Salmon were good enough
for him. But Henderson urged him to come on and locate, until, when
he yielded, he wanted to take the whole tribe along. Henderson
refused to stand for this, said that he must give the preference over
Siwashes to his old Sixty Mile friends, and, it is rumoured, said
some things about Siwashes that were not nice.
The next morning Henderson went on alone up the Klondike to Gold
Bottom. Carmack, by this time aroused, took a short cut afoot for
the same place. Accompanied by his two Indian brothers-in-law,
Skookum Jim and Tagish Charley, he went up Rabbit Creek (now
Bonanza), crossed into Gold Bottom, and staked near Henderson's
discovery. On the way up he had panned a few shovels on Rabbit
Creek, and he showed Henderson "colours" he had obtained. Henderson
made him promise, if he found anything on the way back, that he would
send up one of the Indians with the news. Henderson also agreed to
pay for his service, for he seemed to feel that they were on the
verge of something big, and he wanted to make sure.
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