S OF SAN FRANCISCO
XVI. CHARLEY HEARS A CONVERSATION
XVII. ON TO THE DIGGIN'S
XVIII. THE TRAIL OF THE ENEMY
XIX. A GREAT DISCOVERY
XX. ANOTHER GREAT DISCOVERY
XXI. MINERS' JUSTICE
XXII. THE BEST OF ALL

ILLUSTRATIONS

"YOU STOLE THOSE PAPERS" . . . . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

"OVER THEY GO!"

DOWN SLIPPED CHARLEY'S HORSE FROM THE TRAIL

"I'VE LOST THE PAPERS"

BILLY STEPPED ON HIS LEAD ROPE AND LEVELED HIS GUN LIKE LIGHTNING

MAPS

THE MAP FROM THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER

FROM NEW ORLEANS TO SAN FRANCISCO, 1849

THE ROUTE ACROSS THE ISTHMUS IN 1849

THE VOYAGE OF THE SCHOONER "MARY ANN" FROM SAN FRANCISCO
TO THE GOLD FIELDS, 1849

FROM SACRAMENTO TO "THE DIGGIN'S," 1849

THE STORY OF CALIFORNIA

1542--On September 28, 1542, Captain Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a
Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain, on a voyage of
exploration along the coast northward from Mexico casts anchor of his
two small ships, the _San Salvador_ and the _Victoria_, in San Diego
Bay. He christens it the Puerta de San Miguel (Port of Saint Michael).
Thence his ships explore north clear to the line of present Oregon.
Mid-voyage he dies from an accident, and is buried on San Miguel
Island, opposite present Santa Barbara. The exploration is continued
by his lieutenant, Bartolome Ferrelo.

1579--In June, 1579, Sir Francis Drake, English adventurer, lands near
the Bay of San Francisco, to overhaul his ship, the _Golden Hind_. He
takes possession of the shore for Queen Elizabeth, christens it New
Albion, and erects a monument. His bay is called Francis Drake's Bay.

1587--The Bay of Monterey visited, according to description, in 1587,
by the Spanish navigator Pedro de Unamunu, in his ship _Nuestra Senora
de la Esperanca_ (Our Lady of Hope). He lands and erects a cross, and
christens the place Puerta de San Lucas (Port of Saint Luke), taking
possession for the King of Spain.

1595--In 1595 the Spanish navigator Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeno is
wrecked in Francis Drake's Bay, to which he gives the name Bay of San
Francisco. This was a small bay behind Point Reyes, north of the
entrance to the Golden Gate.

1602--Cabrillo's Port of San Miguel entered in 1602 by the Spanish
navigator Sebastian Vizcaino, with four vessels: the _San Diego_ (Saint
James), the _Santo Tomas_ (Saint Thomas), the _Tres Reyes_ (Three
Kings), and a launch. He christens the bay San Diego. Voyaging