Five hundred thousand men fought on a surface of three square leagues.
It was estimated that the sobrante would contain three square leagues of land.
Castro had the northern square league, and Pacheco the southern.
More filed an application in 1875 to buy the remaining four square leagues from the government under the "pre-emption" laws of 1866.
In 1837, he was granted the two square league Rancho Tinaquaic.
Last messenger thought seven square leagues, but that was a guess, and hours old by now.
Now square leagues looked like inches and the peaks a hundred miles away seemed almost within pistol shot.
Bidwell obtained the two square league Mexican land grant in 1845.
A ship like the Rim Star would wreck hundreds of square leagues.
The two colonies had 32 square leagues of land.