Kaiete Point

Kaiete Point (52˚04'00" 127˚57'00" NE end of Hunter I, SE of Bella Bella). Kaiete is the hereditary name of one of the principal chieftainships of the Heiltsuk First Nation. The chief who bore this name (also spelled Calete) in 1805 was killed while leading an attack on the US trading vessel Atahualpa. This incursion, which took place in a bay on the E side of Spiller Channel, was repelled, but with the deaths of 10 crew members (9 more were wounded, leaving only 4 to sail the ship) and about...

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