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KODIAK .
DIARY ...
History, descriptions and per
sonal experiences in old-time
Kodiak were the topics treated
by Mr. W. J. Eiskine in a speech
given by him at the Rotary
luncheon Tuesday. Knowing our
readers’ interest in the subject,
the following article contains the
material as presented in the
speech, with additional material
obtained from Mr. Erskine.
Early History
Vitus Bering, in 1741, sighted
Kodiak island but thought it
was part of the mainland. His
ship went on to the westward,
and the vessel was wrecked on
what is now Bering island. Ber
ing died there, blit his crew fab
ricated a makeshift vessel and
returned to Kamqhatka the fol
lowing year.
Captain James Cook, for the
British Admiralty, sailed from
Plymouth, England, July 12j
1776 and visited Alaska in search
of a northern trade route. He al
so saw Kodiak island but thought
it was a peninsula and went on
westward. He explored and nam
ed Bristol bay and then returned
to Unalaska for ship repaiis
Credited with being the hrst,
man to visit the island was Ste
phen Glottof, in 1762. (Ed. note:
His ship was attacked while at
Kodiak. There is also a story of
a vessel arriving at Alitak, pre
sumably this one, and that the
natives went to it to trade and
were set upon by the ship’s crew
and all their furs taken from
them.)
First Russian settlement on
Kodiak island was at Three
Saint’s bay,established by Sheli
kof. Shelikof was a type to seek
personal aggrandizement and
many of his claims, especially as
to number of natives, cannot be
taken as authentic. Best auth
orities give native population ol
the island as not more than
12.000, moie likely less than
8.000.
| At Three Saint’s bay schools
1 were established, a church start
ed, and trade relations with the
natives as far as Cook Inlet were
made. As there was scarcely any
timber there and as it was desir
ed to establish a permanent
' camp, a new location was sought
I
and found at the present location j
of Kodiak. When Mr. Erskine
first visited Three Saint’s bay
outlines of old Russian founda
tions could be seen from the hills.
On a visit 25 years later all evid
ence was gone.
The move to St. Paul’s harbor
was made in 1793.
Baranof arrived as governor
of the Russian American comp
any, which had complete control
of trade and colonization of the
new country, and lived in Kodiak
for 9 years and then moved 1o
Sitka.
Conditions of living were aim
cult. Two or three years would
pass with no communications
from St. Petersburg and the men
would run out of food and cloth
ing. The natives, according to
the Russian standards, were ex
tremely immoral, and at Baran
of’s request 10 monks arrived at
Kodiak in 1794 to establish
Christianity. The monks were
delegated to different points in
this region.
The clothing of the natives
then consisted chiefly of parkas
made of the breasts of birds or
sea otter skins. They also wore
the Kamalinkas, fashioned from
the intestines of bear or sea lions
Footwear, used little because
most travel was by the sea, was
very crude, sometimes consisting
only of a rough wrapping of furs.
The natives painted their bodies
with soot and mineral colors and
used piercing ornaments in their
noses, cheeks and lips.
Their food came chiefly from
the sea They ate salmon, sea
lion, sea ducks and seals. Birds
of various kinds, eggs and roots
were also a part of their diet.
They were generally improvident
although for winter use berries
were preserved in seal oil, as
were seal and the meat of the
other pelagic animals.
Habitat of the natives was
crude. They lived in community j
houses, consisting of large bar-1
abaras, a sod-covered dugoutj
with a fireplace in the center,,
housing 15 to 20 families each.
Their boats, or bidarkas, were
well made, with 1 and 2 hatches,
although the Russians introduc
ed the 3-hatch adaptation, pro
viding space for 2 paddlers and a
hunter. Weapons consisted of
bows and arrows and darts and
spears shot by means of a throw
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