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What is the History of Wolves? by James Johnnie

imaging you were lost in the winter forest and found a pack of wolves. do you think we can communicate with them? do you think the will help you?

have you ever wondered why people like wolfs? wolves the most misunderstood animals in the forest. many people fear wolves and think they are a threat to humans.nursery ryhmes

In My Father’s Footsteps by James Johnnie
 * Preface**

Did you know that the Tlingits battled the Russians twice in Sitka, in the 1800's? You might know that the Tlingits won the first battle, but you might not know that they lost the second battle, in 1804. The historical fiction story you are about to read is about a boy who experienced the Tlingit and Russian war. **__What is the historical setting for this story?__** The setting is in Sitka, Alaska. The battle is between the Tlingits and the Russians. I set the story in 1804. It is true that the clan leader was Kalyaan in 1804. The Russians lost the first battle, because the Tlingits destroyed their fort; the Russians wanted the land. The Tlingit lost the second battle in 1804, because they lost their ammunition. The Russians had 400 Aleut fur hunters helping them. I made up some characters; I gave them feelings and thoughts. In this story, you will read about how Kukiduck, the son of the Tlingit leader, took over his father's place in the battle of Sitka, in 1804.
 * __What is true in this story?__**
 * __What is fictional in this story?__**

**//"Battle//** **of** **//1804//** **- Kiksadi - Tlingit People of** **//Sitka//** **"** Accessed in February 12, 2010. www.kiksadi.com/sitka/tlingit_kiksadi_history.php.
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In My Father’s Footsteps by James Johnnie On an evening in the mid October,1804, the Russian warship Neva left the open sea, Anchored across the other side of the island. Kukiduck had been hunting in the hunting grounds. He was standing close to the trail staring curiously at the Russian warship's shadow. He was thinking if he should tell every one in the village or just keep it to himself? He ran back. It was a long way back, and as he was running back he heard the Russians looking for us in the woods and on the beach shouting, He ran towards his father in the fort, he told his father. His father knew that they had 400 Aleut fur hunters, they were using them as slaves, so they can try to help the Russians win the battle. Kukiduck was 15. He was looking at his father, who is K`alyaan the clan leader. He was telling Kukiduck and the village, "The Russians have landed on the beaches. We must prepare for a battle, young men: stay here and protect the women and children. Warriors we will stay outside the fort walls, with flintlocks and daggers." Kukiduck stands up angrily and says," But we young men can fight too." K`alyaan shouted, " NO! You must stay here and protect the people in the fort." The Russians were firing at the fort with canons from the ships, but did not do any damage to the fort, because the fort walls were too thick. The fort was made out of 1,000 thick spruce trees. Kukiduck watched his father put on his armor; he had a dagger and a flintlock. There were about 800 other warriors with him. K`alyaan said, "Let your ancestors be your strength!" He shouted, and the warriors shouted loudly back, then they ran out of the fort. Kukiduck stood for a moment, feeling proud, but also angry and sad. I am going too! His mother tries to stop him, as he was running out side the fort he heard his mother say, "It’s too dangerous, don’t go." As he was hiding in the edge of the forest he saw my father and the other warriors with him. One of the Russians said, "THERE THEY ARE!"

K`alyaan saw the Russians with 400 sea otter hunters with them, they had 3 ships and 1 warship, the Neva anchored, the Tlingits were firing over the heads of the Aleuts heads and hitting only the Russians, One of the warriors hit the Alexander Baranov captain with a dagger, but he did not kill him, just sustaining serious injures. They went back inside the fort walls because they did not have enough ammunition. The clan leader, K`alyaan told 4 strong warriors to get ammunition that we stored in a cave called silver bay. He told them to get it at night, and not fire back at them, So the Russians won’t see them, but they were too inpatient to get it at night, so they went during the middle of the day. They made it to get the ammunition in to the canoe but when they were heading back to the fort a few of the Russians saw them crossing the river, Then they started to fire at the 4 Tlingit warriors, so one of the Tlingits warriors fired back at them when. When he fired, a spark went into the gunpowder and exploded, killing them and destroying all their ammunition.

Later in the middle of the day, some of the people were on watch, to see what are the Russians are going to do next. They saw some of the Russian weapons out on the beach, they had to abandon them. They were waiting for the clan allies for a long time. But clan allies of the north did not come. The Tlingits thought they had abandoned them. There was only Angoon, Hoonah, Kake, Auke Bay, and Klukwan who were the ones who took part in the battle in Sitka. Baranov told the Russians to fire the canons onto the fort all day. They have little ammunition, only enough for one more fight. The next day they were waiting outside the walls of their fort, the Russians came to shore. They started to fire, killing a few of the Russians. They killed a lot of their warriors. K`alyaan was wounded by one of the Russian commander's sword. He was not going to survive, because they did not have the medicine like the Russians had. After one night his father died. Feeling sad before he died, he told the villagers and warriors what to do. "You must leave the fort at night, up the mountain, you must go in groups,"

So they left in groups going up the mountain. As Kukiduck was going up the mountain he was thinking who would take his father's place. Some one said. "You, the son of K`alyaan." And as he was walking, he was imagining the warship leaving Sitka. When they came back they were trying to make peace with the Russians again, but they did not. They trying and trying, then the Russians finally agreed to be peaceful again, But is they come hunting anywere in southeast Alaska or near southeast or even set foot on our grounds. They would be killed. They never set foot on our lands for a very long time.