They had turned the stream into a ditch in order to work the bed of the stream, believing that their claims had all the gold in them.

Our claims joined theirs.
Mr.W.M.Stockton, who left his family in Los Angeles, came with Mr.
Bennett and went to work with us.

As everything here was very high we concluded to let Mr.Stockton take the team and go to Sacramento for provisions for our own use.

Flour and meat were each fifty cents a pound, potatoes twenty-five cents a pound and onions one dollar and twenty-five cents each.

Onions and potatoes eaten raw were considered very necessary to prevent and cure scurvy, which was quite a common complaint.