Then I named the creek 'Bonanza,' staked Discovery, and we come here and recorded." He looked about him anxiously for signs of belief, but found himself in a circle of incredulous faces--all save Daylight, who had studied his countenance while he told his story.
"How much is Harper and Ladue givin' you for manufacturing a stampede ?" some one asked.
"They don't know nothing about it," Carmack answered.

"I tell you it's the God Almighty's truth.

I washed out three ounces in an hour." "And there's the gold," Daylight said.

"I tell you-all boys they ain't never been gold like that in the blower before.

Look at the color of it." "A trifle darker," Curly Parson said.