My informant heard this story from an old Tlingit from the Stikine. It is of peculiar interest as containing a native account of the struggle between Baranof and the Indians at Sitka. It differs from the Russian account, however, in so many particulars that it is evident that few real facts are preserved. [[380]]
[1] The Tlingit equivalent of Dī′lᴀ, “sand-hill crane”. [↑]
[2] An exclamation indicating extreme terror. [↑]
[3] The chief at Sitka. He was really named Katlian. [↑]
[4] Rocks were filled in between two walls of timber. [↑]
[5] That is, the white people; in this case, the Russians. [↑]
Fights between the Town-of-Tcꜝā′ał-gîtî′ns and the Middle-gîtî′ns
[Told by Richard of the Middle-gîtî′ns]