500,000
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From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
AlaskansnounUS /əˈlæskənz/
plural of “alaskan” — a native or resident of Alaska
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
amassedverbUS /əˈmæst/
past form of “amass” — collect or gather
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
brought into existence
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
the two together, not just one
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
Cheechacos
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From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
a young person of either sex
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
climenoun
the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
confidingadjectiveUS /kənˈfaɪdɪŋ/
willing to entrust personal matters
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
Doughs
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From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
at any time
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
coins made of gold
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
I'd
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From this reading “I’d like somebody to write my life story.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
KlondikenounUS /ˈklɑːndaɪk/
a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
apprehended with certainty
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
latitudenounUS /ˈlætətuːd/
the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “I’d like somebody to write my life story.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
lustnounUS /lʌst/
a strong sexual desire
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
the force of workers available
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
a particular point in time
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
used to form the superlative
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I’d like somebody to write my life story.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
not divisible by two
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
by chance
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
past form of “produce” — bring forth or yield
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
QuartznounUS /kwɔːrts/
colorless glass made of almost pure silica
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
unusual or striking
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
remoteadjectiveUS /rɪˈmoʊt/
located far away spatially
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
a person, without saying who
From this reading “I’d like somebody to write my life story.
SourverbUS /ˈsaʊər/
go sour or spoil
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
Swiftwater
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From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
that's
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From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading Bill Gates is in some ways, and indeed in many, one of the most remarkable men that the lust for gold ever produced in any clime or latitude.
in or at the place that
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
which person or people
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
produce a literary work
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes--that’s the word--and possibly nothing more remarkable than that he, in a confiding moment said to me as he held his first born child in his arms in the little cabin on Quartz Creek, in the Klondike, where he had amassed and spent a fortune of $500,000:
but in spite of that
From this reading IT may seem odd to Alaskans, and by that I mean, the men and women who really live in the remote, yet near, northern gold country, that “Swiftwater Bill”--known to both the old Sour Doughs and the Cheechacos--should have asked me to write the real story of his life, yet this is really the fact.
