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Show ( Vlll ) (AdopteJ.) "I propose Adam to look out, am1 JUdiciously ingui£t nfter such persons, who shall become our comp<UJions, within one wet>k from to-day," (Adopted.) "We wiJJ rn et here e\'ery evening from to-day. After R week, a gene ral and fined mreting \'iJl be held herl:', at which every one ofu~ must be present." ( Adopted.) It was done accordingly. Adam attended well to his business, and selected the following persons: t \:VO A meri<.:ans, one Yankee ~f Conn cticnt) <md one Kentuckian; one Eugli hman, one Scotchman, OlH~ Irishman, three Germans, one Snxon, one Tyrolese, and one Swiss; two Italians, one Neapolitan, and one V cnitian; one Spaniard, nnd one Mexiean-in all, twelve new members of the party, so th at, with an egunl number of Frenchmen, there was a company of twenty-four stout and re. olute adventurers, attt'nding to the general and final meeti11g, at the a Lore mentioned public saloon in New Orleans, on the first Monday of Octo bcr, 1849. Adam introduced the new companions, telling every one's name and country, to Carrel, and the other older members, whose names bG rrHve in return, adding that they all were genuine natives of his own dear F rance. We must mention here all these names, &c. : CarrcJ, . A dam, Roger, Dorsal, Gaston, Larmory, Bertie, A vi lon, Hector, GJlot, PalJy, Manuel-all FrcncbmeiJ; Johns, of Counecticut, Downing, of Kent.ud·y, Clarke, an Englishm; n, Cummings, a Scotchman, Don::llson, an Jri hmnn, Arland, ·of Saxony, Ma.·le, of Tyrol, ! rb;m, of Sw.itzerlnnd, Bolznno, of N a pies, Tirocati, of Venice, Mar- 1mez, a Spnmard, Sylvia, a Mexicnn. Ai:ter they had heartily shaken hands all together, Carrel said with emotiOn : '' ~ear f1.·icnds nncl comrades, we now form a union for a great purpose, I? wl11C!l we engage our lives and fortun es : 1 t tiS faithfully swear, RJ rl Stl\k to It as honourable men, stancling all for one, ancl one for all~ ,.., ~'One for ~IJ, nn cl f'l.ll for one !" they al l answer d, en thnsins1ica1ly, liftmg up their hcu1ds_ m ilffirmation ofwhRt their lip~ were swenring they would pc·rform. lt was a beautiful scene to behold twenty-lour 1itJe yo~ng rn: n, who swore all?gi<~nce to each. oih r, voluntarily pledging thc1r honour to devote therr h\'cs and th eir fortunes to the common wclf, re of all. \iVhen the storm of enthusiasm had somewhat subsided, .Johns tool' the word, and said : c: Let us now consider, my friends, how we will raise the nccessarv me~111s or funds for our expedition. Slhall every one of 11s go on !d:c: own !took? as we used to say in Connecticut, or,"-.He was -interrupted l1y Carrel, who answered : "Jn orrlcr to come to .a conclusion with that business, I will propose ~ plan : let c.v~ry o.ne give accordi11g- to his own will or means, morr or.Jess, rlepo~ntmg h:s sha re, unobserverl, into n covNerl box, 'vhich, 8fter Lemg WP !l shaken, Is to be opene~l before the whole comp;:my, whcr1 tl1e arnou~t sheri! be counted ancl drsposed of to our purpm~es." This p,an was ~mmedw tely adopted, each putting his share privately under t 1e covPr mto·thr box. The money was counted, and found to amount, all together, to $4,995. ( IX ) At ]"st C·urel brou£Tht forth a proposal, concerning lhe name of !lH~ · c .. ' ~ · o ,, ,. · · l)h I ·" h ch h. ·h be \'cornpany w 1< •·l J. •s hed. to be cc.d led the'' va Iiorma u anx, · w I . name was~ .