'Dawson Charlie' or 'Káa goox', (? –
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. He was the nephew of
Skookum Jim Mason and accompanied him on his search for his aunt
Kate Carmack. He staked one of the first three claims in the
Klondike, along with his uncle and
George Carmack.
He died in
Carcross, Yukon when he fell off the
White Pass railway bridge.
Pierre Berton incorrectly called him 'Tagish Charlie' in his ''.
External links
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Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''