Placerville, California, 1850
Many, very many, that come here meet with bad success & thousands will leave their bones here. Others will lose their health, contract diseases that they will carry to their graves with them. Some will have to beg their way home & probably one half that come here will never make enough to carry them back. [...] There is a good deal of sin & wickedness going on here, stealing, lying, swearing, drinking, gambling & murdering. [...] We are trying to get laws here to regulate things it will be very difficult to get them executed. Sheldon Shufelt
1. to leave their bones here : to die here 2. graves : tombes 3. to beg : supplier 4. a good deal of : a lot of 5. wickedness : bad things 6. gambling : jouer de l'argent
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Created on March 17, 2026
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Placerville, California, 1850
Many, very many, that come here meet with bad success & thousands will leave their bones here. Others will lose their health, contract diseases that they will carry to their graves with them. Some will have to beg their way home & probably one half that come here will never make enough to carry them back. [...] There is a good deal of sin & wickedness going on here, stealing, lying, swearing, drinking, gambling & murdering. [...] We are trying to get laws here to regulate things it will be very difficult to get them executed. Sheldon Shufelt
1. to leave their bones here : to die here 2. graves : tombes 3. to beg : supplier 4. a good deal of : a lot of 5. wickedness : bad things 6. gambling : jouer de l'argent