Dedication
TO
JOHN CHARLES FRÉMONT,
THE UNITED STATES SENATOR
FIRST CHOSEN TO REPRESENT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA:
THE HISTORY
OF WHOSE INVALUABLE PIONEER LABOURS
WILL ENDURE AS LONG AS THE MOUNTAINS, VALLEYS, AND PLAINS
WHICH HIS COURAGE AND INDOMITABLE ENTERPRISE EXPLORED,
AND HIS GENIUS HAS ILLUSTRATED,