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DAWSON CHARLIE

'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 ''.

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Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''

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