Our cattle will only bring the value of the hides.

Our horses are of little worth, for there are plenty running wild, which a good huntsman can take with a lasso.

I think that we shall have the Americans with us before many years, and, for my part, I hope we shall.

The idea of the Californians generally, as well as other Mexicans, that the Americans are too shrewd for them, is true enough.

But certainly there is plenty of room for a large population, and I should prefer that the race that has most enterprise should come and cultivate the country with us." Thus the conversation continued for two hours.