Топик: The History of Alaska история Аляски

scientist George Davidson so impressed Kohklux,

chief of the Chilkat Indian village of Klukwan, he

drew him an incredibly detailed map of a vast part

of the interior of the Yukon and Alaska.

- In 1871 , of the 41 whaling ships hunting in the Bering Sea,

32 are trapped by early ice; all of the 1,200 people

on the ships escaped, but 31 of the ships were

destroyed the following spring.

August

- In 1876 , twelve whaling ships are trapped by ice near Point

Barrow; 50 men die attempting to reach safety.

July 2

- In 1882 , George Krause becomes the first white man

allowed to cross the Chilkat Pass to the interior.

- In 1894, a resolution of the Privy Council authorizes the

North-West Mounted Police into the Yukon "in

the interests of peace and good government, in

the interests also of the public revenue." By June

26, Inspector Charles Constantine and Staff-

Sergeant Charles Brown were at Juneau, heading

for the goldfields of the British Yukon.

October 2

- In 1895 , the North-west Territories was divided into the

Districts of Franklin, Mackenzie, Ungava and

Yukon.

August 17

- In 1896, a party consisting of George Carmack, his wife

Kate, Skookum Jim, Tagish Charlie and Patsy

Henderson stake placer gold claims on Rabbit