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name, and  above,  on  Antelope  Creek,  lives  Job  F, Dye,  below  P.  B.  Reading,  who  ranks  as  the  most northern settler  in  the  valley,  on  Cottonwood  Creek,** one of  the  numerous  tributaries  here  fed  by  the  adja- cent snow-crowned summits  dominated  by  the  majes- tic Shasta.

Descending along  the  west  bank  of  the  Sacramento, we encounter  the  rancho  of  William  B.  Ide,  of  Bear-flag fame ;*•  below  him,  on  Elder  Creek,  is  William  C.  Chard, and R.  H.  Thomes  on  the  creek  named  after  him.**^ On Stony  Creek,  whence  Sutter  obtains  grindstones,*^ live Granville  P.  Swift,  Franklin  Sears,  and  Bryant; below them  John  S.  Williams  has  lately  settled  with his wife,  the  first  white  woman  in  this  region."  Watt Anderson  is  found  on  Sycamore  Slough,  and  on  the north  side  of  Cache  Creek  the  family  of  William  Gor- don.** Eastward  lies  the  rancho  of  William  Knight,** and  below  him,  facing  the  mouth  of  Feather  River, that  of  Thomas  M.  Hardy.**  In  a  hut  of  tule,  facing the  Sutter  s-fort  grant,  lives  John  Schwartz,  a  reticent builder  of  airy  castles  upon  his  broad  domain,  and  of whom  it  is  said  that,  having  lost  his  own  language, he  never  learned  another.  A  northern  slice  of  his land  he  sold  to  James  McDowell  and  family.**  On Putah  Creek,  John  R.  Wolfskill  had,  since  1842,  oc- cupied a  four-league  grant.     Adjoining,  on  Ulattis

1847.
 * ODe Julian  occupied  it  for  him  in  1845,  and  he  himself  settled  tbeie  in

'* Jnst  below  the  present  Red  Bluff,  a  tract  bought  by  him  from  Josiah Belden. These northern  grants  averaged  five  leagues  each.


 * ^ He  built  the  first  dwelling  in  the  county,  on  the  site  of  Tehama


 * ^ Cut  by  Moon,  Merritt,  and  Lassen.

miles south  of  Princeton,  on  the  Larkin  children's  grant,  with  800  head  of cattle,  on  shares  with  Larkin. M. Diaz*  claim  to  11  leagues  was  rejected.
 * Of Colusa  county,  daughter  of  Jos.  Gordon.  He  located  himself  two

His son-in-law,  Nathan  Coombs,  was  probablv  the  first  white  brideffroom  in the  Sacramento  Valley. Married by  Sutter  m  1844. His son  William  was the first  white  child  of  Yolo  county. Coombs soon  moved  to  Napa  Valley.
 * Who built  the  first  dwelling  in  Yolo  county,  in  1842,  on  Quesisoei  grant.


 * Who settled  %t  the  present  Knight's  Landing.

^ An  Englishman,  hostile  to  Americans.

^' McDowell  built  a  log  house  at  the  present  Washinffton,  and  was,  in  1847»

presented with  the  first  white  girl  of  Yolo  county. He paid  Schwartz  12^

cents an  acre  for  600  acres.

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