| Show ANIL N ors whose h awa AM gold an ca 0 1 U 0 1 i t f d a m i if atle y d u im ol 01 I 1 A z ln k N bly kw it R H MM it diw i 3 III M T M A jre t t wy i ass m r f M I 1 V j r ewt V n k B A K gen ag 6 raj n 8 atte 1 HH ill ii H baloe Ta lOE sa s1 y 0 m w I 1 A g p VF al ii C P aki dom old chir ase bank at i omax alif T g 1 I 1 amt AM t f theo lands land and nj from rom them leased twelve square qu miles of the surrounding country then lie seat 0 4 an employee named charles bennett to I 1 monterey g p to liv have the lease confirmed by colonel alason ans tile the american military governor of on the wily rennett bennett topping stopping nt lit benicia re the purpose of lits ills jociney jou iney burlou curiously enouf enough b few who heard his tory story believed it n and 4 to the american river to in went les W only a few orr masi it remained for ram brannan a mi abor il ri mon moil elder who was a storekeeper at a t sutter ia fort ni to tn give caro to the world the exciting news new 9 in by ELMO SCOTT dairson brannan collected ismall bottle vill of dust it itt washington mimes cornea the tha news ty that thi hip cefra of oui J A sulter T tile the famous pioneer are JH preparing to press h claim against the government for SF they assert indue la due ills film state under on an agreement with coli conci gress ess in as info 0 O harly this tha year these same heirs lied filed sull suit in file lie polo county coi courts rim against the tha city of enera Il i lento seeking the return at 0 certain 4 1 lands landi which general and to the city toe or parks and streets lr in 1810 and which they the allege was gold by tile the jt purposes in i or the lift gift these two actions recall once more tile story of one one of the most dramatic and tragic careers in american history that of august sutter slitter tile tho salsa adventurer swift rise to fortune was matched by nn equally swift descent F for or itiba on the vast estates ili n california where he ruled its da n king gold eold wits waa dis covered on january 21 1818 and resulted in the epic gold rush which brought down upon this Midah the he horde of ot hungry fortune webers who ruined jilin him sutter was born in tu tit I 1 he grand duchy a of f daden germany 18 15 1801 lie ie ivas was of swim a paren parentage trige tho tha family I 1 being originally suter younk august t who did ati biot taire care to follow his friets occupation ot it paper way sent to the military at berne where he w ana ps ark in 1821 1823 ancl enter entered pt tho french corleo he ha nn an anim r of the 9 alss alss suard guard in which tio lie tit in faiq ints ll 11 of 1821 21 24 in IS 1814 H sutter suiter emigrated to amerlean settling benr st S louls sutter ht camba n fainer for a time removed to 0 o westport tile tha eastern of the santa re fe trail ahem he ran a store stor which ifil a n large business with tie he wagon truths trains which ucb were vera bitted out there for the sunta fo fe trade then ho tile the call of th ih and deckler deckled to aft gd eo to california accompanied by a single hebe out in and went first to oregon antt anter ile h th mcendee hie tha C olum illa to yort rort vancouver front from there thera angled i to td the he sandwich islands kihm lie he purchased a vessel nod and wen wh to tn alka alaska after disposing of his hl cargo to KOOI good advantage he coasted south and in july IS ISM yi was stranded la in abo tiny liny of verlin buena now sn after makla n journey ingot ihn Inter interior feir whore where lip was much iro ini pressed with tho possibilities of the country he conceived conceit cl the ac heini of founding a colony in n the sacramento valley california was then owned by mexico and Ston monterey terey was na the tha hastening there rutter laid tits his plan before govi GOT jila junn 11 Alyn ayn ilda redo alp ilp Is would a cordon ot 0 hn and I alecs we the of 0 indians indiana from 1 the north he would gather cuther the peaceful indians indiana of california aether and give them and he would bring from the 1 sandwich Und islands also to work tor for jilin him be 89 impressed was alvaredo alth 1 8 scheme that he pave hm film a arrant of eleven Ieni so bo in 1811 isal suiter Sutter established baij bij hl colony which lie hp named new 1161 Heli etla yetla or new acre there he buak built a fort ZOO BOO feet tone long an and 1 ax 2 aw feet wide and within IW tta walls the feet dept thick and twelve feet high were a store a tan tummy nety a grist mill t a smithy anda and a distillery within a few years sutter had find wrought a mar telous transformation to lu tile the raw country ciu reu bridges were built over the streams inis roads marged out olk marshes drained cah anil and ditches lug dus and many other improve improvements menta made imade tile the