Chapter Two
March 1869
Skeeter and Talako came back to the cave that afternoon in a state of high excitement! They had found many gold nuggets in a clear stream about two miles from the cave! They also found some white rocks on a ledge high above the streambed that contained many veins that they thought might be gold!
Talako said, “We picked up a lot of loose nuggets. We’ll go back there tomorrow to pick up more of them. We will share with y’all.”
Dale responded, “I’m not interested in that gold. Y’all found it, and it’s yours as far as I’m concerned.”
Clark and Grant agreed, and Grant said, “I hope y’all can make a lot of money from that find.”
Skeeter was really talkative and wanted to explain how they discovered the gold, “We were riding along a little creek and talking about
