The Squatter and the Don / A Novel Descriptive of Contemporary Occurrences in California
by María Amparo Ruiz de Burton
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Chapters (40)(click to expand)
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I.—Squatter Darrell Reviews the Past.
- CHAPTER II.—The Don's View of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
- CHAPTER III.—Pre-empting under the Law.
- CHAPTER IV.—Efforts to Right the Wrong.
- CHAPTER V.—The Don in his Broad Acres.
- CHAPTER VI.—Naughty Dog Milord an Important Factor.
- CHAPTER VII.—From Alameda to San Diego.
- CHAPTER VIII.—Victoriano and His Sister.
- CHAPTER IX.—Clarence is the Bearer of Joyful News.
- CHAPTER X.—But Clarence Must Not be Encouraged.
- CHAPTER XI.—George is a Christian Gentleman.
- CHAPTER XII.—Why the Appeal was Not Dismissed.
- CHAPTER XIII.—At San Francisco.
- CHAPTER XIV.—Of Miscellaneous Incidents.
- CHAPTER XV.—Journeying Overland.
- CHAPTER XVI.—Spanish Land Grants Viewed Retrospectively.
- CHAPTER XVII.—Doña Josefa at Home.
- CHAPTER XVIII.—At Newport.
- CHAPTER XIX.—In New York.
- CHAPTER XX.—At the Capitol.
- CHAPTER XXI.—Looking at the Receding Dome.
- CHAPTER XXII.—Perplexities at Alamar.
- CHAPTER XXIII.—Home Again.
- CHAPTER XXIV.—The Brewers of Mischief.
- CHAPTER XXV.—The Squatter and the Don.
- CHAPTER XXVI.—Mrs. Darrell's View of Our Land Laws.
- CHAPTER XXVII.—Darrell Astonishes Himself.
- “Don't say that, please. The place was for sale, Hubert telegraphed me, and I telegraphed back to buy it.”
- CHAPTER XXVIII.—Shall it be Forever?
- CHAPTER XXIX.—Hasty Decisions Repented Leisurely.
- CHAPTER XXX.—Effect of Bad Precept and Worse Example.
- CHAPTER XXXI.—A Snow Storm.
- CHAPTER XXXII.—A False Friend Sent to Deceive the Southerners.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.—San Diego's Sentence is Irrevocable.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.—The Sins of Our Legislators!
- CHAPTER XXXV.—The Fashion of Justice in San Diego.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.—Clarence and George with the Hod-carrier.
- CHAPTER XXXVII.—Reunited at Last.
- CONCLUSION.—Out with the Invader.
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