He said that Injun Jim lived mostly in the Tippipah district.

No free gold had ever been discovered there, nor much gold of any kind; but Injun Jim certainly brought free gold into Round Butte whenever he wanted grub.

It must have been ungodly rich,--five hundred dollars' worth in a ten-pound lard bucket! The tale held Casey's imagination.

He dreamed nights of trailing Injun Jim, and if he'd had any money to outfit for the venture he surely would have gone straight to Nevada and to Round Butte.

He told himself that it would take an outsider to furnish the energy for the search.