Battle of Sitka
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Was the last major armed conflict between Russians and Alaska Natives, and was initiated in response to the destruction of a Russian trading post two years before.
Chronology
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July 1802: In June 1802, a group of Tlingit warriors attacked the Russian fort at mid-day. Led by Skautlelt and Kotleian, the raiding party massacred many, looted the sea otter pelts, and burned the settlement, including a ship under construction.
October 1804: The battle of Sitka was initiated in response to the destruction of a Russian trading post two years before.
August 1799: Wishing to avoid a confrontation with the Kiks.ádi, the group passed by the strategic hilltop encampment where the Tlingit had established Noow Tlein ("Big Fort") and made landfall at their second-choice building site, some 11 km north of the colony. The location of the Russian settlement at Katlianski Bay, "Redoubt Saint Michael," is known today as Starrigavan Bay, or "Old Harbor". The outpost consisted of a large warehouse, blacksmith shop, cattle sheds, barracks, stockade, block house, a bath house, quarters for the hunters, and a residence for Baranov.
