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Ch. 1: Sleepy Utopia

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The Sleepy Utopia 9
Until April, 1848, there was little excitement in the towns along the coast. But as summer drew on, the rush to the American River al­most emptied San Jose—San Francisco—even Monterey.
On June 20, alcalde Colton observed: "My messenger sent to the mines has re­turned with specimens of the gold; he dismounted in a sea of upturned faces." In a mat­ter of days, the alcalde and the commandant of Monte­rey were cooking their own food. E very one of those faces was set toward EI Dorado.
"Such a mixed and motley crowd—" said Colton of the miners he saw drifting up and down the slopes of the Sierra—"such a restless, rov­ing, rummaging, ragged multitude!"
For the worthy alcalde had gone off to the mines himself in September.
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