Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-27

| Indians into submission. Before tbey
left the fort they killed their children
And dogs. and when Baranof landed
ne found The only live occupant was :,
single old woman.
i"'rahCf then moved the site OF Sitka
eisht miles. to where the town now is
ana ne erected the great log BUILDINGS
many of which were here when We
TOOK possession. II was about the time
ne came to Sitka that the Russian Fur
! Company was formed. This was Il
/ in"n"polN backed by the government,
inc Gar and the Empress and many
81 the nobility beiiiw among the stock
h"idcis. Baramof continued to man
az" The territory Until 1917. when.
through Misrepresentation ana under
hdhd political work. he VAS dcposed.
~" left Sitka and died on his way home
at Batavia. Java. IN l>l?
Alaska continued to belong to Rus
STA from the death Of Baranof until
1916. During that time much of the
coast was explored. TIA. Yukon River
was opened up as far as the mouth of
the Tanana by lieutenant Iagosliiu and
NoiHebuc went through i;criuS Strait
ana discovered kotHcDu" Sound, OF the
Arctic Ocean north OF the Seward Pen
ii!Sula. The dclt;, Of the EuskoS " m
was pretty we'll known and tn. south
crn coast including the Panhandle. the
49,
and the \leutian Islands We're explored.
Complications. however. were arising
as to the territory with the British.
who. under the Hudson's Bay Company.
were pushing their trading stations
>,,t ,,, VI, ~ III.
~, ,',.' ,n" ''"SSia became ANXIOUS iNs'
- o"'" ''' ~" we Minus
trinean war II offered 30 sell US Alaska.
nut President Pierce refused TO be
NE. 80
-. "E'" ''h'u w. WI" ~
,r g ooo onn ''' o., ','e 81" "','
,IocIin.a Nv, 49, % ~, "' M'
,i,,:
, 49, ~ 'i'
tween the North and ,hc South which
ended i'm III. ,iyi, War Tho nro-sl.
very cl.mcn, would not agree TO the
purchase Of an, mare ,crritory tim,
was likely 10 he unu-sIaveho,dinr AMI
the suhicc, was ,irouped until after m.
clos. O, the war
.,,.,,u,.r,n san,
800, :, r,.>,
- was III N"' '''t me Western 'hloh
'c!"s'"rh '''lipdiE piaHhch IN hniid
= i"h" I'M" "trnSS North Nherica |"
ASIA ana niue iater 'hey sent "N-
pl"ra''oh p"rt'tS Gown me fukoh ana
over me seward peninsula 10 HerinG
al 49,. VIZ, ,.,,In,. mn ,ra,,o,,, t.,h
now inforn,,,io, r.word;r" ,',.i,,
tic, .aro .hou, -.,I,. -, , 80:
lin. ,,ro,,,b Yhon ~, ,,,,n,;c ahI.
was found To be success and the
work dropped In the meantime an
Increased interest had sprung up re-
gardiny Alaska The negotiations for
lis purchase were resumed. and. to cut
short most interesting story. Russia
offered 10 sell the territory 10 ne for
about cents an acre The actual fig
urcs We're S1.o00.000 with an extra
goo. 900 which was 10 20 20 settle the
claims OF the Russians already resid-
Inn there and pay the cost Of :he
transfer.
This rr,,osi,i,, ,v,s dis.,..I ,
tn. two Governments o,,d T.. 90. "a.
ON. night that BARON S,o.kl tho nrs-
sian ,mb.ssador came To rho bousa nj
William n Sew,rd ,ur Secr.,,r ~
Stat. and told him ina, h. had ;us,
received dispatches from ~. cz,, an
ihorizinc him TO n,rkc treaties 10 ina,
eject SECRETARY Seward vas nl,,inr
whist a, til. time aud the amhnss,dnr
said thar he would come ;o m. c.,+.
penurtrcr, ON IN. morrow IN u,ate
Tin. treaty S.cr.iarv S.vnra r.rIi.J.
WHY should ". wait ln,il to-r,,rrov
Mr Ambassador L., II. MAKE The
treaty Tonight"
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