The Squatter and the Don

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Author

Ruiz de Burton, María Amparo, 1832-1895

Title

The Squatter and the Don A Novel Descriptive of Contemporary Occurrences in California

Credits

Produced by David Edwards, Katherine Ward, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Squatters -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

35538

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35538

Release Date

March 9, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
3. 3.CHAPTER I.— Squatter Darrell Reviews the Past.
4. 4.CHAPTER II.— The Don's View of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
5. 5.CHAPTER III.— Pre-empting under the Law.
6. 6.CHAPTER IV.— Efforts to Right the Wrong.
7. 7.CHAPTER V.— The Don in his Broad Acres.
8. 8.CHAPTER VI.— Naughty Dog Milord an Important Factor.
9. 9.CHAPTER VII.— From Alameda to San Diego.
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII.— Victoriano and His Sister.
11. 11.CHAPTER IX.— Clarence is the Bearer of Joyful News.
12. 12.CHAPTER X.— But Clarence Must Not be Encouraged.
13. 13.CHAPTER XI.— George is a Christian Gentleman.
14. 14.CHAPTER XII.— Why the Appeal was Not Dismissed.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII.— At San Francisco.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV.— Of Miscellaneous Incidents.
17. 17.CHAPTER XV.— Journeying Overland.
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI.— Spanish Land Grants Viewed Retrospectively.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII.— Doña Josefa at Home.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII.— At Newport.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIX.— In New York.
22. 22.CHAPTER XX.— At the Capitol.
23. 23.CHAPTER XXI.— Looking at the Receding Dome.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXII.— Perplexities at Alamar.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXIII.— Home Again.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIV.— The Brewers of Mischief.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXV.— The Squatter and the Don.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXVI.— Mrs. Darrell's View of Our Land Laws.
29. 29.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.”
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVIII.— Shall it be Forever?
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIX.— Hasty Decisions Repented Leisurely.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXX.— Effect of Bad Precept and Worse Example.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXXI.— A Snow Storm.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXII.— A False Friend Sent to Deceive the Southerners.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIII.— San Diego's Sentence is Irrevocable.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIV.— The Sins of Our Legislators!
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXV.— The Fashion of Justice in San Diego.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVI.— Clarence and George with the Hod-carrier.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVII.— Reunited at Last.
40. 40.CONCLUSION.— Out with the Invader.

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