CHAPTER XIV.

Arrival of the Members of Mormon Battalion at Sutter's Fort Opens the Way for the Discovery of Gold In California--James W. Marshall out Early on January 24, 1848--"He is Going to Find a Gold Mine"--Regarded as a "Notional" Man--"Boys, I have got Her Now!"--Testing the Scales of Metal--"Gold, Boys, Gold!"--First Proclamation of the Great Gold Discovery--Second and Third Tests--All Excitement--Three or Four Ounces of Gold Gathered--Agree to Keep the Discovery Secret--Find the Precious Metal Farther Down the Stream--How the Secret Leaked out--More Discoveries--First Publication of the News made in a Mormon Paper--Washing out the Metal--First Gold Rocker--Gathering Gold--Part taken by Mr. Marshall, the Mormons and Capt. Sutter in the Discovery--Misfortunes of Sutter and Marshall--Account of the Gold Discovery Certified to by Several Eye Witnesses