INDEX
Alexander, Mr, his tragic experience on the Fraser, [77-8]; quoted, [93], [111].
Anderson, James, the Scottish miner poet, [50], [90], [95-8].
Antler Creek, [44].
Barker, Billy, [47].
Barkerville, [46]; life in, [94-8]; the Cariboo Road terminus, [103].
Begbie, Sir Matthew Baillie, chief justice of British Columbia, [37], [38], [39], [88]; his popularity with the miners, [91-4], [102], [108], [111].
Big Canyon, [34].
Black, John, Presbyterian 'apostle of the Red River,' [57].
British Columbia, proclaimed a crown colony, [37]; and the building of
the Cariboo Road, [100-1]; and the miners, [109]. See Cariboo, Fraser
river, Vancouver.
Cameron, Cariboo, [47-8], [50].
Cameron, Mrs, [89].
Cariboo, prospecting in, [41-5]; the mad rush for, [45-6], [51-2], [53-4]; the mines a freakish gamble, [47-8]; changes in, [107-9]. See Barkerville and Overlanders.
Cariboo Road, [19]; the building of the, [82], [99-103]; its effect on the mines, [107-9]; stagecoach travel on, [103-7].
Cariboo Trail, perils of the, [50-51]; evolution of, [64]. See Cariboo Road.
China Bar, [35].
Cridge, Rev. Edward, [6].
Dallas, Alexander, governor of Rupert's Land, [55].
Douglas, Sir James, governor of Vancouver Island, [5], [8], [10]; quells disturbances on the Fraser, [35-7], [37-8]; governor of British Columbia, [37], [38]; builds the Cariboo Road, [101].
Edmonton, the Overlanders at, [61].
Finlayson, Roderick, chief trader at Victoria, [1-3], [5], [6], [8]
Fort George, the Overlanders at, [81], [84].
Fort Langley, British Columbia proclaimed at, [37], [100].
Fraser, Colin, and the Overlanders, [64-5].
Fraser, Simon, explorer, [81].
Fraser Canyon [14], [19], [64]
Fraser river, the quest for gold on, [8-9], [10], [11-22], [27-32], [51-2]; disturbances among the Indians, [33-5]; and the whites, [37-40]; the Overlanders on, [70], [71-2]. See Gold-fields, Miners.
Gold, prospecting for, [17-18], [20-21], [27-8]; the lure of the 'float,'
[21-2], [23-5], [25-6], [28]; mining for, [29-30]. See Gold-fields, Miners.
Gold-fields, the price of commodities in, [13], [16-17], [29], [47], [96], [105]; 'claim jumping,' [40]; unused gold a curse, [88-9], [104]; hurdy-gurdy girls, [89-90], [96], [104].
Horse Fly Creek, [41].
Howay, Judge, quoted, [11], [110].
Hudson's Bay Company, and the quest for gold, [1-4]; and Vancouver Island, [5-6]; and the diggings on the Fraser, [16], [100]; and the Indians, [34-5]; and the Overlanders, [55], [57], [60], [61-3].
Indians of the Fraser, and the quest for gold, [12-13]; their hostility, [33-6]; and the Overlanders, [81]. See Shuswaps.
Ireland, Mr, his rescue party, [50-1].
Kamloops, [86-7].
Keithley, Doc, [42-4].
Lightning Creek, [45].
Long Bar, [35].
MacDonald, Sandy, [42-4].
M'Gowan, Ned, his affair on the Fraser, [37-40].
M'Kay, James, chief trader at Fort Ellice, [60].
Mackenzie, Alexander, explorer, [81].
Maclean, chief factor at Kamloops, [4].
M'Loughlin, John, [34].
M'Micking, Thomas, captain of the Overlanders, [58-9], [69], [72].
MacNaughton, Mrs, quoted, [71], [84], [110].
Mayne, Lieutenant, and the Yale riots, [38], [39], [111].
Miners, in the wilds, [26]; disappointed gold-seekers, [13], [16]; some lucky prospectors, [22-5], [47-51]; the miner and his boy, [26-7]; their packhorses, [27], [103]; form vigilance committees, [33-5]; their rough-and-ready justice, [89]; their chivalry, [89], [91]; the effect of sudden wealth on, [94-6]; a device for concealing gold, [104], [106-7]; an instrument for shaping empire, [109]. See Fraser river, Gold, Gold-fields.
Moberly, Walter, his experiences on the Fraser, [16], [17], [111].
Moody, Colonel, and the Yale riots, [37-9].
Muskeg and slough, the difference between, [65] n.
Overlanders, the, at St Paul, [54]; their meeting with the Sioux warriors, [55]; on the Red River steamer, [54], [55-6]; and the Hudson's Bay Company, [55], [57], [60], [61-3]; at Winnipeg, [56-7]; on the trail to Edmonton, [57-61]; and the husky-dogs, [60], [62-3]; reach Yellowhead Pass, [62], [63-7]; cross the Divide and reach the Fraser, [68-72]; the party separate, [71], [73]; on the Fraser, [73-81], [83-4]; a question for psychologists, [77-8]; a gruesome story, [78-9]; reach Quesnel, [81], [84]; Kamloops, [85-7].
Prospecting for gold on the Fraser, [17-22], [25-6], [27-9], [30-32], [40]; some lucky prospectors and their fate, [47-51]; theory regarding gold deposits, [48-9].
Psychology, a question of, [77-8].
Queen Charlotte Islands, discovery of gold in, [3].
Quesnel Lake, [41].
Red River, the first steamer on, [54-6]; Red River carts, [56-7].
Saskatchewan, the quest for gold on the, [63-4].
Shubert, Mrs, with the Overlanders, [60], [66], [67], [73], [86].
Shuswaps, the, and the Overlanders, [71], [72], [73], [74], [83], [84].
Sioux, the, [54-5].
Snyder, Captain, leads attack on the Indians, [34-5].
Spuzzum, a fight with Indians at, [34-5].
Stout, Ed, [44].
Taché, Mgr, bishop of St Boniface, [55], [56].
Vancouver Island, the first Council and Legislative Assembly of, [5] and note. See Victoria.
Victoria, and the quest for gold, [1], [5], [6-7]; and the rush for the Fraser, [7-8], [9], [10]; and the matrimonial scheme, [90-91]. See Vancouver Island.
Weaver, George, [42-4].
William's Creek, [44], [45], [48].
Winnipeg, [56-7].
Work, John, chief factor at Victoria, [6].
Wright, Captain Tom, a Yankee skipper on the Fraser, [16], [38].
Yale, [9], [13], [16], [29], [33], [34], [36], [37-40], [42].
Yellowhead Pass, [64], [67], [68].