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Syth and Axe (Part 13) - Circle of Blood

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  Syth and Axe: vol 13: Circle of Blood From Syth’s Journal, dated 1946 “Paul’s journey’s were expansive - he traveled the length and breadth of this land, reporting strange sighting across the entirety of our slowly-conquered continent. It seems the native people who lived here had no shortage of mysterious encounters - and between Paul’s traveling with them and learning from them, it seems their experiences became his. “In the mid-1800s, a gold rush, flush with ‘49er energy, broke out among the settlers in the central valleys of California’s northern regions, though by looking at my maps, it seemed more central than northern - but I defer to the opinion of those who live there. In and around the Sacramento area there sprung up no shortage of colonies - ramshackle towns that popped up in a night and seemingly died off just as swiftly - ghost towns. “One such town, if it could even be calle that, was settled just north of where Eureka is today, but it vanished in a day, vic...