Table of Contents
Editor's Acknowledgments
Editor's Preface
Editor's Introduction
Author's Introduction
Part I. Rockford to Dawson City, 3943 Miles, February 26 to July 1, 1898
1.?Rockford to Seattle
2.?Seattle
Loading Our Outfit on the City of Seattle?22?*?Outfit?24?*?Personal Outfit for W.R. Sanborn?25?*?Expense Per Man?26
3.?Seattle to Dyea
Dyea?32
4.?Sheep Camp and Chilkoot Pass
Moving from Dyea to Sheep Camp?36?*?Sheep Camp?38?*?Sheep Camp to the Scales?41?*?Chilkoot Pass?45?*?Lake Lindeman, White's Cove?48?*?Two Close Shaves?50?*?Leaving Lake Lindeman?56
5.?Lake Bennett
Our Temporary Camp?59?*?Aristocrats of the Trail?61?*?Our Permanent Camp on Lake Bennett?62?*?Our Ten by Twelve Home?63?*?Cooking?64?*?Our Neighbors
and Ourselves?64?*?Whip-sawing Lumber and Building Our Boats?65?*?Letters To and From Home?68?*?Tragedy?70?*?Our Recreation?73?*?Leaving Lake Bennett?75
6.?The Boat Trip to Indian River
Caribou Crossing to Lake Marsh, June 4 and 5?77?*?White Horse Rapids, June 6?80?*?Lake Laberge and Thirty Mile River, June 7 and 8?83?*?Down the Lewes and the Yukon, June 9-12?85?*?The Stewart River Stampede, June 13-24?87
7.?Summer in the Klondike
Dawson City, June 27 and 28?92?*?Answering Questions from Home?94?*?Bonanza and E1dorado Creeks, June 29-July 1?96
Part II. Prospecting Indian River, July 1, 1898, to February 21, 1899
8.?Exploring Indian River
Arena Gulch Stampede?106?*?The Indian River Bars?107?*?Our Party Splits?109
?9.?Autumn in the Klondike
Opportunity Knocks?111?*?Back to Indian River?112?*?Autumn Life on Indian River?115
10.?Getting Ready for Winter
Selecting Neighbors for the Winter?119?*?The Story of Ben Butler?121?*?Building Our Cabin?123
11.?Winter on Indian River
Hauling Our Outfit to Bedrock City?130?*?Getting Acquainted with Winter Weather?131?*?Daily Routine?136?*?Thanksgiving Day Celebration?139
12.?Winter at Dawson
Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before Them?144?*?A Winter Trip to Dawson?145?*?The Hunker Creek Stampede, December 21, 1898?150?*?The Shortest
Day of the Year?151?*?How One Klondike Expedition Went Wrong?154?*?Restless Days at Bedrock City?155?*?Tobacco?158?*?December and January Weather?159?*?
Thompson Goes to Dawson?160
13.?Dawson's Social Life and Business Section
Churches?166?*?Breaking into Society?168?*?Women and Dance Halls?169
14.?Stampeding with Thompson
Our Bonanza Stampede, February 1899?173?*?Our Big Stampede,
February 8-11?174?*?The -Old-Timer as a -Gold-Digger?179?*?56 Degrees Below Zero?179?*?Goodbye Thompson?182
Part III. Our Second Spring and Summer, February 22-August 16, 1899
15.?Mysterious Creek
How It All Started?186?*?Mushing to Mysterious Creek?189?*?The Klondiker's Soliloquy?193?*?Prospecting?196?*?At Last I Stake and Record a Claim?198?*?Revealing the Secret of Mysterious Creek?203
16.?Spring
Getting Back to Bedrock City?206?*?Spring Activities at Bedrock?213
17.?Our Second Summer
June?219?*?Outfit for Sale?223?*?Goodbye Dawson?226
18.?Down the Yukon River
19.?St. Michael to Seattle
St. Michael?242?*?Bering Sea?243?*?The Pacific?246
20.?Author's Conclusion
Index
