Midshipman Woodworth took charge of the schooner, and
was the financial agent of the government."
"I left in a boat for Napa by way of Sonoma, to procure men and horses,
and when I arrived at Mr. Gordon's, on Cache Creek, I had all the men
and horses needed. From here I proceeded to the mouth of Feather River
for the purpose of meeting Mr. Woodworth with the provisions. When we
reached the river the boat had not arrived. The water was very high in
the river, the tule lands being overflowed. From here I sent a man to a
point on the Sacramento River opposite Sutter's Fort, to obtain
information of the boat with our provisions; he returned and reported
the arrival of the boat at the Fort."
"Before leaving Yerba Buena, news came of a party of fifteen persons
having started from the emigrant encampment, and only seven getting to
Johnson's. I was here placed in a quandary - no boat to take us across
the river, and no provisions for our party to take into the mountains.
We camped a short distance back from the river, where we killed a number
of elk for the purpose of using the skins in covering a skeleton boat.
Early next morning we started for the river, and to our delight saw a
small schooner, belonging to Perry McCan, which had arrived during the
night. We immediately crossed, McCutchen and myself, to the opposite
bank of the river.
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