Battle of Sitka

Battle of Sitka
Part of the Russian colonization of the Americas and the American Indian Wars

Battle of Sitka by Louis S. Glanzman, 1988
Date1–4 October 1804
Location
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
 Russia Tlingit Kiks.ádi Clan
Commanders and leaders
Russian Empire Alexandr Baranov
Russian Empire Yuri Lisyansky
Katlian
Strength
150+ Russians
400 Aleuts
14 guns
750–800 (estimated)
Casualties and losses
12 killed, many wounded Unknown

The Battle of Sitka (Russian: Сражение при Ситке; 1804) was the last major armed conflict between Russians and Alaska Natives, and was initiated in response to the destruction of a Russian trading post two years before. The primary combatant groups were the Kiks.ádi ("Ones of Kíks", Frog/Raven) Clan of Sheetʼká Xʼáatʼi (Baranof Island) of the Tlingit nation and agents of the Russian-American Company assisted by the Imperial Russian Navy.