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CONTENTS
XII. Talbot Deserts 115
XIII. Up-River 129
Part III. — The Mines
XIV. Sutter's Fort 141
XV. The Gold Trail 148
XVI. 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
