| cams_benton_b028_f005_001_011[upper right corner]
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arise near the virtual head of navi-
-igation, on the great river of the state.
Three places were laid out for it near
the mouth of the Feather river [River], one
at Sutterville three miles below the
mouth of the American river [River], and one or two elsewhere. All
these places offered advantages
and facilities of their own. There is
not a doubt that one of these sit-
-uations, in itself, was quite superior
to every other, but nothing could
prevent the building of Sacramento
close upon the river's brink, and as
close upon the American river [River], at the con-
-fluence of the two; where the winds could
howl over it, and the waters del-
-luge it, in the day of their fury. | cams_benton_b028_f005_001_011[upper right corner]
k
arise near the virtual head of navi-
-igation, on the great river of the state.
Three places were laid out for it near
the mouth of the Feather river [River], one
at Sutterville three miles below the
mouth of the American river [River], and one or two elsewhere. All
these places offered advantages
and facilities of their own. There is
not a doubt that one of these sit-
-uations, in itself, was quite superior
to every other, but nothing could
prevent the building of Sacramento
close upon the river's brink, and as
close upon the American river [River], at the con-
-fluence of the two; where the winds could
howl over it, and the waters del-
-luge it, in the day of their fury. |
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