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Stewart Edward White

CHAPTER I OH, SUSANNAH!

7 CHAPTER II THE HAMMERLOCK

19 CHAPTER III THE VOYAGE

28 CHAPTER IV THE VILLAGE BY THE LAGOON

38 CHAPTER V A TROPICAL RIVER

44 CHAPTER VI THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE

56 CHAPTER VII THE TRAIL

61 CHAPTER VIII PANAMA

76 CHAPTER IX NORTHWARD HO!

87 CHAPTER X THE GOLDEN CITY

101 CHAPTER XI I MAKE TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS

115 CHAPTER XII TALBOT DESERTS

129 CHAPTER XIII UP-RIVER

141 CHAPTER XIV SUTTER'S FORT

148 CHAPTER XV THE GOLD TRAIL

164 CHAPTER XVI THE FIRST GOLD

170 CHAPTER XVII THE DIGGINGS

176 CHAPTER XVIII BEGINNINGS OF GOVERNMENT

185 CHAPTER XIX SUNDAY AT HANGMAN'S GULCH

192 CHAPTER XX THE GOLD WASHERS

203 CHAPTER XXI WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS

210 CHAPTER XXII THE STRIKE

216 CHAPTER XXIII THE CAMP ON THE PORCUPINE

221 CHAPTER XXIV THE INDIANS

235 CHAPTER XXV BATTLE

244 CHAPTER XXVI WE SEND OUT OUR TREASURE

249 CHAPTER XXVII THE ROBBERY

255 CHAPTER XXVIII THE BULLY

272 CHAPTER XXIX THE CHALLENGE

284 CHAPTER XXX THE FIGHT

291 CHAPTER XXXI THE EXPRESS MESSENGER

298 CHAPTER XXXII ITALIAN BAR

312 CHAPTER XXXIII THE OVERLAND IMMIGRANTS

320 CHAPTER XXXIV THE PRISONERS

327 CHAPTER XXXV THE TRIAL

333 CHAPTER XXXVI THE RULE OF THE LAWLESS

342 CHAPTER XXXVII THE LAST STRAW

351 CHAPTER XXXVIII THE VIGILANTES

359 CHAPTER XXXIX THE VIGILANTES ( continued )

371 CHAPTER XL THE RAINS

380 CHAPTER XLI WE GO OUT

392 CHAPTER XLII SAN FRANCISCO AGAIN

404 CHAPTER XLIII THE GOLDEN WEB

414 CHAPTER XLIV PLUTOCRATS!

425 CHAPTER XLV THE CATASTROPHE

433 CHAPTER XLVI THE VISION

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“‘I TOLD YOU YOU COULDN’T LICK ME,’ SAID HE”

Copyright, 1913, by
Doubleday, Page & Company

All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian

CONTENTS

Part I.–Panama
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Oh, Susannah! 3
II. The Hammerlock 7
III. The Voyage 19
IV. The Village by the Lagoon 28
V. A Tropical River 38
VI. The Village in the Jungle 44
VII. The Trail 56
VIII. Panama 61
IX. Northward Ho! 76
Part II.–THE GOLDEN CITY
X. The Golden City 87
XI. I Make Twenty-five Dollars 101
XII. Talbot Deserts 115
XIII. Up-River 129
Part III.–THE MINES
XIV. Sutter’s Fort 141
XV. The Gold Trail 148
XVI. The First Gold 164
XVII. The Diggings 170
XVIII. Beginnings of Government 176
XIX. Sunday at Hangman’s Gulch 185
XX. The Gold Washers 192
XXI. We Leave the Diggings 203
XXII. The Strike 210
XXIII. The Camp on the Porcupine 216
XXIV. The Indians 221
XXV. Battle 235
XXVI. We Send Out Our Treasure 244
XXVII. The Robbery 249
XXVIII. The Bully 255
XXIX. The Challenge 272
XXX. The Fight 284
XXXI. The Express Messenger 291
XXXII. Italian Bar 298
XXXIII. The Overland Immigrants 312
XXXIV. The Prisoners 320
XXXV. The Trial 327
XXXVI. The Rule of the Lawless 333
XXXVII. The Last Straw 342
XXXVIII. The Vigilantes 351
XXXIX. The Vigilantes (continued) 359
Part IV.–The Law
XL. The Rains 371
XLI. We Go Out 380
XLII. San Francisco Again 392
XLIII. The Golden Web 404
XLIV. Plutocrats! 414
XLV. The Catastrophe 425
XLVI. The Vision 433
ILLUSTRATIONS
“‘I told you you couldn’t lick me,’ said he” Frontispiece
“‘You hounds!’ he roared. ‘Don’t you dare try to sneak off!’” 78
“The big man whirled to the floor” 286
“We marched our prisoner in double-quick time to the agreed rendezvous” 360

PART I

PANAMA

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