Chapter 3

XIV. Sutter's Fort 141 XV. The Gold Trail 148 XVI. The First Gold 164 XVII. The Diggings 170 XVIII. Beginnings of Government 176 XIX. Sunday at Hangman's Gulch 185 XX. The Gold Washers 192 XXI. We Leave the Diggings 203 XXII. The Strike 210 XXIII. The Camp on the Porcupine 216 XXIV. The Indians 221 XXV. Battle 235 XXVI. We Send Out Our Treasure 244 XXVII. The Robbery 249 XXVIII. The Bully 255 XXIX. The Challenge 272 XXX. The Fight 284 XXXI. The Express Messenger 291 XXXII. Italian Bar 298 XXXIII. The Overland Immigrants 312 XXXIV. The Prisoners 320 XXXV. The Trial 327 XXXVI. The Rule of the Lawless 333 XXXVII. The Last Straw 342 XXXVIII. The Vigilantes 351 XXXIX. The Vigilantes (continued) 359