...dmit some taint of blood; but in the church, the plaza, and the barber's shop, no man is less than don and caballero, with a pedigree long enough to amaze a Gael and satisfy a Basque. No house in Monterey is fifty years old. Fiftysix years ago, the city built by Don Jose tivera and the Spanish friars, was levelled to the earth. Captain Buchard, a French pirate or privateer, ran into the port with tw...