By April 1851 , 2,000 miners had arrived in Arriving `` Thompson 's Dry Diggings '' through the southern route of the old Emigrant Trail to test their luck , which took Bringing them straight through Modoc territory .

`` During the last round the utmost excitement prevailed , and as each couple came in a knot of spectators gathered Come_together round them to ascertain Coming_to_believe what luck had attended Participation them . ''