e Trail 97

XII. Crossing the Big Divide 107

XIII. The Silent Forests 119

XIV. The Great Stikeen Divide 131

XV. In the Cold Green Mountains 139

XVI. The Passing of the Beans 151

XVII. The Wolves and the Vultures Assemble 163

XVIII. At Last the Stikeen 175

XIX. The Goldseekers' Camp at Glenora 185

XX. Great News at Wrangell 195

XXI. The Rush to Atlin Lake 207

XXII. Atlin Lake and the Gold Fields 217

XXIII. The End of the Trail 231

XXIV. Homeward Bound 241

XXV. Ladrone travels in State 251

XXVI. The Goldseekers reach the Golden River 259

POEMS

Anticipation 1

Where the Desert flames with Furnace Heat 2

The Cow-boy 9

From Plain to Peak 19

Momentous Hour 31

A Wish 32

The Gift of Water 35

Mounting 35

The Eagle Trail 36

Moon on the Plain 43

The Whooping Crane 51

The Loon 51

Yet still we rode 61

The Gaunt Gray Wolf 79

Abandoned on the Trail 80

Do you fear the Wind? 95

Siwash Graves 105

Line up, Brave Boys 106

A Child of the Sun