Robert H. "Bob" Ennis (1854 - 1923)
	
Robert Ennis was born in Ontario.((1901 Canadian census.)) He was the chief scout for General Middleton during the Riel rebellion.(("Robt. Ennis, noted scout, dies in Dawson." //The Klondike Nugget// (Dawson), 3 April 1923.)) Robert and his brother Dave Ennis came to the Yukon in 1896 and the 1902 //Dawson Daily News Golden Clean-Up// edition reported the brothers and Billy Moss camped at the mouth of Gold Run in February 1898. They prospected and staked claims and eventually settled on No. 6 Gold Run Creek.((Correspondence from Lorraine McLarty, granddaughter of Dave Ennis, Kelowna B.C. in "The Mail Run." //The Yukoner Magazine,// Issue No. 15, July 2000: 5-6.)) Robert Ennis married Hattie, originally from Nova Scotia and they had a daughter Gladys. Robert owned Claim No 3 on 43 Pup, a tributary of Gold Run.((1901 Canadian census.)) Ennis and his wife and daughter had a home in Dawson in 1901. Hattie and Gladys moved to Vancouver in 1911.((Correspondence from Lorraine McLarty, granddaughter of Dave Ennis, Kelowna B.C. in "The Mail Run." //The Yukoner Magazine,// Issue No. 15, July 2000: 5-6.)) 

Ennis was engaged in mining, prospecting and hunting in the Klondike for twenty years. He mined on Gold Run until ill health forced him into the hospital.(("Robt. Ennis laid to rest yesterday." //The Klondike Nugget// (Dawson), 9 April 1923.)) He made his home at or near Granville, fifty miles from Dawson. He took ill several weeks before his death from gangrene, resulting from diabetes.(("Robt. Ennis, noted scout, dies in Dawson." //The Klondike Nugget// (Dawson), 3 April 1923.)) Ennis was a member of the Yukon Order of Pioneers. He is buried in the 8th Avenue Pioneer Cemetery.(("Robt. Ennis laid to rest yesterday." //The Klondike Nugget// (Dawson), 9 April 1923.))