Thread: An experiment.
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Old 11-20-2006, 12:16 PM   #16
CaliforniaMama
I wonder . . .
 
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From Indians and Intruders in Central California 1769-1849 by George Harwood Phillips

The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

cristening her Maria Rufina.
until we reached the mouth
since these indian depredations.
ground stone dead

where the Sierra Nevadas
made a public example of.
Cholame Pass
with such intensity

they had brought
the mission system
The Spaniard explained
did not escape the priest

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Whoa, I thought, with this dry tome, it ain't gonna work, but it's actually kinda interesting.

And yes, this really is one of my favorite books. It's a getting in touch with my roots kinda thing.

~ done while escaping my homeschooling duties
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