The Alaska citizen., 1910-08-13
s& ] The P Pioneer Explorers

gsn.r. were rr wines important .aa-..- . ua Russian fur trade Hr A.-au T-. s..#.r. Company af- ..- 1T. .r.m... .. E.#ah in l-,3. .a...l. .a.eaHs" ..a sphere of is -. .. H-- F.. ..a l tailoring islands an" mainland n 1-,> au inn. .--aI a-..a a.a.e# .a The company ... ...1....y .m.HE O. ..y regions a..ur. ...a=.I a. H.s aeeHr-. In r-s- an important -..n was taken in ..r.r-.aa N,N.aa- A##r..Eich Par aH#. .H..t #.s...yr 1T. aHr eempane.~ A..r.aa u.sr..s u...... who held aH- post for 2- years. showed him. .eu .a D, d far-l-h-e1 energetic man. .as.-a ..ur.e and interruptions. Inc .ar.E .ar- af his administration a.-. uu- introduction fo he stormy ones sa follow. At taak Inlet ra.ar traders had established them -.s,.-. rmo fea some #my aHarro.ed aaa aaa.. uone themselves. bur aa.rt #a-a# tp a.a,-. fha common ,r,u-. tn. Sa.uE.. Company Al Ieae.H garaHa. aa. forced ro assume aa.ars which a. It'd no. legally possess. and r.--ar.# anr, measure of ..aaa os awo-..ns and mHrjsontng -he rH-,aaer
 h rr, -aa- lme fH-ro. was eHer- a.#.a.s ,u,s.a4 after .. interests as .a company lu o.a.. directions. i .a.lEarE aa- established oH Prince WuaW Sound. and attempts were n.ne f. aaa.eaJaHra at Kodiak and Y..wa.. aal. mo fur trade was H...H #es-aa-E. The first Gr. elk C....I.. w---tu.al.. arrived from Si- H-ra 1t I-aa .a4 a. ao same time n. ar-- ..a....s ore Imported and #,rraf a- Eahua-
 A- .H. clos, of .#s century fae rau-ta <. pe-,r-.ure aa- beejuuiag .a |s moved uE ay.on- Of Inc dis or,r- and oa.ra-s- committed og .nu ur,-.ou-.ll, far traders. and .as v##a .aar. ef .ne #uarreis of the r.HU .oaHM,- T. was. moreover. ae-rtaa. q. ma,u0u.n- Russian pres .r., h America ay responsible rep- reaaaa,.uH |4- if happened lbo t., ~He.5et ua#@Hs with he aid q. aaa... ...a-. "a- able ro ob. .au t u.a ..auer under fine name Q. Ha Hae..aaata.aa.aa Company H.. r..arH a-a-c ....a a-a- #-.aH .... eumars a. dated l5a' a#. aaueH ysH-..s s.l.ges ot H##e aaI aaaua-fou a= Hve=aeen America. glia2 north .. latitude = G.gssa- and H.l..a4 -u. Nesaa Islands. Tn. ouaua gran, was for 2o years hu lNo e>tgn-ion4 pIa ed Ara-aa .a TIC hands a .hl- eomaa." for e. years. From tai- time cn .he history of Alaska up 10 it- transfer ra the l'mte1 S.a'e- .- practically fr history 0f rt.- company "15.H controlled ah.- great monopoly. I@o r...a. a...- uaH #gau'cIE in inc hands .E f.#--laaa ae limits 0. whose ua-#..-taH= ayra determined by ,rga.y With En4IauJ in 1>2-. other nations discontinued their oyplora- lions.
 Iii its early history Jhc Russian. American Company va7 loo much en. gros-ed la aar.lopiae the conner. ciu resources of irs grant 10 make any attempts at extensive eXplora. tiou- or sHrgess However as its agen'- gradually enlarged thefr field of operations. they gained some knowledge of new areas. The hunt. ing trips had already reached south. eastern Alaska and in l799 Fort Archangcl Gabriel was built on Bar auof Island. in Sitka Bay. The war like ThIiukets of this region were far from submitting 10 Russian transgr, ssions as did the Aleuts. and during the entire Russian occupation they proved themselves aggressive neighbors In 1So2 they attacked and demolished Fort Archangel Ga biel, and the few survivors were only saved by the timely arrival of ar English vessel Two years later Bar anof set upon the Thlinkets in force and drove them out of their strong hold, Sitka, of which he took pos session He soon moved the capi tai of the colony from Kodiak tc this new post, which he called New Archangel
 During the early part of the 19th century the activities of the colony under BaranOf's dictatorship, were in the main confined 10 commercial lines. But several minor explora tions were undertaken, chiefly by ma val officers who were in the service of the company. Thus it happened that Khwostof and Dayidof made in vestigations among the Aleutian Isl ands in 1892 In the following yeal Baranof visited the Copper river; and surveys were made in the Alex ander Archipelago and the vicinity of Kodiak by Captains Krusensterr and Lisiansky in 1894 and 1895.