Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"Whoa!" Hastings yelled, putting on the brake and gathering his
horses in to a stop alongside. Greetings flew back and forth, in
which the Japanese, whom they had last seen on the Roamer at Rio
Vista, gave and received his share.

"Different from the Sacramento islands, eh?" Hastings said to
Saxon. "Nothing but old American stock in these mountains. And
they haven't changed any. As John Fox, Jr., said, they're our
contemporary ancestors. Our old folks were just like them."