Alexander Erkson's Statement .-- Works for Brigham Young at Salt Lake .-- Mormon Gold Coin .-- Mt.

Misery .-- The Virgin River and Yucca Trees .-- A Child Born to Mr, and Mrs.Rynierson .-- Arrive at Cucamonga .-- Find some good Wine which is good for Scurvy .-- San Francisco and the Mines .-- Settles in San Jose .-- Experience of Edward Coker .-- Death of Culverwell, Fish and Isham .-- Goes through Walker's Pass and down Kern River .-- Living in Fresno in 1892.
CHAPTER XV.

The Author again takes up the History .-- Working in a Boarding House, but makes Arrangements to go North .-- Mission San Bueno Ventura .-- First Sight of the Pacific Ocean .-- Santa Barbara in 1850 .-- Paradise and Desolation .-- San Miguel, Santa Ynez and San Luis Obispo .-- California Carriages and how they were used .-- Arrives in San Jose and Camps in the edge of Town .-- Description of the place .-- Meets John Rogers, Bennett, Moody and Skinner .-- On the road to the Mines .-- They find some of the Yellow Stuff and go Prospecting for more--Experience with _Piojos_--Life and Times in the Mines--Sights and Scenes along the Road, at Sea, on the Isthmus, Cuba, New Orleans, and up the Mississippi--A few Months Amid Old Scenes, then away to the Golden State again..