"NONE OF THAT, MR. IKE CHUBBERS!" REPEATED HARRY, STOUTLY FORCING THE MUZZLE UPWARD
TRAIL AND DIGGIN'S PEOPLE
OLD ACQUAINTANCES:
| Terry Richards | Off to the Gold Fields |
| Mr. and Mrs. Richards | His Parents |
| Harry Revere | His Partner |
| George Stanton | A Tender-foot |
| Virgie Stanton | Also a Tender-foot |
| Mr. and Mrs. Stanton | Their Parents |
| Sol Judy | A "Forty-niner" |
| Pine Knot Ike | Not so Tough After All |
| Thunder Horse | Bad Medicine |
| Shep | Ready for Anything |
| Duke the Half-Buffalo} | Queer Wagon Mates |
| Jenny the Yellow Mule} |
NEW ACQUAINTANCES:
| The Sick Boy | Who Shows His Gratitude |
| Pat Casey | With a Taste for Pie |
| Little Raven | White Man's Friend |
| Left Hand | Official Interpreter |
| Horace Greeley | New York Tribune Editor |
| Journalist Richardson | Boston Journal Reporter |
| Journalist Villard | The Cincinnati Reporter |
| Green Russell} | The Original "Boomers" |
| John Gregory } | |
| McGrew the Wheel-Barrow Man | Who "Pushed" Across |
And Certain Others of the Busy Folk That Thronged the Gulches and the Young Denver City.
Place and Time: The Pike's Peak Country of the Rocky Mountains, 1859.