VI. The First Gold 164
XVII. The Diggings 170
XVIII. Beginnings of Government 176
XIX. Sunday at Hangman's Gulch 185
XX. The Gold Washers 192
XXI. We Leave the Diggings 203
XXII. The Strike 210
XXIII. The Camp on the Porcupine 216
XXIV. The Indians 221
XXV. Battle 235
XXVI. We Send Out Our Treasure 244
XXVII. The Robbery 249
XXVIII. The Bully 255
XXIX. The Challenge 272
XXX. The Fight 284
XXXI. The Express Messenger 291
XXXII. Italian Bar 298
XXXIII. The Overland Immigrants 312
XXXIV. The Prisoners 320
XXXV. The Trial 327
XXXVI. The Rule of the Lawless 333
XXXVII. The Last Straw 342
XXXVIII. The Vigilantes 351
XXXIX. The Vigilantes (continued) 359

Part IV.--The Law

XL. The Rains 371
XLI. We Go Out 380
XLII. San Francisco Again 392
XLIII. The Golden Web 404
XLIV. Plutocrats! 414
XLV. The Catastrophe 425
XLVI. The Vision 433

ILLUSTRATIONS

"'I told you you couldn't lick me,' said he"
Frontispiece

"'You hounds!' he roared. 'Don't you dare try
to sneak off!'" 78

"The big man whirled to the floor" 286

"We marched our prisoner in double-quick
time to the agreed rendezvous" 360

PART I

PANAMA

GOLD

CHAPTER I

OH, SUSANNAH!

Somewhere in this book I must write a paragraph exclusively about
myself. The fact that in the outcome of all these stirring