Call of the Klondike

Question 1

Subsequent

Answer 1

coming after something in time; following.

Question 2

novel

Answer 2

new, novel, original, fresh mean having recently come into existence or use. new may apply to what is freshly made and unused new brick or has not been known before new designs or not experienced before. starts the new job novel applies to what is not only new but strange or unprecedented.

Question 3

pursuers

Answer 3

a person or thing that pursues another.

Question 4

floundering

Answer 4

struggle or stagger helplessly or clumsily in water or mud.

Question 5

traces

Answer 5

find or discover by investigation.

Question 6

grubstake

Answer 6

an amount of material, provisions, or money supplied to an enterprise (originally a prospector for ore) in return for a share in the resulting profits.

Question 7

crude

Answer 7

in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined.

Question 8

prospectors

Answer 8

a person who searches for mineral deposits, especially by drilling and excavation.

Question 9

tenderfoot

Answer 9

a newcomer or novice, especially a person unaccustomed to the hardships of pioneer life.