"Sutter had given a swivel cannon to Gulnac
and
he
passed
it
on
to
Kelsey.
Each
night
Kelsey
would
charge
the
piece
and
fire
an
evening
salute
to
warn
any
marauding
Indians
that
he
was armed."
This cannon was later buried somewhere very close to my property, but it has never been found.