By 1901, Charlie had adopted the legal name of "Charles Henderson."[2] There is a conflict as to Charlie's year of birth, between the information that Charlie provided during the 1901 census and the information on his tombstone. The census indicates 1864 or 1865 as his year of birth.[2] The tombstone indicates 1866 as his year of birth.[3]
dawson, charlie, goox, qʰáː, kuːχ, 1865, december, 1908, canadian, tagish, tlingit, first, nation, person, discoverers, gold, discovery, claim, that, klondike, gold, rush, located, yukon, territory, northwest, canada, nephew, keish, also, known, skookum, mason. Dawson Charlie or K aa Goox qʰaː kuːx c 1865 26 December 1908 was a Canadian Tagish Tlingit First Nation person and one of the co discoverers of gold at Discovery Claim that led to the Klondike Gold Rush located in the Yukon territory of Northwest Canada He was the nephew of Keish also known as 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 Storyteller Angela Sidney was a niece 1 By 1901 Charlie had adopted the legal name of Charles Henderson 2 There is a conflict as to Charlie s year of birth between the information that Charlie provided during the 1901 census and the information on his tombstone The census indicates 1864 or 1865 as his year of birth 2 The tombstone indicates 1866 as his year of birth 3 He died in Carcross Yukon when he fell off the White Pass and Yukon Route railway bridge References Edit Dawson Charlie Archived from the original on 2006 08 21 Retrieved 2008 06 09 a b 1901 Census of Canada District 206 Cariboo Crossing Yukon line 26 Retrieved November 16 2022 Dawson Charlie Skagway Stories Archived from the original on 2013 12 14 Retrieved 2013 12 08 Dec 8 2013 External links EditBiography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online This Canadian biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dawson Charlie amp oldid 1170682043, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
