The Story of Sitka Part 6

Peter Egorovich Chistiakof, Oct. 14, 1825, to June 1st, 1830.

Baron Ferdinand Von Wrangell, June 1st, 1830, to Oct. 29, 1835.

Ivan Antonovich Kupreanof, Oct. 29, 1835, to May 25, 1840.

Adolf Karlovich Etolin, May 25, 1840, to July 9, 1845.

Michael Dmitrevich Tebenkof, July 9, 1845, to Oct. 14, 1850.

Nikolai Yakovlevich Rosenberg, Oct. 14, 1850, to March 31, 1853.

Alexander Ilich Rudakof, March 31, 1853, to April 22, 1854.

Stephen Vasili Voevodski, April 22, 1854, to June 22, 1859.

Ivan Vasilivich Furuhelm, June 22, 1859, to Dec. 2, 1863.

Prince Dmitri Maksoutof, Dec. 2, 1863, to Oct. 18, 1867.]

[Footnote 22: The Russian soldiery were dressed in a dark uniform, trimmed with red, with glazed caps. The United States troops appeared in the usual full dress.

Of American ladies, six were present: the wives of General Davis, Colonel Weeks, Capt. Wood, and Rev. Mr. Rainier, of the "John L.

Stevens," the wife of Mr. Dodge, Collector of the Port, and the wife of Captain MacDougall, of the "Jamestown." Six Russian ladies were also present: the Princess Maksoutoff, the wife and daughter of Vice-Governor Gardsishoff, and three whose names I do not know. H. Ex. Doc. No. 177, 40th Cong. 2nd Sess., p. 72.]

[Footnote 23: On the lowering of the Russian ensign it caught in the halyards and a sailor was sent aloft to release it. He tore it loose and flung it down on the bayonets of the Russian soldiery.]

[Footnote 24: On December 14, 1807, the Russian s.h.i.+p "Czaritza," sailed for Russia, via London, with 168 pa.s.sengers. January 1, 1868, the Russian s.h.i.+p "Cyane" cleared for Novgorod, Asia, with 69 soldiers of the garrison on board. November 30, 1868, the Russian s.h.i.+p "Winged Arrow,"

went to Kronstadt, but there is no record of the pa.s.sengers. April 24th, 1868, the American steamer "Alexander" took special clearance for Nikolofski, Asia, to touch at all the posts along the Alaskan coasts to close up the business of the Russian American Company. Customs Records of Alaska, Record of Clearances.

The s.h.i.+p "Winged Arrow" sailed on December 8th, 1868, for St.

Petersburg, taking over 300 persons. Seattle Intelligencer, January 11, 1869. This is the same voyage as the one above under the clearance of November 30th.]

[Footnote 25: If we may believe the current reports of the time, the military occupation of Sitka was anything but a happy time for the civil inhabitants, especially the Russians who remained. See Colyer's Report, Ex. Doc. H. R. 41st Cong. 2nd Ses., p. 1030; Seattle Intelligencer, December 14th. 1868; The Victoria Colonist, et al.]

[Footnote 26: Annahootz, the friend of the whites, married his 13th wife. Afterward becoming blind and decrepit he starved himself to death.

See Sitka Alaskan, February 6, 1890.

Katlean still lives at Sitka and may often be seen on the streets of the town.]

[Footnote 27: The population of Sitka in 1818 was: Russian, 190; Creoles, 72; Aleuts, 173 of males, and female 185; of Russian and Creole, total, 620. Materialui, pt. 3, p. 20.

January 1, 1825, there were: Russians, 309; Creoles, 58; Aleuts, 33.

Total, 400. Ib. p. 52.

In April, 1880, citizens by birth, 92; citizens by naturalization, 123; citizens by treaty, 229. Total, 444. Beardslee's Report, 47th Cong. Sen.

Ex. Doc. No. 71, p. 34. In this census are many names well known in Alaska by the "Old Timers," as: A. T. Whitford, John G. Brady, N. A.

Fuller, M. Travis, Edward DeGroff, S. Sessions, R. Willoughby, M. P.

Berry, A. Cohen, Miss P. Cohen, Miss H. Cohen, Ed. Bean, D. Ackerman, A.

Milletich, P. T. Corcoran, L. Caplin, Pierre Erussard, Ed. Doyle, George E. Pilz, Nicholas Haley, John McKenna, Reub Albertson, John Olds and others.]

[Footnote 28: Governors of Alaska who made their residence at Sitka:

John H. Kinkead, of Nevada, appointed July 4, 1884. Alfred P.

Swineford, of Michigan, appointed May 8, 1885. Lyman E. Knapp, of Vermont, appointed April 32, 1889. James Sheakley, of Alaska, appointed June 28, 1893. John G. Brady, of Alaska, appointed June 23, 1897. ]

[Footnote 29: "The United States District Court, established by the Act of May 17th, 1884, was formerly organized on the 4th day of November of that year in a room set apart for the use of the court in the old barracks building at Sitka, the following officers being present: Ward McAllister, Jr., Judge; Andrew T. Lewis, Clerk of the Court; Munson C.

Hillyer, U. S. Marshal; Edward W. Haskett, District Attorney.

"On the same day John F. McLean, an officer connected with the signal service, and Major M. P. Berry, a veteran of the Civil and Mexican wars, were admitted to the bar, as well as District Attorney Haskett. These three gentlemen comprised the Alaska Bar of Attorneys until June 20th, 1885, when Mr. John G. Held was added to the roll and in the month of October, 1885, Willoughby Clark, John F. Maloney, R. D. Crittenden, and John G. Brady were admitted." Alaska Bar a.s.sociation and Sketch of the Judiciary, by Arthur K. Delaney.]

[Footnote 30: The first church in Alaska was built at Kodiak (Paulovski) in 1795, the next at Unalaska soon after, and the third at Sitka in 1817.]