Alaska and the Panama canal . nt out to Alaska. The old man, not favoring thematch, sent the young prince on a mission which was reportedto the daughter as resulting in the death of her lover. Shetook the matter so much to heart that she committed suicide,and it is said that in a certain room in the old palace the ghostappears twice a year. I was in this room at Sitka, but amsorry to say it was the wrong day on which to see the ghostwalk. Baranof, like many another hard-fisted dictator of the olddays, fostered religion, and during his administration manyGreek Catholic missionaries came to Alas
Alaska and the Panama canal . nt out to Alaska. The old man, not favoring thematch, sent the young prince on a mission which was reportedto the daughter as resulting in the death of her lover. Shetook the matter so much to heart that she committed suicide,and it is said that in a certain room in the old palace the ghostappears twice a year. I was in this room at Sitka, but amsorry to say it was the wrong day on which to see the ghostwalk. Baranof, like many another hard-fisted dictator of the olddays, fostered religion, and during his administration manyGreek Catholic missionaries came to Alaska and churches wereestablished. Even today a majority of the Esquimaux, Indiansand half-breeds of Alaska are in the Greek Catholic Church. The Russian-American Trading Company grew and pros-pered exceedingly under Baranof, agreeing to pay a certainpercentage of its earnings to the Russian Government for theprivilege of practically monopolizing the whole of Alaska. Ofcourse, the Government was in doubt, and had good reason to. GREEK CHURCH, UNALASKA M>* a
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