The Squatter and the Don / A Novel Descriptive of Contemporary Occurrences in California
by María Amparo Ruiz de Burton
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Contents
- Chapter I.—Squatter Darrell Reviews the Past
- Chapter II.—The Don's View of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- Chapter III.—Pre-empting under the Law
- Chapter IV.—Efforts to Right the Wrong
- Chapter V.—The Don in his Broad Acres
- Chapter VI.—Naughty Dog Milord an Important Factor
- Chapter VII.—From Alameda to San Diego
- Chapter VIII.—Victoriano and His Sister
- Chapter IX.—Clarence is the Bearer of Joyful News
- Chapter X.—But Clarence Must Not be Encouraged
- Chapter XI.—George is a Christian Gentleman
- Chapter XII.—Why the Appeal was Not Dismissed
- Chapter XIII.—At San Francisco
- Chapter XIV.—Of Miscellaneous Incidents
- Chapter XV.—Journeying Overland
- Chapter XVI.—Spanish Land Grants Viewed Retrospectively
- Chapter XVII.—Doña Josefa at Home
- Chapter XVIII.—At Newport
- Chapter XIX.—In New York
- Chapter XX.—At the Capitol
- Chapter XXI.—Looking at the Receding Dome
- Chapter XXII.—Perplexities at Alamar
- Chapter XXIII.—Home Again
- Chapter XXIV.—The Brewers of Mischief
- Chapter XXV.—The Squatter and the Don
- Chapter XXVI.—Mrs. Darrell's View of Our Land Laws
- Chapter XXVII.—Darrell Astonishes Himself
- Chapter XXVIII.—Shall it be Forever?
- Chapter XXIX.—Hasty Decisions Repented Leisurely
- Chapter XXX.—Effect of Bad Precept and Worse Example
- Chapter XXXI.—A Snow Storm
- Chapter XXXII.—A False Friend Sent to Deceive the Southerners
- Chapter XXXIII.—San Diego's Sentence is Irrevocable
- Chapter XXXIV.—The Sins of Our Legislators!
- Chapter XXXV.—The Fashion of Justice in San Diego
- Chapter XXXVI.—Clarence and George with the Hod-carrier
- Chapter XXXVII.—Reunited at Last
- Conclusion.—Out with the Invader