The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, volume I., Part 1
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Accordingly, we were off by the first light of day, andby nine o'clock we had reached the ranch. It was on a high pointof the plateau, overlooking the plain of the Pajaro, on which weregrazing numbers of horses and cattle. The house was of adobe, witha long range of adobe-huts occupied by the semi-civilized Indians, who at that time did all the labor of a ranch, the herding andmarking of cattle, breaking of horses, and cultivating the littlepatches of wheat and vegetables which constituted all ...the farmingof that day. Every thing about the house looked deserted, and, seeing a small Indian boy leaning up against a post, I approachedhim and asked him in Spanish, "Where is the master?" "Gone to thePresidio" (Monterey). "Is anybody in the house?" "No. " "Is itlocked up?" "Yes. " "Is no one about who can get in?" "No. ""Have you any meat?" "No. " "Any flour or grain?" "No. " "Anychickens?" "No. " "Any eggs?" "No. " "What do you live on?""Nada" (nothing). The utter indifference of this boy, and thetone of his answer "Nada, " attracted the attention of ColonelMason, who had been listening to our conversation, and whoknew enough of Spanish to catch the meaning, and he exclaimedwith some feeling, "So we get nada for our breakfast.
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