To Alaska for Gold; Or, The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon Read online

  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. A LETTER FROM THE WEST 1

  II. THE BOYS REACH A DECISION 9

  III. A FALSE IDENTIFICATION 18

  IV. A SERIOUS SET-BACK 27

  V. A NIGHT IN NEW YORK 36

  VI. PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE 44

  VII. BUYING THE OUTFITS 52

  VIII. ON THE WAY TO JUNEAU 61

  IX. THE FATE OF A STOWAWAY 69

  X. UP THE LYNN CANAL 77

  XI. THE START FROM DYEA 85

  XII. EARL HAS AN ADVENTURE 93

  XIII. AT THE SUMMIT OF CHILKOOT PASS 101

  XIV. BOAT-BUILDING AT LAKE LINDERMAN 109

  XV. ON TO LAKE BENNETT 118

  XVI. AN EXCITING NIGHT IN CAMP 127

  XVII. A HUNT FOR FOOD 134

  XVIII. ON TO THE WHITE HORSE RAPIDS 141

  XIX. NEARING THE END OF A LONG JOURNEY 149

  XX. THE GOLD FIELDS AT LAST 157

  XXI. A DAY IN DAWSON CITY 164

  XXII. DIGGING FOR GOLD 172

  XXIII. GOOD LUCK AND BAD 180

  XXIV. AN UNLOOKED-FOR ARRIVAL 187

  XXV. MORE WORK IN THE GULCHES 195

  XXVI. SLUICE BOXES AND PREPARATIONS FOR WINTER 203

  XXVII. THE END OF THE SUMMER SEASON 211

  XXVIII. SNOWED IN 219

  XXIX. WAITING AND WATCHING FOR SPRING 227

  XXX. LAST WASHINGS FOR GOLD 235

  XXXI. DOWN THE YUKON AND HOME 243