XIV. FROM THE STIK VILLAGE TO LAKE DASAR-DEE-ASH 120 XV. STAKING CLAIMS 127 XVI. A CONFLAGRATION 135 XVII. THROUGH THE ICE 142 XVIII. BUILDING THE CABIN 149 XIX. THE FIRST PROSPECT-HOLE 157 XX. ROLY GOES DUCK-HUNTING 166 XXI. LAST DAYS AT PENNOCK'S POST 175 XXII. A HARD JOURNEY 182 XXIII. THE LAKE AFFORDS TWO MEALS AND A PERILOUS CROSSING 192 XXIV. DAVID GETS HIS BEAR-SKIN 201 XXV. MORAN'S CAMP 210 XXVI. HOW THE GREAT NUGGET NEARLY COST THE BRADFORDS DEAR 216 XXVII. AN INDIAN CREMATION 223 XXVIII. THE PLAGUE OF MOSQUITOES 231 XXIX. LOST IN THE MOUNTAINS 238 XXX. WASHING OUT THE GOLD 248 XXXI. DAVID MAKES A BOAT-JOURNEY 256 XXXII. CHAMPLAIN'S LANDING 264 XXXIII. ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS 272 XXXIV. RAIDED BY A WOLF 279 XXXV. A LONG MARCH, WITH A SURPRISE AT THE END OF IT 289 XXXVI. HOW DAVID MET THE OFFENDER AND WAS PREVENTED FROM SPEAKING HIS MIND 297 XXXVII. HOMEWARD BOUND 306 XXXVIII. A CARIBOU, AND HOW IT WAS KILLED 314 XXXIX. DANGERS OF THE SUMMER FORDS 321 XL. SUNDAY IN KLUKWAN 331 XLI. THE ROBBERS AT LAST 339 XLII. PYRAMID, SKAGWAY, AND DYEA.--CONCLUSION 348 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE SLEDDING UP THE CHILKAT VALLEY _Frontispiece_ PYRAMID HARBOR, PYRAMID MOUNTAIN IN THE DISTANCE 26 MAP OF THE DALTON TRAIL 28 A CURIOUS PHENOMENON BESIDE THE TRAIL 89 THE CAMP OF THE MYSTERIOUS THIRTY-SIX 93 "PRESENTLY SOME LITTLE YELLOW SPECKS WERE UNCOVERED" 131 CHILDREN OF THE WILDERNESS 192 RAFTING DOWN THE NORTH ALSEK 265 A HERD OF CATTLE.--YUKON DIVIDE IN THE DISTANCE 267