Gold Seekers of '49. Edwin L. Sabin

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       Edwin L. Sabin

      Gold Seekers of '49

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664567529

Table of Contents

       FOREWORD

       ILLUSTRATIONS

       "YOU STOLE THOSE PAPERS" . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece

       MAPS

       THE STORY OF CALIFORNIA

       THE PANAMA CANAL

       GOLD SEEKERS OF '49

       I

       THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER

       II

       HURRAH FOR THE GOLDEN WEST

       III

       AN UNWELCOME COMPANION

       IV

       A FRIEND IN NEED

       "Over they go!"

       V

       AN ATTACK BY THE ENEMY

       VI

       THE LANDING AT THE ISTHMUS

       The route across the isthmus in 1849. About forty miles by canoe from Chagres to Cruces; twenty miles by horse, mule, and bullock from Cruces to Panama. Charley's party stopped at Gatun, Dos Hermanos, Peña Blanca, and Cruces. Of course, to-day Gatun Lake covers from Gatun to Gorgona, and people start from Limon Bay, not Chagres, by canal

       VII

       A RACE UP THE RIVER

       VIII

       A TRICK—AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

       IX

       TIT FOR TAT

       X

       ALMOST LEFT BEHIND

       Down slipped Charley's horse from the trail

       XI

       CHARLEY LOSES OUT

       XII

       CALIFORNIA HO!

       "I've lost the papers"

       XIII

       INTO THE GOLDEN GATE

       XIV

       ALL ASHORE

       XV

       THE SIGHTS OF SAN FRANCISCO

       XVI

       CHARLEY HEARS A CONVERSATION

       XVII

       ON TO THE DIGGIN'S

       XVIII

       THE TRAIL OF THE ENEMY

       XIX

       A GREAT DISCOVERY

       XX

       ANOTHER GREAT DISCOVERY

       Billy stepped on his lead rope and leveled his gun like lightning

       XXI

       MINERS' JUSTICE