CHAPTER		PAGE
	Preface	xiii
	Introduction	xv
I	Early Childhood	1
II	Cotton, Slaves and Mississippi	5
III	Another Venture	13
IV	With Houston in Texas	18
V	William’s First Love	29
VI	Across Desert and Plain	39
VII	At the Mines	52
VIII	Nursed by the Indians	66
IX	Moments with Marshall and Sutter	76
X	The Pack Train	90
XI	Wild and Woolly	97
XII	Major Savage and the Indians	109
XIII	A Skirmish with the Indians	116
XIV	Formation and Activities of the Mariposa Battalion	133
XV	Discovery of the Yosemite and Death of Savage	144
XVI	California Banditti	157
XVII	The Ways of a Desperado	170
XVIII	Capture of Joaquin Murieta	180
XIX	Hunting and Surveying	194
XX	Grizzly Experiences	199
XX	Pleasure and Politics	205
XXII	The Political Pendulum	217
XXIII	True Love Never Runs Smooth	226
XXIV	Howard’s Part in the Civil War	233
XXV	The Great Family Feud	237
XXVI	Another Political Ambition	248
XXVII	The Howards in The Yosemite	260
XXVIII	A Psychic Experience	271
XXIX	California Duels	282