What the records say
- When
- Feb 1869
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 56.97° N, 133.93° W
- Description
- conflict in Alaska
Kake War
1869 conflict in Alaska
The Kake War was the destruction in February, 1869, of three semi-permanent winter villages and two forts near present-day Kake, Alaska, by the USS Saginaw. Prior to the conflict, two white trappers were killed by the Kake in retribution for the death of two Kake departing Sitka village by canoe.
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