Dawson Charlie or Káa goox, (ca. 1860s – 26 December 1908) was a Tagish/Tlingit First Nation person and one of the co-discoverers of gold that led to the Klondike Gold Rush located in The Yukon Territory of Northwest Canada. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Tagish or Tagish Khwáan are a group of Athabaskan First Nation people that lived around Tagish Lake and Marsh Lake, in the Not to be confused with the Turkic Telengit people The Tlingit (ˈklɪŋkɪt in English also /-gɪt/ or Tlinkit /ˈtlɪŋkɪt/ which First Nations is a term of Ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis people The Klondike Gold Rush, infrequently referred to as the Yukon Gold Rush or Alaska Gold Rush, was a frenzy of Gold rush Immigration to and for Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He was the nephew of Skookum Jim Mason and accompanied him on his search for his aunt Kate Carmack. Keish ( c 1855 &ndash July 11 1916) better known by his European name Skookum Jim Mason, was a member of the Tagish First Nation Shaaw Tláa, also known as Kate Carmack ( c 1862 &ndash 29 March 1920) was a Tagish First Nation woman born He staked one of the first three claims in the Klondike, along with his uncle and George Carmack. The Klondike or Clondike is a region of the Yukon Territory in northwest Canada, east of the Alaska border George Washington Carmack ( September 24, 1860 &ndash June 5, 1922) was a Contra Costa County California -born prospector Kate Carmack was his aunt. Shaaw Tláa, also known as Kate Carmack ( c 1862 &ndash 29 March 1920) was a Tagish First Nation woman born Storyteller Angela Sidney was a niece. [1]
He died in Carcross, Yukon when he fell off the White Pass railway bridge. Carcross, originally known as Caribou Crossing, is an unincorporated community in the Territory of Yukon, Canada on Bennett Lake and Nares The White Pass and Yukon Route ( WP&Y, WP&YR) is a Canadian and U "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. A bridge is a Structure built to span a Gorge, Valley, Road, railroad track, River, Body of water
Pierre Berton incorrectly called him Tagish Charlie in his Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush. For other people with the same name see Pierre Berton (disambiguation.
References
- ^ Dawson Charlie. Retrieved on 2008-06-09. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits
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