Chapter I: Front Matter

THE GREAT PIKE'S PEAK RUSH

OR

TERRY IN THE NEW GOLD FIELDS

BY EDWIN L. SABIN

"These mountains are supposed to contain minerals, precious stones
and gold and silver ore. It is but late that they have taken the
name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the
Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an
amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun
shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great
distance."

--_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._

NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1917,
BY THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY.

TRAIL AND DIGGIN'S PEOPLE

OLD ACQUAINTANCES:

TERRY RICHARDS Off to the Gold Fields
MR. AND MRS. RICHARDS His Parents
HARRY REVERE His Partner
GEORGE STANTON A Tender-foot
VIRGIE STANTON Also a Tender-foot
MR. AND MRS. STANTON Their Parents
SOL JUDY A "Forty-niner"
PINE KNOT IKE Not so Tough After All
THUNDER HORSE Bad Medicine
SHEP Ready for Anything
DUKE THE HALF-BUFFALO} Queer Wagon Mates
JENNY THE YELLOW MULE}

NEW ACQUAINTANCES:

THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude
PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie
LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend
LEFT HAND Official Interpreter
HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor
JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter
JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter
GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers"
JOHN GREGORY }
MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across

And Certain Others of the Busy Folk That Thronged the Gulches and the Young Denver City.

PLACE AND TIME: The Pike's Peak Country of the Rocky Mountains, 1859.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. To the Mountains of Gold 1

II. The "Pike's Peak Limited" 15

III. Duke on a Rampage 29

IV. The Trail Grows Lonesome 39

V. Tough Luck for the Limited 53

VI. Just in Time 65

VII. Shep Does His Duty 75

VIII. The Trail Grows Lively 91

IX. Now Where Is the "Elephant"? 103

X. "Forward March" to Gregory Gulch 116

XI. "Rich at Last!" 126

XII. Panning the "Golden Prize" 138

XIII. Ready for Big Business, But * * * 147

XIV. Pat Casey Helps Out 161

XV. Horace Greeley Comes to Town 171

XVI. Two Tenderfeet Arrive 180

XVII. Another Call for Hustle 192

XVIII. Never Say Die! 201

XIX. To the Pound-a-Day 211

XX. Millions in Sight 224

XXI. Terry Makes a Deal 233

XXII. The "Virginia Consolidated" 241

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

DRAWINGS BY H. FISK.

PAGE

"None of that, Mr. Ike Chubbers!" repeated Harry,
stoutly forcing the muzzle upward (frontis)

"Terry flew to the cart ... flew back again with
the precious fluid" 65

"The giant sat down with an explosive grunt, and
Harry stood over, scarcely panting, revolver
dangling in hand" 167

"You dare to lay hand on this or interfere in any
way and I'll show you what a Californy Forty-niner
knows about protecting property" 245

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