TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- SPRING -- WAGONS AND TEAMS -- ENCAMPED -- THUNDER-STORM -- SICKNESS -- UP THE PLATTE -- FORT LARAMIE -- SWEETWATER RIVER -- GREEN RIVER -- UTAH INDIANS -- SALT LAKE -- SALT DESERT -- SALT PLAIN -- DIGGER INDIANS -- SOUTHWEST -- SIERRA NEVADA PASS -- RESIDENCE OF MR. JOHNSON -- VALLEY OF THE SACRAMENTO -- TABLE -- INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, -- SUTTER'S FORT, -- SACRAMENTO -- UPPER CALIFORNIA. -- ACCOUNT OF TRAVELLERS -- SUTTER'S FORT -- GEOGRAPHICAL SKETCH -- CONQUEST OF THE COUNTRY -- NEW HELVETIA TO SAN FRANCISCO -- PUEBLO DE SAN JOSÉ -- SAN FRANCISCO -- SONOMA -- NUEVA HELVETIA -- CAPTAIN SUTTER -- COLONEL FREMONT'S MARCHES -- CALIFORNIA BATTALION -- SAN LUIS OBISPO -- SANTA BARBARA -- DEFEAT OF THE CALIFORNIANS -- LOS ANGELES -- CALIFORNIAN CULINARY APPARATUS -- GEN. S. W. KEARNY -- ALTA-CALIFORNIA.