See also:

• SITKA (formerly New Archangel)

SITKA (formerly New See also:

• ARCHANGEL (ARCHANGELSK)
• ARCHANGEL (ARCHANGELSx)

Archangel)  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and historically the most notable See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of See also:

• ALASKA

Alaska, on the W. See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of Baranof See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, in See also:

• SITKA (formerly New Archangel)

Sitka See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

Sound, in See also:

• LAT

lat . 57° 03' N. and See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . 135° 19' W . (from See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich), and about too m . S.S.W. of See also:

• JUNEAU

Juneau . Pop . (189o) 1193 (300 See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white and 893 natives); (191c) 1039 . It is served by steamer from See also:

• SEATTLE

Seattle, See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington; there is See also:

• CABLE (from Late Lat. capulum, a halter, from capere, to take hold of)
• CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1844– )

cable connexion with the See also:

• UNITED

United States, and a six-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day See also:

• MAIL

mail service from Pacific ports, via Juneau . The city is prettily situated on an island-studded and See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain-locked See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, with a back-ground 'of See also:

• FOREST

forest and See also:

• SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow-capped mountain cones; an See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct See also:

• VOLCANO

volcano, Mt See also:

• EDGECUMBE, or EDGECOMBE

Edgecumbe (3467 ft.), on Kruzof Island, is a conspicuous landmark in the See also:

• BAY

bay . Sitka's mean See also:

• ANNUAL

annual temperature is 20 higher than that of See also:

• OTTAWA

Ottawa, and its See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is more equable . The mean annual temperature is about 43° F.; the II monthly means range from 33° (See also:

• JANUARY

January) to 56° (See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August), and the extreme recorded temperature from -40 to 87° F . Two-thirds of the days of the See also:

• YEAR

year are cloudy; on about 208 days in the year it rains or snows; the normal rainfall is 88•r in., the extreme recorded rainfall (in 1886) is 140.26 in .

The city includes an See also:

• AMERICAN

American settlement and an adjoining See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• VILLAGE

village . In addition to U.S. See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government buildings (marine See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks, agricultural experiment station, wireless See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph station and magnetic See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory), there are two public See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools (one for whites and one for Thlinkets), the See also:

• SHELDON, CHARLES MONROE (1857- )
• SHELDON, GILBERT (1598-1677)

Sheldon See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson (ethnological) Museum, which is connected with the Presbyterian See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

Industrial Training School, a parochial school of the Orthodox See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek (See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian) See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, a Russian-Greek Church, built in 1816, and St See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter's-by-the-See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, a See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant Episcopal See also:

• MISSION

mission, built in 1899 . Sitka is the see of a Greek See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic and of a Protestant Episcopal See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop . In its See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• HISTORY

history it was the leading trading See also:

• POST

post of Alaska . After the discoveries of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold in the last See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it wholly lost its commercial primacy, but business improved after the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of gold in 1905 on Chicagoff Island, about 50 M. distant . There is a very slight See also:

• LUMBER

lumber See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry; See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

salmon See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries are of greater importance . In the surrounding region there are gold and See also:

• SILVER

silver mines . Old Sitka or Fort See also:

• ARCHANGEL (ARCHANGELSK)
• ARCHANGEL (ARCHANGELSx)

Archangel See also:

• GABRIEL (Heb. SKns, man of God)

Gabriel, about 6 m. from the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• TOWN

town, was founded in May 1799 . The fort was overwhelmed by the Thlinkets in 1802, but was recaptured by the Russians in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1804 . The settlement was removed at this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time by See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander Baranof to the present site . Thereafter until 1867 it was the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• PORT

port and (succeeding Kodiak) the seat of government of Russian See also:

• AMERICA

America; it is still the headquarters of the Assistant Orthodox Greek bishop of the United States . The formal See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer of Alaska from Russian to American See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at Sitka on the 18th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1867 .

During the next ten years Alaska was governed by the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, and Sitka was an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army post . It was the seat of government of Alaska until 1906, when Juneau became the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital .