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
XXII
THE BEST OF ALL
