Print, Photographic
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| Nom de l'objet : | Print, Photographic |
| Numéro d'accession : | 1991.10.1 |
| Description : | The image shows a studio portrait of a seated woman, Kate Carmack, dressed in western formal attire, holding flowers and wearing a gold nugget necklace. |
| Commentaires : | Kate Carmack's original name was Shaaw Tlaa. Part of the Tagish people, Kate's marriage was arranged to a Tinglit man. She bore a daughter but both husband and child died. According to Tagish tradition, Kate was then married to her deceased sister's husband, George Carmack, a prospector from California, who was packing goods along the Chilkoot Pass with Kate's brother, Skookum Jim and her cousin, Dawson Charlie.In 1887, George and Kate set out to prospect along the Yukon River. They did this for five years. During this time Kate provided food and income by trapping and sewing mukluks and mittens for miners.In January 1893, Kate gave birth to a daughter, Graphie Gracie. In 1896, George, Kate and Graphie set out down river. There they found a prospector Robert Henderson who told them of a promising creek. On August 17, 1896 George staked discovery claims and gave one each to Jim and Charlie. The claims yielded hundreds of thousands of dollar making all owners rich. Kate and George soon traveled to the United States. The foreign environment and constant media began to unnerve Kate causing her to drink heavily.George deserted Kate in 1900 and returned to Dawson. There George married Marguerite Laimee who insisted that George never mention Kate's name and erased her from his diaries. He then began to deny he ever married Kate. She never received any money from the claims and though she fought him for money, she lost because they were never married under the White Man's law.Kate with Graphie returned to her people in Carcross. George later lured Graphie to Seattle. This was heartbreaking to Kate.She died at the age of sixty-three during an influenza epidemic in 1920.Source:- Murphy, Claire Rudolph and Jane G. Haigh. Gold Rush Women. Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Books, 2001. |
| Sujet ou image : | Yukon People, Gold Rush |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Whitehorse |
| Province de l'établissement : | Yukon Territory |
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