They learned what is a fact-that the extreme west coast of Alaska is as far west of Sitka as Portland, Maine, is east of Portland, Oregon, and the further fact that San Francisco lacks 4,000 mile's of being as far west as Uncle Sam's "Land's End," at extreme Western Alaska.
"Oregon, Washington and Alaska; Sights and Scenes for the Tourist"
E. L. Lomax
There are some 1,500 people living in Sitka, including all races.
"Oregon, Washington and Alaska; Sights and Scenes for the Tourist"
E. L. Lomax
The fact is, there is scarcely a perceptible shade of difference in manners between the Chilians, Peruvians, and Mexicans; there is none in their language, dress, or religion; and sailors, who pay but little regard to arbitrary divisions of continents, are in the habit of calling all the quondam possessions of his Most Catholic Majesty, that border upon the Pacific, by the general name of South America, upon the same principle, I presume, that they call the whole of that ocean the "South Sea," though they may be at that very moment anchored in Sitka, or cruizing in the chops of Behring's Straits.
"An Old Sailor's Yarns"
Nathaniel Ames