<..o !J• < 1ptecl u~- y g·eneral. acclamation, wht'reupon the roeetmg was aJjourned 1ill the next tnnrntng. . . , . l VVhcn the members of the ~'California Phn lnnx met ag?m, .on t J.e fullowi rw day, they \;>,'Ere truc1c at tt~e appe<~r~n1 :e of an lndwn 1~ tf~- ~ t . ::;, Io'rn ''·'rr,l 1 . ntrocllwed h101 to th t'ompa ny undl~ r the nc loT. mcc twr-sa 1 • '-''' • • ;, • h. h· -J Ont. W···1r1·,t ···, whif'h mc·ans" foremost m b<-lttl.-· : th1s name ,lt n<~tne •" ,, ""' J • • ,_,. I I" ~ .H , inherited from his (rnmdfather, a g reat chit'f of lhe k)IO.IIX li 1 Ian::.. e v.'as a fine you ng ~an, about twenty~Gvc _yt'ars old, : ... llh_ a noble ('OUntcnance his e es t>Xpressi ve of sound mtelhgcnce, wbtle h!S man.!y ~gu.~e bore th~ marks of gr at bodily st rength . lie und t' rwe_~~ t 'then wqt~lsit iYe looks with a grea t dL'i1l ?f patt.ence, or rath f'r . p11rl , <~s .~: W:1 ~ evident! aware that they adr:ured h11~. Aft er hann:-.; 1 • s~me~J~at ~·lP tjsfi~d tGeir Ctlrios rty by loolong at h1m, they heatd Ccmel gl\e tn ~ follo\:vi.nl4 explanation: . . l . n " My Tri nds, 1 have the pleast re of propo, Ing ~o yo11 the .H nnt t ... n e a a new member of our: California P~mlanx, th1" respP~tnble y~uth, Waar1ataa, the noble grnnd ~o :~ of n ~rent ebicf of .t~~· ,·'l t.ntJ ' Jnd tan s~ He hns bet'n recommended to me by m:y hank~r_, .fls f,ntl.ft.l .HHi honour_o b~c; so I don t hc~•i tate in tcdcinrr th~ re~!~0n .. lhtltty f, r wh<ltever h~ mc~y (lr' ., 8 ... ·r:nc·q iJer of om u ·io n. He 1 qu1te 1ntlrpcndent, ;1nd ha_ ,,olt~n - " "' (l lJ. • ., tarily rc~o]H~d upon <c com1 ;mying- us t.o Ca I" f' . I f l E l 'h 1 orrnH; spt·<J.<s. 1 ng Is ::lDd many Tndi·1n ln ngl t<lp-e. perfectly we.ll, so that th_~·:e ~s n,? doubt he will ue of the g r~at_t'.'l value to us Ollril1~ m!; ("cpe lttwn, bl'·-Ides the iJJtcrest arising from h1s <1gr r'nb~c personal tty . While thi 'w<l. ' spoke11 , Waanataa did not f:eem to nnderstnnCJ one word of iL: his f(·ntnr('S w •-re quid, srriou~ , <tnrl ~m co•,_c rncd; hut w~cn all surrounded him, c.nlling hi .;; nRme, nud s~1<llong h1 ~ h;,nd, he ~~ cw frienrlly i:Hlrl <ra\-e an answer to ev< ~ry q'•est1on he WCIS as.ked. How. e ver h·P ' rt"fusr--d. 1·o comp·l y w1·t b one r('ques t, rna< I e b Y Dowt'1n' o,-.,, to "011• nrl the Indian wnr whoop; earne.~tly dec laring, .that :o:uch ·"ln a~vful thinG ·was not fit for being played wr· t h , ac l<l 'm g, W1L•JJ .a pr o l-i<l ~,, rm•l "• ·• "Pe,",'·-, haps you sha 11 hear it onl'e for goorl a.ncl <til? m yordcr wt!derness. All wen' plcm;cd w'th, onrl struck at th is sens1ble answer of the noble I ndinn yonth . Ad ' Now·, let 1s pns~ over to the fragmen:s and extrflcts fro:n , a~n s ".Journal of the California Phalan.· ," With \·ery rl'W cdlerntwns or. additions by the eompiler, who on ly adds, in co ncl tlSJOn, t~:1t Adam tbwks it is beU~r~ in writing plain Eogl ish, t~ put tht> prcp~s1t10ns t1.\fo.r: .on, with &c. before, thnn to P' t them after the verbs, thus, lH · "')· 1 :. a~ w' hat' do 'y ou laugh? for w.h 'J C h.. d oes h e 10 0l ':? on what· r.l o they. t\ e_. with whom do we <lg ree ? &c., mstea cl of saymg, (IS us~1a1ly' :'bat do Yon laugh at ? whil·h does he look for? whnt clo they hve on · w~om ·d o we arrree w1· th? who does acrree wt't h h.u n ?· &c" He a! o tlnn l·s it wonlrfbe shorter, and often sa~·e half the trouble, to leave .ou,; many unnecessary It >tters m· E1 ng J1' sh wor c1 s •, 1r0 r ·l nc· ;;t· anc·e ' "• .1 ~' 0Ur w1.. 1~''e C01)ld lJe written wij h half so many letters, "ur yf," savmg troubWel, rBoom, In1c all d paper. # • • |