"I came here in 1849, on the first steamboat that sailed from Panama to San Francisco."
"Did you find a great crowd of passengers on board?"
"Yes, the boat was full; a great many took passage at Panama, who had come across the isthmus, and we stopped everywhere along the coast to obtain fuel for the engines. We were without coal three or four days, and wooded up at all points between Panama and here. Put in at Acapulco and Mazatlan. We were glad when we finally reached this harbor in safety."
How long did you remain here then?" "About two weeks, I think. I then went up the river to what were called the Southern Mines, and remained there some time; opened a store, with Nelson Taylor as a partner. Then I came back to San Francisco for goods I had shipped around the Horn before I left New York."
"Was it at that time you were asked to become Chief of Police in San Francisco?"
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