CHAPTER XI.

Ordered to San Diego--First View of the Pacific Ocean--Rumors of the Enemy--Complimentary Order, by Lieut. Col. Cooke, on the Achievements of the Mormon Battalion--Reported Hostility of Col. Fremont to Gen. Kearney--Living on Beef Alone--Obtain some Flour--Routine of the Camp--Ordered to Los Angeles--Damage by an Earthquake--Wild Horses and Cattle Driven Into the Sea--Arrival at Los Angeles--Rumors of an Attack--Constructing a Fort--Guarding Cajon Pass--Surrounded by Wild Cattle--Take Refuge In a Ravine--Col. Fremont Arrested--Site of San Bernardino--Getting out a Liberty Pole--Brush with the Indians--Clearing Los Angeles of Dogs--Wickedness in the Town--Brutality of Bull Fights, Horse Racing, etc.--Always Ready for an Attack--First Raising of the Stars and Stripes on a Liberty Pole in California.