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The Last of the Rangers (1928) by Jill L. Cossley-Batt

• Title page, dedication, and thanks • Contents • Illustrations • Preface • 13. A Skirmish with the Indians • Introduction • 14. Formation and Activities of the Mariposa Battalion • 1. Early Childhood • 15. Discovery of the Yosemite and Death of Savage • 2. Cotton, Slaves, and Mississippi • 16. California Banditti • 3. Another Venture • 17. The Ways of a Desperado • 4. With Houston in • 18. Capture of Joaquin Murieta • 5. William’s First Love • 19. Hunting and Surveying • 6. Across Desert and Plain • 20. Grizzly Experiences • 7. At the Mines • 21. Pleasure and Politics • 8. Nursed by the Indians • 22. The Political Pendulum • 9. Moments with Marshall and Sutter • 23. True Love Never Runs Smooth • 10. The Pack Train • 24. Howard’s Part in the Civil War • 11. Wild and Woolly • 25. The Great Family Feud • 12. Major Savage and the Indians • 26. Another Political Ambition • 27. The Howards in The Yosemite • 28. A Psychic Experience • 29. California Duels • Index

About the Author Jill L. Cossley-Batt was born June 15, 1891 in England. She is not related to the subject, Captain William Howard, as claimed by some writers, but is a friend of his eldest daughter, Mrs. Ida Tinsley Desmond. Jill Batt also wrote Elixir of Life (1935), a book about food, and Sipa Khorlo: the Tibetan Wheel of Life (1955) with Irving Baird. Jill Batt died February 1969 in New York City.

Bibliographical Information Jill Lillie Emma Cossley-Batt (1891–1969), The Last of the California Rangers (New York & London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1928). 299+xix pages. 22 cm. Illustrated with black & white photographs, facsimilies, plates, & portraits. Frontispiece with author’s photograph. First printing "Limited Deluxe Edition" limited to 200 copies, November 1928. Also a second printing, December 1928, reproduced here. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering; illustrated endpapers; edges untrimmed; Dust jacket has illustration of Murieta falling off his horse when captured. LCCN 28030766. Library of Congress Call Number F864.H86. Cowan, p. 144; Rocq. 15762; Zamorano 80 #64; Herd Six Guns 499. This book is the biography of Captain William James Howard (1829–January 1924), the last surviving member of the California State Rangers. Howard ranched west of Mariposa and joined the Rangers, a posse formed by Harry Love to stop bandit gangs in . Not mentioned in the book is that many of the bandit gangs were Californios who were driven out of the mines by Anglo miners or heavily taxed by the Foreign Miners’ Tax Act (even though they were U.S. Citizens). The original California Rangers should not be confused with contemporary groups with the same name. The book includes information about the Mariposa Battalion and discovery of Yosemite. It also has information about Galveston Island, Republic of Texas, where Howard grew up. • A review of this book is in California History magazine 8:83-84 (1928). Copyright Copyright 16 November 1928 by Funk & Wagnalls Company (A2045). Copyright renewed 17 January 1956 by Jill L. Cossley-Batt (R162850). Copyright expires 2023 (after 95 years; 17 U.S.C. §304(b)). Despite extensive research, I have been unable to identify all the possible rights holders of this book. Thus, some of the materials provided here online are made available under an assertion of fair use (17 U.S.C. §107). Therefore, this book is provided strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. The responsibility for making an independent legal assessment and independently securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use particular items in the context of the intended use. I would like to learn more about materials in this book and would like to hear from individuals or institutions tha