| PAGE |
| In Memoriam | v |
| Introduction | vii |
| Foreword | xi |
| Preface | xv |
| CHAPTER |
| I. | —Childhood and Youth, 1834-1853 | 1 |
| II. | —Westward, Ho! 1853 | 6 |
| III. | —New York—Nicaragua—The Golden Gate, 1853 | 14 |
| IV. | —First Adventures in Los Angeles, 1853 | 27 |
| V. | —Lawyers and Courts, 1853 | 45 |
| VI. | —Merchants and Shops, 1853 | 60 |
| VII. | —In and near the Old Pueblo, 1853 | 80 |
| VIII. | —Round about the Plaza, 1853-1854 | 97 |
| IX. | —Familiar Home-Scenes, 1854 | 112 |
| X. | —Early Social Life, 1854 | 128 |
| XI. | —The Rush for Gold, 1855 | 146 |
| XII. | —The Great Horse Race, 1855 | 157 |
| XIII. | —Princely Rancho Domains, 1855 | 166 |
| XIV. | —Orchards and Vineyards, 1856 | 189 |
| XV. | —Sheriff Barton and the Bandidos, 1857 | 204 |
| XVI. | —Marriage—The Butterfield Stages, 1858 | 220 |
| XVII. | —Admission to Citizenship, 1859 | 240 |
| XVIII. | —First Experience with the Telegraph, 1860 | 260 |
| XIX. | —Steam-Wagon—Odd Characters, 1860 | 274 |
| XX. | —The Rumblings of War, 1861 | 289 |
| XXI. | —Hancock—Lady Franklin—The Deluge, 1861 | 299 |
| XXII. | —Droughts—The Ada Hancock Disaster, 1862-1863 | 310 |
| XXIII. | —Assassination of Lincoln, 1864-1865 | 328 |
| XXIV. | —H. Newmark & Company—Carlisle-King Duel, 1865-1866 | 342 |
| XXV. | —Removal to New York, and Return, 1867-1868 | 359 |
| XXVI. | —The Cerro Gordo Mines, 1869 | 379 |
| XXVII. | —Coming of the Iron Horse, 1869 | 393 |
| XXVIII. | —The Last of the Vigilantes, 1870 | 408 |
| XXIX. | —The Chinese Massacre, 1871 | 421 |
| XXX. | —The Wool Craze, 1872-1873 | 437 |
| XXXI. | —
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