



Produced by Al Haines










[Frontispiece: The first Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island

  _Back Row_--J. W. M'Kay, J. D. Pemberton, J. Porter (Clerk)
  _Front Row_--T. J. Skinner, J. S. Helmcken, M. D., James Yates

  After a Photograph]





THE

CARIBOO TRAIL

  A Chronicle of the Gold-fields
  of British Columbia


BY

AGNES C. LAUT




TORONTO

GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY

1916




  _Copyright in all Countries subscribing to
  the Berne Convention_




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CONTENTS


                                                 Page

    I. THE 'ARGONAUTS'.............    1
   II. THE PROSPECTOR .............   16
  III. CARIBOO.................   33
   IV. THE OVERLANDERS.............   53
    V. CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS .........   68
   VI. QUESNEL AND KAMLOOPS ..........   80
  VII. LIFE AT THE MINES............   88
 VIII. THE CARIBOO ROAD ............   99
       BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ..........  110
       INDEX..................  112




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ILLUSTRATIONS


THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF
  VANCOUVER ISLAND...................  _Frontispiece_
  After a photograph.

THE CARIBOO COUNTRY .................   _Facing page_ 1
  Map by Bartholomew.

SIR JAMES DOUGLAS ...................    "     "  10
  From a portrait by Savannah.

INDIANS NEAR NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C............    "     "  12
  From a photograph by Maynard.

IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.................    "     "  28
  From a photograph.

A GROUP OF THOMPSON RIVER INDIANS ...........    "     "  36
  From a photograph by Maynard.

SIR MATTHEW BAILLIE BEGBIE...............