Excerpt from The Pioneer, or California Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1: Jan. To June, 1854 Beside Mrs. B there are three other women on the Bar. One is called The Indiana Girl, from the name of her Pa's hotel; though it must be confessed that the sweet name of girl seems sadly. Incon gruous, when applied to such a gigantic piece of humanity. I have a great desire to see her, which will probably not be gratified, as she leaves in a few days for the valley. But at any rate I can say that I have heard her. The far-off roll of her mighty voice, booming through two closed doors and a long entry, added greatly to the severe attack of nervous headache, under which I was suffering when she called. This gentle creature - wears the thickest kind of miners' boots, and has the dainty habit of wiping her dishes on her apron Last spring she walked to this place, and packed fifty pounds of flour on her back down that awful hill - the snow being five feet deep at the time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.