In a general way the reader may accept anything in my story which has none other than an historical interest as being accurate.
I am indebted to the Rev. Archdeacon Macdonald, now of Winnipeg, for the story of his first discovery of gold. For the story of the discovery of Franklin Gulch I am indebted to Mr. William Hartz, who also furnished the accounts of the finding of gold in the Stewart River. These accounts have never before been written.
W. H. P. J.
Toronto, Canada.
January 1913.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| [I]. | THE FORTUNE-SEEKERS. | 1 |
| [II]. | JOHN BERWICK | 11 |
| [III]. | THE BEGINNING OF YUKON | 21 |
| [IV]. | SOCIETY IN ALASKA | 30 |
| [V]. | SOAPY'S LITTLE GAME | 38 |
| [VI]. | HITTING THE TRAIL | 48 |
| [VII]. | HUGH'S PHILOSOPHY | 62 |
| [VIII]. | OVER THE SUMMIT | 71 |
| [IX]. | STORM AND STRESS | 80 |
| [X]. | AN EMPIRE'S OUTPOST | 90 |
| [XI]. | ANOTHER PASS | 95 |
| [XII]. | A NEW PARTNER | 107 |
| [XIII]. | THE DANCE | 115 |
| [XIV]. | A LONG SHOT | 126 |
| [XV]. | REVELATION | 133 |
| [XVI]. | A STREAM OF HISTORY | 137 |
| [XVII]. | DAWSON | 149 |
| [XVIII]. | POO-BAH! | 158 |
| [XIX]. | GRAFT | 170 |
| [XX]. | A LOTTERY | 182 |
| [XXI]. | THE PEELS' HOSPITAL | 194 |
| [XXII]. | THE LAST STRAW | 201 |
| [XXIII]. | REVOLUTION | 214 |
| [XXIV]. | WITHIN THE BARRACKS | 223 |
| [XXV]. | RECRUITING | 230 |
| [XXVI]. | LOCATED | 236 |
| [XXVII]. | THE WOOD-PILE | 244 |
| [XXVIII]. | A COUNCIL OF WAR | 251 |
| [XXIX]. | STONY GROUND | 257 |
| [XXX]. | ON THE SCENT | 265 |
| [XXXI]. | AN ODIOUS DILEMMA | 274 |
| [XXXII]. | A DERELICT | 280 |
| [XXXIII]. | TRIBUTE | 286 |
| [XXXIV]. | NO SURRENDER | 294 |
| [XXXV]. | THE MAN WITH THE POUCH | 299 |
| [XXXVI]. | AFTER THE CRISIS | 307 |
| [XXXVII]. | OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS | 313 |
| [XXXVIII]. | REUNION | 319 |
| [XXXIX]. | RETROSPECTION | 325 |
| [XL]. | THE HAPPY ENDING | 331 |