Tlingit shaman Tith Klane, was killed by an exploding harpoon gun on a whaling ship owned by the North West Trading Co., his employer. The Tlingit contended that far from taking hostages ...

Accounts on what prompted the Naval bombardment vary between military and native histories but generally cite the accidental death of a Tlingit shaman as a key event that led to the violence.

While many details of what caused the destruction at Angoon have been lost to time over the years, what is known is that it began with the accidental death of a Tlingit shaman, who was killed ...

Accounts vary as to what prompted its destruction, but they generally begin with the accidental death of a Tlingit shaman, Tith Klane. Klane was killed when a harpoon gun exploded on a whaling ...

Accounts vary as to what prompted its destruction, but they generally begin with the accidental death of a Tlingit shaman, Tith Klane. Klane was killed when a harpoon gun exploded on a whaling ...

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Shells fell on the Alaska Native village as winter approached, and then sailors landed and burned what was left of homes, ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Shells fell on the Alaska Native village as winter approached, and then sailors landed and burned what was left of homes, food caches and canoes. Conditions grew so dire in ...

Accounts vary as to what prompted its destruction, but they generally begin with the accidental death of a Tlingit shaman, Tith Klane. Klane was killed when a harpoon gun exploded on a whaling ...

Accounts vary as to what prompted its destruction, but they generally begin with the accidental death of a Tlingit shaman, Tith Klane. Klane was killed when a harpoon gun exploded on a whaling ...