Oh No!
You sit down to play poker at a table in the gambling house. After a few hands you have lost half your money. To win your money back, you keep playing but in no time you are down $60. You're forced to leave the table, otherwise there will not be enough money to get to Victoria.
Victoria
Horses cost $130 here, much more than in San Francisco, and you shouldn't go any further without one. Luckily, your family was going to send you money by mail for when you arrived, but now you must wait for it. Victoria is dull and slow compared to San Francisco, so time won't go quickly while you wait.
Talking with miners that have just come from the Cariboo, they tell you not to bother staking a claim. It is almost 4 years after miners started moving north along the Fraser River to find the mother load, and all the good gold claims in the Cariboo are taken now. Instead, you decide to get that ranch land you wanted, but if you wait too long all the good ranch land will be gone.
The ticket to Victoria costs you $40, so you board the ship and make your way up the coast to Victoria. There are lots of animals on board too, and your horse would be with them if you didn't waste your money gambling. The ship anchors in Esquimalt harbour, and you have to walk the 3 miles to the Victoria town.
Must wait....
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