Identifier: notesofvoyagetoc01upha (find matches)
Title: Notes of a voyage to California via Cape Horn, together with scenes in El Dorado, in the years of 1849-'50. With an appendix containing reminiscences ... together with the articles of association and roll of members of "The associated pioneers of the territorial days of California."
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Upham, Samuel C. (Samuel Curtis), 1819-1885
Subjects: Associated Pioneers of the Territorial Days of California Voyages to the Pacific coast Ethnic groups Law Business
Publisher: Philadelphia, The author
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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n of San Francisco, as is generally the custom of thecountry, is situated in the interior, and, after leaving theschooner, I journeyed to it by land. At this mission Ibecame acquainted with Colonel Vallejo, whose relatives Imet with in Monterey. He is the commander on thefrontier, and resides at Sonoma, on the north side (»f thebay. While at this place, the venerable Father Alviso,whose restoration to health, under my professional skill, hadbeen so nnich credit to my reputation, visited me, havingridden from Santa Clara for that purpose, a distance of42 miles. Having made arrangements favorable tothe visiting of the more northern portions of the bay ofSan Francisco, I declined Father Alvisos pressing invita-tion to visit Santa Clara for the time being, and promisedto accept of his hospitality at some future period. I sailed, with most beautiful Aveathcr, u)> the magnificentbay, and toward evening entered a curious stream calledthe Devils Creek; no doubt so named because, its mouth
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A FIRE AMID THE TULE. 545 being lost in the low marsh, its channel is difficult to dis-cover. A gentleman having a ranch on this creek, hadcontracted with the owners of the schooner to deliver somelime, and he was on shore to show us the proper place toenter the creek. The Indians who formed the crew of theschooner, knew nothing about it, nor did they perceive aranchman who was perched on a high hill in the back-ground, endeavoring also to point out the way. Unfor-tunately, the undergrowth of portions of the country wason fire, and a dense smoke clouded the atmosphere in somedirections. After much delay and confusion, the ranch-man came on board the schooner to act as pilot, andbrought us safely up a winding but beautiful creek. Wcwere often so near to the land that the cattle, deer andantelopes could be seen flying before the devouring element.The flames finally reached the tide ruslies of the marshyplaces, and ran along the sides of the creek, making ourpassage dangerous and awful t

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