Children's Fiction
"Destiny, which has lately riveted our attention on the burning plains of the extreme East," says the _Times_ of 9th July, "now claims our solicitude for the auriferous mountains and rushing rivers of the Far West and the shores of the remote Pacific. What most of us know of t...
"Destiny, which has lately riveted our attention on the burning plains of the extreme East," says the _Times_ of 9th July, "now claims our solicitude for the auriferous mountain...
2. Chapter 2Next to the extent and richness of the gold mines, the most important inquiry is as to the character of the climate and soil. And in this respect the Fraser River settlement doe...
3. Chapter 3For some time to come, the great line of route to the new El Dorado will likely be by water from the different settlements along the coast of the Pacific. Steam communication ha...
4. Chapter 4The Pacific coast extends from Panama westward and northward, without any remarkable irregularity in its outline, to the tropic of Cancer, almost immediately under which is the...
5. Chapter 5Mr Nicolay, in his treatise on the Oregon Territory, gives a minute and graphic account of the aboriginal inhabitants of this district, from which we purpose making some extract...