[Gutenberg 23192] • Gold Seekers of '49 by Sabin, Edwin L. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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"You stole those papers" GOLD SEEKERS OF '49

BY EDWIN L. SABIN

PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

TO THE AMERICAN BOY AND THIS WONDERFUL LAND WHICH IS HIS IN WHICH TO GROW AND PROSPER FOREWORD

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"YOU STOLE THOSE PAPERS" . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece "OVER THEY GO!" DOWN SLIPPED CHARLEY'S HORSE FROM THE TRAIL "I'VE LOST THE PAPERS" BILLY STEPPED ON HIS LEAD ROPE AND LEVELED HIS GUN LIKE LIGHTNING

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THE MAP FROM THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER FROM NEW ORLEANS TO SAN FRANCISCO, 1849 THE ROUTE ACROSS THE ISTHMUS IN 1849 THE VOYAGE OF THE SCHOONER "MARY ANN" FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO THE GOLD FIELDS, 1849 FROM SACRAMENTO TO "THE DIGGIN'S," 1849 THE STORY OF CALIFORNIA THE PANAMA CANAL

GOLD SEEKERS OF '49

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 XXII THE BEST OF ALL