Its eyes are twenty dollar gold pieces. A difficult word for the white man to pronounce. Siwash George finds a gold nugget the size of his thumb. And the last of the great American gold rushes begins. Across the Yukon comes the cry of gold.
Settlements empty out.
Villages become ghost towns overnight. A town springs up as close to the North Pole as northern Siberia. It's called Dawson City. The call for gold is camouflage for the call of death. A few get rich.