CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
[I].THE FORTUNE-SEEKERS.1
[II].JOHN BERWICK11
[III].THE BEGINNING OF YUKON21
[IV].SOCIETY IN ALASKA30
[V].SOAPY'S LITTLE GAME38
[VI].HITTING THE TRAIL48
[VII].HUGH'S PHILOSOPHY62
[VIII].OVER THE SUMMIT71
[IX].STORM AND STRESS80
[X].AN EMPIRE'S OUTPOST90
[XI].ANOTHER PASS95
[XII].A NEW PARTNER107
[XIII].THE DANCE115
[XIV].A LONG SHOT126
[XV].REVELATION133
[XVI].A STREAM OF HISTORY137
[XVII].DAWSON149
[XVIII].POO-BAH!158
[XIX].GRAFT170
[XX].A LOTTERY182
[XXI].THE PEELS' HOSPITAL194
[XXII].THE LAST STRAW201
[XXIII].REVOLUTION214
[XXIV].WITHIN THE BARRACKS223
[XXV].RECRUITING230
[XXVI].LOCATED236
[XXVII].THE WOOD-PILE244
[XXVIII].A COUNCIL OF WAR251
[XXIX].STONY GROUND257
[XXX].ON THE SCENT265
[XXXI].AN ODIOUS DILEMMA274
[XXXII].A DERELICT280
[XXXIII].TRIBUTE286
[XXXIV].NO SURRENDER294
[XXXV].THE MAN WITH THE POUCH299
[XXXVI].AFTER THE CRISIS307
[XXXVII].OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS313
[XXXVIII].REUNION319
[XXXIX].RETROSPECTION325
[XL].THE HAPPY ENDING331