mexican govern ment had film iti governor eo vernor of northern california and he in new Illi veila in feudal mp splendor lendi n henrly e atly acres for sutter butter had very verb g generous with himself in sun ei ing hla his square leagues lc ngue of at land tended by several hundred white kanaka and indjid retainers jn in his fits pastures grazed beadon head of cattle sheep and 2000 horses and inkles establishing he traded froni from canada to mexico and as far east as stlouis governor j Alva alvaredos redos successor presented him film with nn an additional eleven square league until tit at tile tho pink penk of his prosperity sutter controlled probably 1 abes area impart upon e ral iVd enormous amounts of brala oi of martou klad f wi x a y f ir pk J 1 4 k V baba ba aho vho worked for and marshall although the Alex mexican ican government had made him governor of hort northern bern california it began to regard him ilni with soine suspicion when after the settlement of the oregon dispute with england tho the united states began to cast coye covetous tous eyes southward along the const coast find and it became knoon that Sutter dav favored orad the annexation of california to the united states when capt charlea withes wilkes on an exploring expedition reached san fran casco gaye litin him aid and information lind lie ho extended tt it similar welcome t gen geh john ohn C fremont on ills lils arrival in Call firnin on hta his first exploring trip when california was ceded to the he united states at the close of the mexican mewlean war suiter was elected first alcalde of his dI district and tip poInted indian agent with these new honors thrust upon him film lie he looked forward to a future of assured and increasing wealth and prominence clice in ili the now new state stata which would inevitably be formed then came the event which was to have such a tragic significance for sutter slitter one of his employees a sort of a foreman foi einan was james akson hiir on marshall born tit in now new jersey a by trade but a wanderer over a large part of the great west marshall hat had persuaded that hat it was high time tor for them to quit getting out ut the lumber which theyo n ceded needed by hewing and whip whipsawing sawing ond and suggested that they bellid n lit accordingly sutter sent bent marshall to build i 1 mill on the amer can river about 40 miles above the for aurl uy fly z january Jn nunry 1818 MArsti marshall all working with it a er crew ew of ten or eleven eleen inn awn had put a hrush anin across tho the river se get t tit 11 the frume ruine and jug dug the mill race the littler latter lio however wever w was ns nut deep enough and nt at nights marshall let tile the water run through it to deepen the th thannet annet on the historic morning 21 he went to inspect ih hilll race end and some gilt g 1 t cering particles in n th the sidrid it inight he golda or it might he e only aka marshall who knew bonus thin thing gabOu adoli 1 tho ati common desir for gold aal aol subjected tile the ill rt it les to these tests antl us ns tho the result b begun began to believe that he had actu actually alli discovered sonie tit of tile hie precious metal to HP dues does not seeni seen to have beti very ery much excited aver er it hn eniver iver for it wits was n not ot until two or three days intel dint he made n trip bach to tile the fort to tell sutter whitt what took place then la Is related li it erld diary as follows i A dark was in butlers suttees Sut lers once when Al arshall entered and after he had left tin the foreman said to hla his employer are you yott colonel yes res replied sutter gutter did you lock the door I 1 sutter gutter must have thought Af arshall out of his mind but lie he replied cal calmly ruly no but I 1 will do da so tf if you ani wish it so ha h locked the door an and d marshall then ra revealed the cause for ills his strange the two men immediately set to wark g the metal brt with nitric neld acid thea then by it on scales with vi than tin equal af sliver silver and the scales under water in water the gold dust having more stI fit gravity abrin the silver pulled down the scales there was wn no longer any doubt in their minds as to what these shining particles were wem i th tant nt night sutter os ns lie he later inter said felt the curse of bf tho the thine upon him film lie and marshall agreed to krep the matter secret until they coutil could finish the mill and until athey emmid establish claim to the surround surrounding ding lauds astl S utter called together the indians who hod had a noial naf title to u v r if and set out forsan for son r francisco ran cisco one morning tile rue odd inhabitants of tant tittle little town were amazed to see sira sam S ira brannan striding along montgomery street