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Show EARLY ALASKAN WAR. An Old-Time Battle Between the Tninkita and Aleuts. Snnffolnnrr Strife Where Now American Amer-ican Are Seel-Ins Gold A Yankee Yan-kee Skipper Had a Hand In It. Just about 100 years ago there was a sanguinary battle in Alaska between the 'tlinkits and the Aleuts, two tribes that then entertained sentiments of Hostility for tach other. The cause of the battle, the circumstances of it, and the dire ending of it are described in the liussian records appertaining to the far northern territory, which is of him. lie toon them aboard ship, got the news from them in some way, sent them below decks, and then started out to look for the Tlinkits. lie found them, got some of their big chiefs to come aboard, gave them to understand that they were his prisoners, and held them for ransom. Here was a case. After awhile, he effected an exchange. The Tlinkits delivered to him the otter skins which they had taken from the Aleuts, and also a number of the Aleut hunters whose lives had been spared. The big chiefs of the Tlinkits were thereupon released and sent ashore through the grace of the Yankee skipper skip-per from Boston, and to his profit. Some others of the fugitive Aleuts who had found safety in the forest got possession of. their skin boats or kayaks, kay-aks, and made their way along the coast to Kadiak, where Baranoff, the Rus- uow under the American nag, dux, ior-ruerly ior-ruerly belonged to the czar's empire. To Alaska there came from Siberia, in or about the year 1790, an adventurous adven-turous trader, a liussian named Baranoff, Baran-off, far the purpose of otter hunting. Arriving at the Aleutian Isles, he took about 300 Aleut hunters into his service. serv-ice. Off they went in their kayaks, or little skin boats, for those parts of the archipelago in which sea otters then abounded. They got many otter skins for the trader, who believed that in a few years he would become rich and - - great, lie determined ' to- form -a settlement set-tlement of them on the strait extending northward from Sitka sound, not far fiom the situation of the modern town of Juneau, where at this time there are multitudes of gold seekeTs bound for the Klondike mines. There the Aleut otter hunters stayed for several years, to the profit of Baranoff, who dedicated the place to the Archangel Gabriel and committed it to his protection. The native Tlinkits, who were a savage sav-age tribe and had dwelt in that region from time immemorial, took umbrage at the presence of the Aleuts, whom sian from Siberia, was then quartered. They told him of the deeds of the savage sav-age Tlinkits; his anger was stirred up; he said the savages must be punished. It happened that just at this time a Russian naval brhj the Neva, arrived at Kadiak; and the captain of the Neva told Baranoff, when he came aboard, that he would see to the punishment ' of the Tlinkits, who, by their conduct, ! had manifested their enmity to his master, the czar of Russia, The naval brig headed for Sitka sound, arrived there, came to the enemy's land, and attacked a stronghold which the Tlinkits Tlin-kits had constructed. It was a stiff fight; the Russian marines made a brave attack; the Tlinkits made a brave defense; de-fense; the Russians had several pieces of cannon; the Tlinkits had only a few flintlocks and very little powder; the Russians battered the stronghold; the Tlinkits fell back, because their powder had given out; they fought till it was dark; they decamped in the nighttime. They were beaten; they had been punished; pun-ished; the crime which they perpetrated upon the Aleuts had been avenged; their power was broken. Russia was victorious. After the events here narrated nar-rated the Tlinkits of Alaska were of but small account in war. Now that the early history of Alaska has acquired a fresh interest for Americans, Amer-icans, it is possible that a more complete com-plete account of the Tlinkit campaign will yet be procured from original sources. There are opportunities for research, between 55 degrees north latitude lat-itude and the Arctic ocean between the Rocky mountains and Eehring strait. Lots of sanguinary battles may have been fought up there. N. Y. Sun. they regarded as mirwiers upon ineir hunting grounds. The Tlinkit chiefs formed a resolution to exterminate the intruding Aleuts. They made ready for war. Approaching the settlement unexpectedly, they fell upon it with great fury; they fought like savages; they fired the gms which had been obtained ob-tained years before from Siberian traders; trad-ers; they seized the otter skins which belonged to the Aleuts; they plundered the huts and afterwards destroyed de-stroyed them. It was a triumph for the Tlinkits; it was a battle worthy of song and story. The victors danced with joy. They had brought glory to their tribe. But this episode in the) history of Alaska, did not come to an end all at once. Some of the Aleuts had saved their lives by flight and had taken refuge ref-uge in the forests, where the infuriated in-furiated enemy could not reach them. It was under these circumstances that a strange and unexpected thing occurred. oc-curred. It happened that about this time, which was over 100 years ago, a Yankee skipper from Boston named O'Kane came along in his bark, schooner schoon-er or other sea craft looking for a chance to trade with the natives. It is not known what kind of an assortment of Yankee notions he had in his ship, but he was doubtless ready to pay a fair price for any otteT skins that were for sale. As he made his way up Sitka Round he caught sight of some of the Aleut fugitives, who also caught sight |