The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-16

OF Bob HendersOn's work and also at Australia
Creek, thirty miles further on. The weeks came and
went bur Daylight never encountered the other man.
However. he found moose plentiful and he and his
dogs prospered on the meat diet He found "pay"
that than wages" on a dozen surface
bars and from the generous spread Of -four gold In
the muck and gravel OF score Of creeks he was
more confident than that gold in quantity
waiting 10 be unearthed. Often he turned bis
eyes TO the northward ridge Of hills p,ndered
the gold came from them. In the end he assembled
DoranIon Creek to It's head crossed the divide and
came down the tributary 70 the Klondike that was
later to be called Hunker Greek. While on the di-
vide had he kept the big dome on his right be would
have come down on the Gold Bottom. SO named by
Bob Henderson whom he would have found at work
It, taking out the first pay gold panned on the
KlOndike. Instead Daylight continued down Hun
ker to the Klondike. and 70 the summer fishing
camp Of the Indians on the Yukon
Here for a day he camped with Carmack. a
squaw-man. and bis Indian brother-Inlaw Skookum
Jim bought q boat and with his dogs on board
drfted down the Yukon to Forty Nile August was
drawing a close. the days were growing shorter,
and winter coming on. Sdn, with unbounded
faith in his bunch that strike was coming in the
Upper Country, his plan to get together party
Of four i've, and If that was Impossible at least
partner, and 10 pole back up the river before the
freeze-up TO do winter prospecting. But the men OF
Forty Mile were without faith The diggings to the
westward were good enough for them
Then II that Carnaek, his brother-fn-law Skoo-
KUN Jim, and Cuus Charlie. another Indian arrived
in canoe at Forty Mile. went straight 10 the gold
commissioner and recorded three claims and discov-
cry claim on Bonanza Greek After that in the Sour
dough saloon that night they exhibited gold TO
the sceptcaI crowd Men grnned and shook their
heads. They had seen the motions Of gold strike
gone through before. This was too patiently scheme
Of Harper and Joe Ladue trying entice prospect
ing the vicinity of their town site and trading post
And who Carmacki A squaw-rnan And who
heard Of a squaw-man striking anything? And
what Bonanza Creekl Merely a moose pasture
entering the Klondke Just above its mouth and known
TO old timers Rabbit Greek Now, If Daylight or
Bob Henderson had recorded claims and shown coarse
gold they'd known there something In It But
Carmack. the squaw-man! And skoOkum i'm! And
Cultus Charlie! No, no; that asking too much
Daylight, too, sceptical. and this despite his
faith in the Upper Country. Had he not only few
days before seen Carmack loafng with his Indians
and with never thought Of prospectngf But at
eleven that night sitting the edge Of his bunk and
unlacing his moccasins, thought came 10 him. He
put his coat and hat and went back to the Sour
dough. Carmack still there, flashing his coarse
gold in the eyes Of unbeiievtng generation. Day
light ranged alongside Of him and empted Carmacks
sack into blower. This be studied for long time
Then from his own sack into another blower be
empued several Of Circle City and Forty Mile
gold. Again for & long time he studied and compared
Finally he pocketed his own gold returned Carmacks
and held up his hand for silence
pCrS raT,r ALL
she's sure come-the up-river strike And tell
you-aI clear and forcible this is it, There amt
been gold like that in blower in this country
before It's gold It's got more silver in il You
all can see it by the color Carmack's sure made
strike. Who-aIls got faith 10 come along with me?'
There were volunteers. Instead, laughter aud
jeers went up.
"Mebbe you got town site up there" some one
suggested.
Il sure have" the retort and q third interest
in Harper and Ladue's And can see nv corner lots
selling out for than your hen scratching ever
turned upon Birch Creek"
That's all right. Daylight" one Curly Parsons
interpoSed so0hingy. you've got a reputation and
we know you're dead sure on the square But you're
as likely as any 70 be mistoOk on a him-ham game
such as these oafers is putin up ask you straight
when did Carmack do this here prospecting You
SAID yourself he was lyn' IN camp dShin. salmon
liza
other day"
And Daylight told the truth" Carmack inter.
rupted excitedly. And I'm telling the truth the
gospel truth. wasn't prospecting. Hadn't 10 idea
or IL. But when Daylight pulls out, the very same
day. who drifts in, down river on 4 raft-load of
supplies, but Bob Henderson. He'd come out 10
Sixty Mile planning to 20 back up Indian River and
portage the grub the divide between Quartz
Creek and Gold Bottom
Where in hels Gold BottOmT Curly Parsons de-
handed
Over beyond Bonanza, that was Rabbit Creek"
the squaw-man went on. It's draw Of bic creek
that runs into The hlOndke. that's the way / went
up, but come back by crossing the divide keeppg
along the crest several miles and dropping down into
bonanza Come along with me- Carmack and GET
staked says Bob Henderson to me. Ive hlt il this
time, on Gold Bottom I've too forty-.lve ounces
Already And went along, SkoOkum Jim and Cultus
charlie too. And we all staked Gold Bottom I
come back by Bonanza on the chance Of hiding a
moose. Along down Bonan stopped and cooked
grub l went 10 sleep and what does Skookum Jim
do but try his hand at prospecting? He'd been
watching henderson, you see. He goes right Sian up
TO the foot of birch tree, first pan fills il with dirt
and washes out mOren dollar coarse gold Then
he wakes me up and l goes at It, | got two and
half the first lick Then named the creek Bonanza
staked Discovery and we come here and corded"
he looked about him anxously for signs of belief
but found himself in circle Of ncredulous faces
all save Daylight who had studied his countenance
while he told his story
How much is Harper Sud Ladu, gvin' OH for
manufacturing stampede" one demanded
They don't know nothing about IT." Carmack an
sWered i tell you it's the God Almightys truth. l