. Our country: West. usly the battery of the Ossipee boomed out thenational salute to the descending colors. Then, as the American flag ran up the line, and the Starsand Stripes floated out on the breeze, a prolonged cheer thatrang over the waters came from our three ships, while theRussian water battery on the wharf returned the nationalsalute to the American eagle. After a few more formal cere-monies, the reign of America had begun. OUR ONE AMERICAN CASTLE. 5 In 1869 Mr. Seward and an official party visited Sitka,and were entertained in state at the castle, where GeneralJefferson C. Davis he
. Our country: West. usly the battery of the Ossipee boomed out thenational salute to the descending colors. Then, as the American flag ran up the line, and the Starsand Stripes floated out on the breeze, a prolonged cheer thatrang over the waters came from our three ships, while theRussian water battery on the wharf returned the nationalsalute to the American eagle. After a few more formal cere-monies, the reign of America had begun. OUR ONE AMERICAN CASTLE. 5 In 1869 Mr. Seward and an official party visited Sitka,and were entertained in state at the castle, where GeneralJefferson C. Davis held command. The festivities made thelast gala season the place has known. Secretary Seward carried away a large collection ofAlaskan curiosities and souvenirs. By the etiquette of thecountry, the fur robes laid for him to sit on in the lodges ofthe chiefs were his forever after, and the interchange of giftsmade his visit one long to be remembered among the natives. Mr. Seward took with him a dance cloak, covered with. ^--^^X ^^^^1 fi II x** ^ . ? - iniilMMlll|]--|5H|j||.||l|hlllll|l|- The Old Castle. Chinese coins, which the Russians had probably obtainedin their trade with China, and sold to the Indians for the Chinese Embassy visited Mr. Seward afterward athis home, they gave him the names of the coins. Some ofthese dated back to the fifth centurj^ and others to the firstcentury of the Christian era. When the castle was turned over to the United Statesauthorities as government property, it was magnificentlyfurnished and in perfect condition; but in the period after the 6 OUR ONE AMERICAN CASTLE. troops were withdrawn and before the civil government wasestablished it was neglected, like everything else, and hasbeen completely stripped, spoiled and defaced. Every portable thing has been carried off — the beautifullywrought chandelier, the queer knobs and massive hinges ofthe doors, even the huge old porcelain stoves from great lantern, and even the reflec
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