Show he who finds gold dies in the almshouse lie ile wits it swiss n cl adventurer boro born in germany schooled in the french army anti and n member of it bund band of trappers p ers who crossed the hie western pining to california in 1838 there the lie ish governor juan alvaredo made hlin blin a general anil and presented him with 11 square leagues of land upon which lie built it at the junction or of the amerlean american ican river anil and the sacramento a fort which lie named fort new helvetia with an army of 50 men as it garrison lie he dwelt liere here in ili feugill state ruling riding over thousands of indians who cultivated ills his broad acres of wheat tended ills his vineyards or cared for hla his herds of cattle sheep and 2000 horses anti and mules governor I 1 alvaredos Alva redos successor presented him with an additional 11 square leagues of land and so gen jolin john A sutter wits was truly a monarch of all lie surveyed then on 24 1818 1848 18 18 capt james W Mars marscall ball employed by sutter to build a sawmill at colonia coloma up tip I 1 the lie american river found in tile the sands sonic shining particles lie ile told sutter about it and although they tried to keep secret tile the discovery ot of gold the news leaked wit out one day in may a man walked down on the streets of ann francisco I 1 holding 1 idin aloft 1 rt a bottle of shining dust and shou shouting gold colu gold gold from the american river diverl 1 the news de populated san francis I 1 co sailors de descried their ships in the harbor A tide flah of gold mad humanity surge surged around fort new lipi etla etia or fort sacramento ns as it avns also called tile swiss kings stores M uro ere u ro looted by re reckless ekless adventurers 1 mho I lio soon followed lip first argonauts ills live stork stock was stolen id his lands were overrun by squatters allu who finds gold old will ile die in t the a I 1 ills linuse so runs run tin n old spanish proverb gen john A sutter suiter learned earned I 1 lie bitter truth of that california I 1 became ecaline it a irit of till united state I 1 and the lie titles given by the spanish goer governors nors were no longer recognized lie he appealed to the united courts for recompense and justice for awhile he fie was given n monthly pension of 2 A 0 but relinquished this bounty after rec receiving elvIng 1 it 14 bears embittered and poverty stricken he went bast anti and bellied in UK the little town I 1 of pa ia there lie fie tied died in ISSO fort new helvetia Sut lers fort li it now tile city of sacramento the tal lal of california i |