Cow " Eschews " to the Court
Sutter s Mill-Race and the Golden Sands Conditions of
Life in El Dorado The Rev. Colton s Complaint and Prayer
ful Hope Beale as a Caricaturist The Alleged Resentment
of Catesby Jones Story of Gold in California Competition
Beale s Views on the Gold Question ..... 25
the Army and Navy to Get the News East
between
CHAPTER IV BEALE BRINGS FIRST GOLD EAST
Beale s Daring Journey across Mexico with the First Gold
Gente de Camino Mexico City and Minister Clifford Fate
of Beale s Guide Senators Foote and Benton Hear the Won
derful Story William Carey Jones s Account of Journey in
National Intelligencer Beale Introduced to the United States
Senate Wise " Stay-at-Homes " Show Incredulity Beale
P. T. Barnum
Walks down Wall Street with Mr. Aspinwall
Wants to Exhibit the Gold But Half the Treasure is Fash
ioned into an Engagement Ring Courting at Chester
Ammen s Letter to the Young Argonaut On the Trail
Again Letter from Big Timber Beale s Description of his
Route across the Continent Along the Thirty-fifth Parallel
Old Trail Develops into Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail
road Chronological Table of Beale s Early Travels Mar
riage with Miss Edwards Arctic Expedition Proposed
Letters from Captain Lynch and Commodore Maury
Bayard Taylor Dedicates his Book on California to Beale
Beale Resigns from the Service He Retrieves the Business
Ventures of Commodore Stockton and Mr. Aspinwall . . 42
CHAPTER V FIRST STEPS IN OUR INDIAN POLICY

Lieutenant Beale Appointed by President Fillmore General Super
intendent of Indian Affairs for California and Nevada Con
gress Appropriates Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
to Carry into Effect Beale s Plans Indian Tribes to be Col
onized and Protected on Reservations Beale s Journey from
the Valley of the Mississippi to California along the Central
Route as Described by Himself and Mr. Heap Westport,
Fort Atkinson and Pike s
Kansas, and the "Stirrup Cup-"
Fort Massachusetts....... .64
Peak and the Huerfano River
Plains of the Arkansas and