The Rio San Gabriel, at the spot where this action was fought, is about one hundred yards wide, the current about knee-deep, flowing over a quicksand

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They next built fires about him and burned him out; but in doing so they did not capture or injure him, and he pushed through the mountains for

. . . the strength of his opponent, and the temper of the people among whom he moved are taken into consideration, may well be ranked as one of the