Washington B. VanderlipAfter photograph taken in 1899, at Indian Point, Bering Sea
IN SEARCH OF A
SIBERIAN KLONDIKE
AS NARRATED BY
WASHINGTON B. VANDERLIP
THE CHIEF ACTOR
and
HEREIN SET FORTH BY
HOMER B. HULBERT
ILLUSTRATED WITHMANY PHOTOGRAPHS
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1903
Copyright, 1903, by
The Century Co.
Published, October, 1903
THE DE VINNE PRESS
TO
"THE LITTLE MOTHER"
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I. OUTFIT AND SUPPLIES | |
| Rumor of gold in northeastern Asia—Plan to prospect through Kamchatka and north to Bering Strait—Steamer Cosmopolite—Russian law in the matter of liquor traffic—I make up my party and buy supplies—Korean habits of dress—Linguistic difficulties | 3 |
| II. SAGHALIEN AND THE CONVICT STATION AT KORSAKOVSK | |
| Departure of the expedition—Arrival at Korsakovsk—Condition of convict station—Freedom allowed prisoners, most of whom are murderers—Wreck of the steamer and loss of outfit—Gold lace and life-preservers—Return to Korsakovsk—Russian table manners—The Russian's naïve attitude toward bathing—Some results of the intermarriage of criminals—How Yankee shrewdness saved some confiscated photographs—Pleasant sensations on being shaved by a murderer—Predominance of American goods | 20 |
| III. PETROPAULOVSK AND SOUTHERN KAMCHATKA | |
| Volcanoes of Kamchatka and the superstitious natives—The first prospecting trip—Copper found, but no gold—Mosquitos cause an evacuation of the land—The typical Chinese peddler | 43 |
| IV. SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH | |
| [viii]Tide that rises twenty-five feet—Wholesale suicide of salmon—Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls—How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs—The three varieties of salmon—An Arcadian land for the birds | 51 |