Answer:
Washington wanted to have the gold
Step-by-step explanation:
The Klondike gold rush is also called as the Yukon Gold Rush. It was an immigration of about one lakh prospectors to Yukon in the Klondike region, where gold was discovered by the local miners. Many people went to the Yukon territory of Canada to fetch for the gold.
The government in Washington were also looking to take the gold and build a strong army for it. They send a force to Yukon to collect the gold and bring them back to Washington.