An Alaska Native hunter conscripted by the Russian American Company, Ivan Kyglaia was part of a sea otter hunting crew taken to San Nicolas Island in 1815. The group paddled their kayaks to San Pedro near Los Angeles, where they were captured by the Spanish. Kyglaia escaped and paddled back to San Nicolas Island. He lived there with Philip Atash’sha while waiting to return to Russian Alaska.
DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kashkak, Kodiak Island, Alaska
DATE OF DEATH: Unknown
PLACE OF BURIAL: Unknown
References
Gibson, James R. and Alexei A. Istomin with the assistance of Valery A. Tishkov. Russian California 1806–1860: A History in Documents, Vol. 1. London: Ashgate (2014): 406–08.
Istomin, Alexei A., James R. Gibson, and Valery A. Tishkov. Russia in California: Russian Documents on Fort Ross and Russian-Californian Relations in 1803–1850. Moscow: Nauka, 2005: 318–320.
Morris, Susan L., Glenn J. Farris, Steven J. Schwartz, Irina V. L. Wender, and Boris Dralyuk. “Murder, Massacre, and Mayhem on the California Coast, 1814–1815: Newly Translated Russian Documents Reveal Company Concern Over Violent Clashes.” Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 34, 1 (2014): 81–100.
DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kashkak, Kodiak Island, Alaska
DATE OF DEATH: Unknown
PLACE OF BURIAL: Unknown
References
Gibson, James R. and Alexei A. Istomin with the assistance of Valery A. Tishkov. Russian California 1806–1860: A History in Documents, Vol. 1. London: Ashgate (2014): 406–08.
Istomin, Alexei A., James R. Gibson, and Valery A. Tishkov. Russia in California: Russian Documents on Fort Ross and Russian-Californian Relations in 1803–1850. Moscow: Nauka, 2005: 318–320.
Morris, Susan L., Glenn J. Farris, Steven J. Schwartz, Irina V. L. Wender, and Boris Dralyuk. “Murder, Massacre, and Mayhem on the California Coast, 1814–1815: Newly Translated Russian Documents Reveal Company Concern Over Violent Clashes.” Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 34, 1 (2014): 81–100.
Last updated: November 17, 2018