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| 1862 births | |
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Shaaw Tláa, also known as '''Kate Carmack''' ('' C. '' 1862 – 29 March 1920 ) was a Tagish First Nation woman born near what is now Carcross, Yukon . She was the sister of Keish (Skookum Jim Mason) and married George Carmack . She and her husband were fishing Salmon at the mouth of the Klondike River in August 1896, when a party led by her brother came looking for her. The party then discovered gold in Rabbit Creek (later renamed Bonanza Creek ), setting in motion the Klondike Gold Rush . Some accounts claim that Kate made the actual discovery. She was abandoned by her husband in 1900, and lived the rest of her life in Carcross. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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