ABSTRACT
Oct. 1882 Northwest Company sealing vessel harpoon misfires, killing Tlingit crew member; Tlingits demand payment of 200 blankets; two company men taken hostage by Tlingits to ensure payment, U.S. Navy shells Tlingit village, killing six children; 1928 post office established; 1963 incorporated as a city; 1973 U.S. government pays villagers $90,000 reparations for shelling incident; 1978 Admiralty Island National Monument created; 1989 Greens Creek Mine begins production of silver, zinc, gold, and lead, closed 1993, reopened 1996.
