THE GOLD-SEEKERS:

A TALE OF CALIFORNIA

BY

GUSTAVE AIMARD,

AUTHOR OF "PRAIRIE FLOWER," THE "TIGER-SLAYER," ETC.

LONDON
WARD AND LOCK,
158, FLEET STREET.
1861

PREFACE.

The "Gold-Seekers" must be regarded as forming the connecting linkbetween the "Tiger-Slayer" and the "Indian Chief," the concluding volumeof this series. It must not be forgotten that the author is dealing withreal characters, and that the hero lived and died in the way hereafterto be described; and the three volumes may be considered a life-historyof a very remarkable man. Although they may be perused separately withequal interest, I feel confident that those readers who have gone so farwith me will desire to know the conclusion of this strange eventfulhistory.

LASCELLES WRAXALL.


CONTENTS.

PROLOGUE:—