Abstract
THE PURCHASE of Alaska in 1867 signified a marked departure in the expansionist policies of the United States. It presented problems of territorial government never before faced by the nation. The adverse climate, the primitive conditions of life, the hugeness of the land mass, the sparseness of its population, as well as its separation from the United States proper, were but a few of the problems which confronted the American government in attempting to administer this territory.' These problems, however, were relatively insignificant compared to the reluctance of the United States to take any positive action in governing the area, an attitude in contradiction to the one expressed in acquiring Alaska. In the treaty of cession of 1867, the United States government promised that the inhabitants of that territory
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