story. Jim said he was ahead of the other two men as they worked their way down Rabbit Creek, when he spotted a moose and shot it. While he waited for his companions to catch up with him, he wandered down to the creek for a drink of water. There in the clear water, Skookum Jim saw gold lying exposed on the creek bed.
This account is supported by Patsy Henderson, the only witness to the discovery who left a recorded account of the event.
Dawson-Charlie was actually the first to pan gold out of Rabbit Creek, during a rest stop on the trip up to Robert Henderson's claim. However, he too agreed that Skookum Jim found the rich deposit at the site of the discovery-claim , and today most historians
