
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Elwood_Blues:
And were pretty brutal about it. I remember one old timer I used to work with saying without a hint of shame those pre-US days were the height of SE Native culture.
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IIRC, they kicked the Russians' ass at their new settlement of New Archangel (Sitka), and then Baranov returned with a big fleet and Aleut allies to retake it.
Could you imagine kayaking from Kodiak to Sitka?