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| | Klondike River 1898 - ExploreNorth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | This stream is a tributary of Alaska’s largest river, the Yukon, and was called by the Indians Throndink, which means "river full of fish." It is a small, shallow stream about 40 yards wide at the mouth, with clear blue water, in which salmon is abundant. |
 | | The Indian name has been corrupted by the miners into Klondike, which is now the accepted name of the river and the region around it. |
 | | It is believed that they knew of the existence of gold in that country, though they did not suspect the richness of the deposits, and, because miners would have disturbed the animals from whose furs the Hudson Bay Company received a large revenue, they said nothing about the precious metal. |
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