Most of them also had native wives, and half-breed children, and were regarded as relatives.

There was a wide difference." It was the month of September when Mr.Young and his party set out on their return.

The homeward route was essentially the same which they had already traversed.

They made a brief visit at the Mission of San Fernando, and then pressed on to the flourishing Mission village of Los Angelos.
This City of the Angels, as it was called, from the salubrity of the climate and the beauty of the scenery, was on a small river about four hundred and fifty miles southeast from the present site of San Francisco.
Here Mr.Carson was introduced to a scene of refined, and polished life, such as he had never witnessed before.

He was informed that a Spanish gentleman of wealth was residing, at the distance of a few miles, on one of the most highly cultivated farms in the country.