driving iving tits his hilt hat in one hn annd nd and brandishing aloft a little bottle tilled with shining dust in tile other ns is he shouted goedl gold I 1 goldi gold I 1 from the Ati american lerlean river 1 the result a history in in the hp rush that folo tou towed san francisco was aa alin almost de populated by juno june 2000 miners wore were nt at work nar the saw mill now railed called coloma Co lonin by july were thero there soldiers and sailors Cleser ted from the government forces band joined with clerks low dav Chine races and classes of men in the stampede to the gold fields A few months later the anin amazing zing news had reach reached edthe the cast and sutter soon saw a roaring tade of humanity sweeping down upon his little empire the earliest arrivals were of the better class and sutter suiter had no trouble with them they patronized patroni sed ills 1119 stores and purchased all of their supplies from film bilm nut but when the gold rold lure drew to california an an influx of men from nil all corners corleis of f the earth there came more bi and 1 I men than good who corrupted tits his indians Indiana with their deadly fl renter find and influenced tits ills alth arto erto faithful employees employ pea to desert him nuit settled sett lef on his lands and ae jeered red at hla his efforts to dislodge flie them tu ills vineyards were were trampled to tn the gr groling olind ills his live stock st stolen ills his stores looted and the improvements ampt movements ove ments which he had mode made lipero appropriated printed for tile use of the maddened paid guld seekers se caera the title sito tits lila lands land rec received elved under the grants from gilb mexican government were I 1 not respected aim end butter appealed in vain to the Amei american lenn re be brought suit more molo than persons and pent more tian in prosecuting his cla claims Ints prom from heing being tile the greatest Krea test ann in tant thit country he found him self the most hated bv cwi iwi uie lube of f the litt gallon in which lie he was nol cd il and eventually 1 that hatred I suited resulted in the destruction destria piton 6 of f ills his home the to which gift ii hp he lind had retired before the annish of the after several rears of litigation in which he ans ns repeatedly tit feared sutter slitter the lie former lang found ii a ruined rtin hiie he stute state of allford all forn la granted him a pension of a morth month lifted re receiving elving it for 14 rears lip hp relinquished that bounty tri in 1872 2 he sent I 1 him two daughters to bethic hethie hem in ila to ahter a Morti vinn school aind later inter arati transferred ahm m to another school in huttt there he madd his bis honie nod spent hlf his years in pum numerous rous erous visits tp to Mris hington ond and futile fu attempts to aur I from ohp th p federal government go eminent which he ch eluned had til till owed litin to robbed dibi during ing the gold rush ebore Is nn old spanish prove provell fl which says th that atIlle lie who fads kold gold hlll ill tife in the alms house for one proof of that vi hit it the little moravian veme iery in pa ila in it Is hurled gen johann august Sa slitter ile died led in enst ancton on june 17 1880 ani 6 he tied in poverty or go out exit ti to california and in the hills ti of nt bi dorado county you will find n country store and a post office in the midst of a cluster of deserted shops and houses thesis Ro lonin now a corn com of less than IN pers oits tile the calnin Col nin which once grew crew almost into n city of in the grit grisvard vard nn a n hillside all ide Is ain in en cn c n closure in which stands a bronze statue if f a ninn man one finger pointing to the aptner where 61 it cortil its gold cold was ans first found n and tl tt it wits erected hy by tho the state oi of Vall california fornia nt at it i cost of nf it ts Is the he of james fames alli the man vh ho found that gold and who wha once declared that tf it he li had find re allred what would result from that discovery he bild have hurled the lip rold gold dust into he lie forests and removed the sawmill which he was building so tint that other DIOU would ato no occasion to pass ta that lint avny for marshall suffered the same treatment train from the sold gold seekers that had been cro tern portion california gnap him j t pension of nf ta a year mar then withdrew it he rause the legislature hell helleved eved the motley wag spent in drink to which he hid had become addicted in august isai the live beirs after slitters death a jonely onely 1 embittered poverty stricken m rich en old man died in a ramshackle hut but in n the dying town of at co Colo blua iua it as a janie james a NY hurshall Mur shall I 1 gi anthy ama man whose hole fobil ruffed him 1 |
