December 19, 1854 Three American prospectors are traversing a miner’s trail in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains (see map below). As Capt. Jonathan Davis, James McDonald and Dr. Bolivar Sparks walk up the trail, they are ambushed by a large gang of bandits (two Americans, one Frenchman, two Britons, four Mexicans and five Sydney Ducks, members of an Australian gang of criminals who wreaked havoc in San Francisco). This gang has been on a two-day violent crime spree, killing and robbing
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