He also helped Marshall to buy two leagues of land on the north side of Butte Creek a tributary of the Sacramento River and provided him with cattle. As later recounted by Marshall:. During , Marshall and Sutter tried in vain to claim ownership of the Coloma property and charge a commission for any gold found by other miners. His early years were marked by conflicts with his stern Baptist father and rejection by two young women, each of whom he had hoped to marry. Order Today: