Fall of Russian post at Laax̱aayík (Yakutat) (Eyak win)

Attempts were made by Baranov in 1792 to established Russian presence in the area of Hinchinbrook Island, Yakutat Tlingit and Eyak allies chased off Baranov and his party. Russians returned in 1796 and established fort at Yakutat, interfering with traditional fishing sites. Following the Tlingit uprising in Sitka in 1802, on August 20, 1805, warriors of the Eyak clan led by Tanukh and Lushwak, and their allies from the Tlingit clan, burned Yakutat and killed the Russians who remained there. The attack was carefully planned and organized by Tanukh, who entered the fortress and killed the commander of the fortress, after which, according to Native legends, at his signal, "every warrior killed his Russian." Of the entire population of the Russian colony in Yakutat in 1805, according to official data, 14 Russians died "and with them many more islanders," that is, Kodiak and Chugach. The fall of Yakutat was another heavy blow to the Russian colonies. An important economic and strategic base on the coast of America was lost, and the site was never reoccupied.