CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Carlick 1 June 5 1900 CHAPTER 2 Nome 7 June 6 1900 CHAPTER 3(cid:179)(cid:36)(cid:3)(cid:41)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:71) 18 June 23 1900 CHAPTER 4 Beaches of Gold 28 June 28 1900 CHAPTER 5 Another Narrow Escape 35 June 28 1900 CHAPTER 6 Prospecting 46 August 3 1900 CHAPTER 7(cid:179)(cid:48)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:54)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:92)(cid:183)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:39)(cid:82)(cid:74) 58 August 3 1900 CHAPTER 8 Mukluks 68 August 5 1900
CHAPTER 9 A Sudden Change 79 August 5 1900 CHAPTER 10 Up the River 88 August 7 1900 CHAPTER 11 Danger 99 August 16 1900 CHAPTER 12 Lost 108 August 20 1900 CHAPTER 13(cid:179)(cid:36)(cid:3)(cid:47)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:92) 117 August 21 1900 CHAPTER 14 Desperation 124 August 21 1900 CHAPTER 15 Rescue 137 August 21 1900 The History Behind Murphy 150
CHAPTER ONE Carlick June 5 1900 Marche A whip stung my neck but my legs were too weak to run any faster Old Blue led our team Behind him Cody and I trotted side-by-side though Cody was starting to lag Tooni the Alaskan driver jogged alongside us panting as hard as we were His snowshoes slapped against the crusted top layer of the snowy trail We were all bone-weary but the man in the sledge again shouted for us to go faster Faster Faster By now I hated that word and Carlick the man who hollered it
