Talk:Discovery Claim

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Role of Kate Carmack in Discovery[edit]

According to the George Carmack papers at the University of Washington, Kate Carmack remained at the fish camp at the mouth of the Klondike River with her three year old daughter while the three men went prospecting. This makes sense as their proposed journey was many miles over the roughest sort of terrain on meager rations. While the men were away, at least two prospectors stopped at the mouth of the Klondike River and traded with Kate, noting such in contemporary documents. Additionally, another member of the Carmack party, Patsy Henderson, or Koolseen, who also stayed at the fish camp, was adamant throughout his life that it was only the three men who struck out to search for gold.

Even though Kate was not with the group when they discovered gold, she still deserves credit as co-discoverer because of her valuable contributions to the group enterprise: putting up food and earning money from her sewing while the men were away. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruthiegirl9 (talk • contribs) 18:23, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tagish Charlie/Dawson Charlie[edit]

This article states that Dawson Charlie (Kaa Goox) staked a claim on Bonanza Creek in August 1896. Actually, if one were to look at the original paperwork, it says that Tagish Charlie staked the claim. Kaa Goox was known throughout the gold rush years as Tagish Charlie (for example, in William Ogilvie’s and Tappan Adney’s books), and it wasn’t until after 1900 when he returned to Carcross to live that he became known as Dawson Charlie.

It has always struck me as odd that Kaa Goox is called Dawson Charlie at the time of discovery, because there was no Dawson yet! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruthiegirl9 (talk • contribs) 18:32, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]