The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (Southern California) Its Rivers and Its Mountains, Its Canyons and Its Springs, Its Life and Its History, Pictured and Described Volume 1; Including an Account of a Recent Journey Made Down the Overflow of the Colorado (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...stick. The chief then called a council of his people and it was determined to kill Glanton and all the Americans at the ferry. From the deposition of Jeremiah Hill, sworn to in Los Angeles, May 23, 1850, these facts are gathered. It was found that Glanton had gone to San Diego. On his return, the chief who had been insulted went to the ferry and found Glanton and his men drinking. They gave him something to eat and also some drink. After dinner, "five of the Americans laid down to sleep in a hut, leaving him sitting there; others were ferrying, and were on the opposite side; three had gone up on this side for some purpose. The chief said he watched till he thought the five were asleep, when he went out to his people on this side, who were all hid in the bushes just below the houses; a portion of them he sent up after the three Americans who were cutting poles, instructing his men to get possession of their arms. He had previously posted five hundred Indians on the other side, instructed to mix among the Americans and Mexicans, and get into the boat without suspicion. He himself then went up on the little mound perhaps as high as his head, but commanding a view of all his Indians, and the whole scene; from this mound he was to give the signal. There he was to beckon to those hid in the bushes to come near the American tents, which they were immediately to enter and give a yell as they killed the Americans, whereupon he was to give the sign with a pole having a scarf on it to the Indians on the other side as well as those who were watching the three from above. He gave the signal, when those in the boat and at the houses were all killed. The Indians who had been sent after the three Americans ran, but these three succeeded in getting into a skiff and esc...