sabee

Updated: May 4, 2025

"No steal 'um, catch 'um big crik, plent' gold, heap. You sabee?" Thomas understood, but only partly believed. His brother argued that it was a case of "nothing venture, nothing have" and he would take the risk and follow Pete into the wintry wilderness. If indecision is a sign of weak minds then there are but few feeble-minded men in an Alaskan gold camp. Here men decide matters quickly.

May Kellogg Sullivan - The Trail of a Sourdough: Life in Alaska