The Bear Flag [pp. 506-513]

1The Bear Flag'.
he supposed me to be in sympathy w
Sutter, and Sutter with the Mexican g
ernment.
I assured him he was entirely in err
that the United States had no warr
friends than Sutter, myself, and all Am
cans in California,- which apparently sa
fied him.
On Sutter's return to the Fort from
the Bay he invited Fremont to dinner,
and he gave him a grand salute of about
forty guns as he came into the Fort.
Sutter had gone up to Fr6mont's camp,
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about three miles away, to escort l
down. At the prearranged signal the gi
began to fire the salutes, and the party, cc
ing on full gallop, approached the Fort, wi
the random firing made it so dangerous t
Fremont came so near being hit that his
was blown' off.
Of course, I had told Sutter about
episode between Fremont and myself in
absence. Sutter said: "I will, make it
right with Fr6mont. I will invite him
dinner."
pith But Sutter could do no more for Fremont
ov- than I had promised in his absence. Fr6 mont's wants were for mules, provisions,
or; pack saddles, and the use of a blacksmith
ner shop to shoe the mules,- to enable him to
eri- meet his main party in the gap aforesaid.
tis- So Fremont went down in Sutter's boat (a
schooner of about twenty-five tons, which
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usually took a month to make a
i trip to and from the Bay of San
Francisco) to the Bay, with a
. ~0 Z view to find the needed supplies
there. Being unable, however,
OF BOATS. to obtain them, he sent his men
back to Sutter's Fort, and acim cepted such aid as Sutter could furnish.
uns Fremont, meantime, went from the Bay
m- to Monterey, to see Thomas O. Larkin, the
hen American consul. There, through the
hat consul's influence (as I understand), he
hat asked and obtained permission for his ex ploring party to winter in the San Joaquin
the Valley, where game was abundant, and
his where the party would be distant from the
all settlements and not annoy the people.
to Fremont also had an understanding with
Jos6 Castro, commander-in-chief of the
1895.]
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