e themselves.

Chapter V--Traveling a Dangerous Mountain Pass 59

The Professor tells the boys about the "great
country." When a fellow needs a bird's eye. A
toboggan slide that might reach to Asia. Pony
Rider Boys hear a terrifying sound.

Chapter VI--Caught in a Giant Slide 69

A pack mule swept from the ledge. Tad fires a
humane shot. Taking desperate chances to rescue
the pack. "I don't propose to lose my lasso."

Chapter VII--Going to Bed by Daylight 82

How the pack mule was buried. Heavy obstacles are
overcome. A cure for cold feet. The fat boy knows
his own capacity. Tents are swallowed up in the
gloom of an Alaskan night.

Chapter VIII--An Intruder in the Camp 91

The fat boy's singing brings disaster. Professor
Zepplin wields his stick. A wild scrimmage in
pajamas. The mystery of the lost ham. "There
has been a prowler in this camp while we slept!"

Chapter IX--A Mystery Unsolved 103

"It was an Indian who did this job." Stacy is
roped out of bed. Two fish on one hook. Suspicion
is directed toward Tad. Ned's head suffers the loss
of some hair.

Chapter X--In the Home of the Thlinkits 113

Ned Rector is full of fight. Stacy makes Tad Butler
dance. Chunky plans revenge. The fat boy finds a
food emporium. A mother squaw in a rage.

Chapter XI--The Guide Who Made a Hit 125

"Me heap big smart man." Anvik refuses to
"mush" because the spirits are abroad. "Him
kick like buck caribou." Tad Butler gets a new
title. Off for the wilds.

Chapter XII--In the Heart of Nature 136

From trail to trackless wilderness. A grilling hike.
Tad, in a fine shot, bags an antelope. "Hooray!
Maybe that was a chance shot!" A ducking in an
icy mountain stream.

Chapter XIII--A Pony Rider Boy's Pluck 146

Tad carries the dead doe to camp. "Him heap
big little man." Stacy knows how to "skin the
cat." The antelope dressed by the Indian guide.
Fresh meat in plenty now.

Chapter XIV--Stacy Bumps the Bumps 152

The difficulty of leading a mule. Chunky and the
animal go over the brink. Tin cans rattle down the
mountain side. The fat boy hung up by one foot.

Chapter XV--The Story in the Dead Fire 162

"White boy see almost like Indian."