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Updated: June 26, 2025
To these were added two other heavy pieces as chocks, which were intended to keep the huge spars in their places. Neither stays nor shrouds were used. The main yards were made of teak quite rough; the upper one was seventy-five feet long, and the lower sixty. The sails were made of closely-woven matting, a substance much lighter than canvas.
He had been engaged about five weeks when I saw him, and up to that time his Indians had used simply closely-woven willow baskets. He showed me the proceeds of his last week's work 14 lbs. avoirdupois of clean-washed gold. "The principal store at Sutter's fort, that of Brannan and Co., had received in payment for goods 36,000 dollars' worth of this gold from the 1st of May to the 10th of July.
Here, on the edge of the reeds a tall pole that served as a mast was shipped, and a square sail, made of closely-woven mats, run up. It filled with the morning off-land breeze and presently we were bowling along at a rate of quite eight miles the hour. The shore grew dim behind us, but for a long while above the clinging mists I could see the flag that we had planted on the mound.
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