Call of the Klondike Flashcards
what is the setting in the beginning of the story
a dock in Seattle, Washington
what can can you infer from this:
In Seattle, Washington when it happened. On July 17 1897, rugged miners stepped off the S.S. Portland steamship and made their way through the excited crowd. They were carrying large sacks filled with the most precious metal in the world–gold.
Portland has a lot of gold and people are coming from there to have gold in Seattle
what does this paragraph state:
“ ‘Thousands of people in the public square watched the weather-beaten and hardy adventurers stagger into the express office with sacks of gold, gold in blankets, in oil cans, and even moccasins.’ “
Many people had gotten too much gold
What can you infer:
Firemen, doctors, lawyers, ministers-and even the mayor Seattle-quit their jobs and joined the rush
They were good jobs and finding gold they thought was a better money making way then doing their jobs
what did people think when they got on the boat to find gold
they thought it was the promised land and that it would solve all there problems
Back then, what was important to them?
money
how do you stake a claim
you put a post in each corner, one with your name and the date on it. Then, a prospector delivers it and files it as a legal claim in three days.
what can you infer:
Because the claims were usually measured by crude means, disagreements over exact boundaries were common
Measurement were not exact, it led to a disagreement on properties
What rumor do people believe it’s true
the expected rush here in the spring and they all wonder whether there will be such an enormous crowd as reported
how are they trying to trick the new comers
by fleecing unsuspecting schemes to get their tenderfoot money
what are cheecakos
a name for new people/minors
what are sour doughs
“old timers” or old people
How do we know that other people heard the rumors as well from the text
we reached tammany dance hall, where there was an unusual bustle and excitement.
during the stampede to sweed creek, what were the conditions like. cite evidence
very cold, “men and women were off the trail and up to their necks in snow”
What can you infer:
i got claim number 20, they have staked as high a no. 750
there was a lot of people there
