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Three Years in California by John D. Borthwick (1857)(LoC) (423 pages)
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Page: of 423
WHIPPING THE INDIANS. 135
' they were cowardly enough not to go out and whip
the savage Indians, their wives would spurn them,
their sweethearts would reject them, and the whole
world would look upon them with scorn. The most
common-sense argument in his speech, however, was,
that unless the Indians were taught a lesson, there
would be no safety for the straggling miners in the
mountains at any distance from a settlement. Altogether he spoke very well, considering the sort of
crowd he was addressing; and judging from the
enthusiastic applause, and from the remarks I heard
made by the men around me, he could not have }
spoken with better effect. 1 3
The Governor also made a short speech, saying that
he would take the responsibility of raising a company
of one hundred men, at five dollars a-day, to go and
. whip the Indians.
The Sheriff followed. He “cal’lated” to raise out
\ of that crowd one hundred men, but wanted no man
to put down his name who would not stand up in his
boots, and he would ask no man to go any further
than he would go himself.
Those who wished to enlist were then told to come
round to the other end of the room, when nearly the
whole crowd rushed eagerly forward, and the required
number were at once enrolled. They started the
next day, but the Indians retreating before them,
they followed them far up into the mountains,
where they remained for a couple of months, by
which time the wily savages, it is to be hoped, got