Sitka Alaska Travel Russian Defeat Postcard

Sitka Alaska, Photo of Thompson Harbour. Some History from Wikipedia: The current name Sitka (derived from Sheet’ká, a contraction of the Tlingit Shee At'iká)[5] means "People on the Outside of Baranof Island," whose Tlingit name is Sheet’-ká X'áat'l (here contracted to Shee). Russian explorers settled Old Sitka in 1799, naming it Fort of Archangel Michael (Russian: форт Архангела Михаила, t Fort Arkhangela Mikhaila). The governor of Russian America, Alexander Baranov, arrived under the auspices of the Russian-American Company, a colonial trading company chartered by Tsar Paul I. In June 1802, Tlingit warriors destroyed the original settlement, killing many of the Russians, with only a few managing to escape.[6]: 37–39  Baranov was forced to levy 10,000 rubles in ransom for the safe return of the surviving settlers.[7]