Newspapers and magazines printed long lists of the supplies a stampeder would need. The price for these goods was often extremely high.
美國和加拿大的專家說,也許已經有兩、三萬人到達了金礦區,這些人被人們稱之為stampeder(驚跑者),stampede這個詞的意思是指一大群愛驚嚇的動物在狂奔的意思,在1897年,這個詞是指一大群奔向阿拉斯加和克朗代克的人們。