afternoon about two o'clock
The trip on the boat to Lindy Falls was without special incident . There were about a dozen passengers , all miners and prospectors , who did not care to wait for any of the regular boats . They were a rather good-natured set , and whiled away the time by swapping stories and arguing about the best way to locate paying claims and getting out the gold . Lindy Falls was reached one afternoon about two o'clock . It was little more than a boat and trading station and here the Rover boys got their first sight of Alaskan Indians , members of the Chilkoot tribe . Immediately on landing they made inquiries concerning Tom and the miner named Ike Furner . They soon learned that Furner was a well-known character , and from a trader heard that this man and his young companion had set off but a few hours before .