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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...FRANCISCO. stake; but in civil differences, which by no possibility can a resort to arms in any wise lessen, and which must ultimately be determined by arbitration, by the courts, by common sense and reason, and by nothing else, fighting is brutish. In squatterism the existence of courts is ignored, not because, as is the case with vigilance committees, justice cannot be obtained and the guilty escape, but because justice is tardy and claimants are impatient. And then the men of California had so long been thrown upon themselves for the redress of grievances, that they had acquired the habit of fighting their own battles, deeming a resort to law contemptible petty-fogging. No I the first, the brawny arm, the knife, the revolver, these were the tools for them I Away with law and title deeds; we want not reason, we want the property! Swarms of squatters settled on every available spot about San Francisco, whether already claimed or not. The sand hills were so fenced in, without regard to roads or regularity, that it was with difficulty a wagon could make its way beyond the suburbs in any direction. Fights between claimants were frequent, women joining the men in their shooting scrapes, and not infrequently officers in the discharge of their duties would be threatened. Most of the land at El Rincon, that is to say Rincon Point, or Rincon Hill, was held by the government as a reserve. The United States leased it for a time to Theodore Shillaber, who, upon attempting to take possession the 28th of February, 1850, found it covered with squatters, men of Sydney and that class, who refused to pay rent or vacate. Captain Keys then in charge at the presidio, detailed twenty soldiers to the place, who demolished the tents and shanties and drove off the squatters. One ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...FRANCISCO. stake; but in civil differences, which by no possibility can a resort to arms in any wise lessen, and which must ultimately be determined by arbitration, by the courts, by common sense and reason, and by nothing else, fighting is brutish. In squatterism the existence of courts is ignored, not because, as is the case with vigilance committees, justice cannot be obtained and the guilty escape, but because justice is tardy and claimants are impatient. And then the men of California had so long been thrown upon themselves for the redress of grievances, that they had acquired the habit of fighting their own battles, deeming a resort to law contemptible petty-fogging. No I the first, the brawny arm, the knife, the revolver, these were the tools for them I Away with law and title deeds; we want not reason, we want the property! Swarms of squatters settled on every available spot about San Francisco, whether already claimed or not. The sand hills were so fenced in, without regard to roads or regularity, that it was with difficulty a wagon could make its way beyond the suburbs in any direction. Fights between claimants were frequent, women joining the men in their shooting scrapes, and not infrequently officers in the discharge of their duties would be threatened. Most of the land at El Rincon, that is to say Rincon Point, or Rincon Hill, was held by the government as a reserve. The United States leased it for a time to Theodore Shillaber, who, upon attempting to take possession the 28th of February, 1850, found it covered with squatters, men of Sydney and that class, who refused to pay rent or vacate. Captain Keys then in charge at the presidio, detailed twenty soldiers to the place, who demolished the tents and shanties and drove off the squatters. One ...
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