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nephew asserted that it was Keish who was the discoverer. At any rate, in
September 1896 Carmack staked a double “discovery claim”, while Keish and Charlie staked claims on either side of it. Although the claim was close to the area Henderson had indicated, they chose not to inform Henderson, who thus missed out.
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on July 11, 1916, after a long illness. In his will, he left the income of the trust to his daughter Saayna.aat (Daisy Mason) and also made legacies to his sister Kate, his nephew Koołseen (Patsy
Henderson), and two other relatives, although these legacies were never paid. When his daughter died in
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Carmack family, Keish and his nephews Koołseen (Patsy Henderson) and Káa Goox went to search for them. They discovered the Carmacks and their daughter at the mouth of the Klondike River. Keish, George, and Káa Goox then set off from the fishing camp
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companions. The trio were incensed and left the area. A few days later, in mid August 1896, they discovered gold on Rabbit (Bonanza) Creek when one of them found a nugget the size of a dime. Who saw the gold first is a matter of dispute. Carmack claimed that he noticed it first, but Keish and his
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Carmack, Keish became interested in prospecting, and in 1888 Carmack, Keish, and Goox began prospecting together up the Yukon River. In the summer of 1889, George and Kate Carmack left Tagish to go prospecting in the Forty Mile region. Keish remained in Tagish, and in the early 1890s he
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Carcross for himself and his family. He lived there in the winters before returning each spring to the Klondike, where he
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into the Daḵl'aweidi clan of Tagish. His mother, Gus'duteen, was from
Tahltan country around Telegraph Creek while his father was Kaachgaawáa, chief of the Tagish Deisheetaan. His family was involved in trade between the coastal Tlingit and the inland Tagish. The family had two sons and six
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Keish was known for his generosity to his family and others. When
Carmack abandoned his wife Kate, leaving her virtually penniless, Keish built his sister a cabin in Carcross. According to Daniel Tlen, "in 1912 he gave the largest
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1938, the income from the trust was used, as directed by Keish's will, to the benefit of needy Indigenous peoples in Yukon. The Skookum Jim Friendship Centre in Whitehorse was built using this trust fund.
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also suffered, and following several attempts at reconciliation, in 1905 they separated and Daakuxda.Ă©it returned to her village on the Alaskan coast. Their daughter remained in Keish's custody.
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