People/explorer

Aw-gee-nah (English Chief)

Aw-gee-nah (English Chief), explorer, from Canada. Linked to copper.

The lucky break

Was with Matonabbee when he guided Samuel Hearne to the Coppermine River in 1771.1

Legacy

Chipewyan chief who led a band to Fort Churchill after Matonabbee's death and the smallpox epidemic of 1781-83.1

Story cards

Where next

People

Partner ofMatonabbeeHe was with Matonabbee when Samuel Hearne was guided to the Coppermine River in 1771.1

Sources

  1. AW-GEE-NAH (English Chief) Dictionary of Canadian Biography

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Haul trucks by Lechhabmed, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Earth Observations taken by the Expedition 15 Crew, NASA JSC (Public domain (NASA media, no copyright)); Elektrisk malmletning. Undersökningar på Billiton, 1920., Okänd / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).