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Josiah Edward Spurr. Through the Yukon Gold Diggings
Through the Yukon Gold Diggings
Table of Contents
Preface
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I. THE TRIP TO DYEA
CHAPTER II. OVER THE CHILKOOT PASS
CHAPTER III. THE LAKES AND THE YUKON TO FORTY MILE
FOOTNOTE
CHAPTER IV. THE FORTY MILE DIGGINGS
CHAPTER V. THE AMERICAN CREEK DIGGINGS
CHAPTER VI. THE BIRCH CREEK DIGGINGS
CHAPTER VII. THE MYNOOK CREEK DIGGINGS
CHAPTER VIII. THE LOWER YUKON
FOOTNOTE
CHAPTER IX. ST. MICHAEL'S AND SAN FRANCISCO
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Josiah Edward Spurr
A Narrative of Personal Travel
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"Dis makes dirt time," answered Pete, with a most unique dialect, which nevertheless was Scandinavian. "Virst time, me an' Frank Densmore, Whisky Bill an' de odder boys. Dat was summer som we washed on Stewart River, on'y us—fetched out britty peek sack dat year—eh?" He had a curious way of retaining the Scandinavian relative pronoun som in his English, instead of who or that.
"You bet, Pete," answered the other, "you painted the town; done your duty by us."
