Essay On The Klondike Gold Rush

Humans incessant need to search for gold has been around since the beginning of time. Gold is a precious medal that humans treasure, in which it never tarnishes, nor rusts; there is something about it that makes people look for it ruthlessly and endlessly till the end of time. One of the times in history, in which people have flocked from all corners of the world to a small corner of remote north western Canada, is the Klondike Gold Rush. The Klondike Gold Rush was a large migration of well over 10 000 people, to the Klondike region of the Yukon to prospect for gold. Nevertheless, the question still remains; who discovered the first cold to begin the Klondike Gold Rush? There are 2 main possible contenders in this mystery, including George Carmack, an American Miner, and Skookum Jim, A Canadian First Nations, along with three other minor characters. There are many theories as to what happened

During the times of the Gold Rush, it was a commonly known thing for Americans to disrespect and take advantage of their Indian counterparts. Additionally, when no known authority was around, Americans were known to disrespect laws of Canada and the individual towns, as well as the rights and traditions of First Nation communities. There has been reports of American folk forcing First Nations into drinking and gambling, or even so far as them sexually assaulting our women; they simply freely took the First Nations woman as their own whenever they pleased. George Carmack was an American Miner, who also happened to be married to Jim's sister, Kate Carmack. Coincedentally, George Carmack was the name on the application of discovery. Since Jim and George were of relation, they knew eachother well, and probably spent much time together, there was nothing stopping George from easily persuading Jim to let him take credit for the