IinvestedmyearningsinthissurveyinthreelotsinSacramentoCity，onwhichImadeafairprofitbyasaletooneMcNulty，ofMansfield，Ohio。Ionlyhadatwomonths’leaveofabsence，duringwhichGeneralSmith，hisstaff，andaretinueofcivilfriends，weremakingatourofthegold—mines，andhearingthathewasenroutebacktohisheadquartersatSonoma，Iknockedoffmywork，soldmyinstruments，andleftmywagonandmuleswithmycousinCharleyHoyt，whohadastoreinSacramento，andwasonthepointofmovinguptoaranch，forwhichhehadbargained，onBearCreek，onwhichwasafterwardestablishedCamp\"FarWest。\"Heafterwardsoldthemules，wagon，etc。，forme，andonthewholeIthinkI
cleared，bythosetwomonths’work，aboutsixthousanddollars。I
thenreturnedtoheadquartersatSonoma，intimetoattendmyfellowaide—de—campGibbsthroughalonganddangeroussickness，duringwhichhewasonboardastore—ship，guardedbyCaptainGeorgeJohnson，whonowresidesinSanFrancisco。GeneralSmithhadagreedthatonthefirstgoodopportunityhewouldsendmetotheUnitedStatesasabearerofdispatches，butthishecouldnotdountilhehadmadetheexaminationofOregon，whichwasalsoinhiscommand。Duringthesummerof1849therecontinuedtopourintoCaliforniaaperfectstreamofpeople。Steamerscame，andalinewasestablishedfromSanFranciscotoSacramento，ofwhichtheSenatorwasthepioneer，chargingsixteendollarsapassage，andactuallycoiningmoney。Otherboatswerebuilt，outofmaterialswhichhadeithercomearoundCapeHornorwerebroughtfromtheSandwichIslands。Wharveswerebuilt，houseswere。springingupasifbymagic，andtheBayofSanFranciscopresentedasbusyasceneoflifeasanypartoftheworld。MajorAllen，oftheQuartermaster’sDepartment，whohadcomeoutaschief—quartermasterofthedivision，wasbuildingalargewarehouseatBenicia，witharowofquarters，outoflumberatonehundreddollarsperthousandfeet，andtheworkwasdonebymenatsixteendollarsaday。I
haveseenadetailedsoldier，whogotonlyhismonthlypayofeightdollarsamonth，andtwentycentsadayforextraduty，nailingonweather—boardsandshingles，alongsideacitizenwhowaspaidsixteendollarsaday。Thiswasarealinjustice，madethesoldiersdiscontented，anditwashardlytobewonderedatthatsomanydeserted。
Whilethemassofpeoplewerebusyatgoldandinmammothspeculations，asetofbusypoliticianswereatworktosecuretheprizesofcivilgovernment。GwinandFremontwerethere，andT。