Cungagnaq, presumably a native of Kodiak Island (Aleutian Islands) is said to have received the Christian name of Peter when he was baptized into the Orthodox faith by the monks of St. Herman's missionaries operating in the north. In 1815 a group of Aleut seal and otter hunters, including Peter, was captured by Spanish sailors, who took them to San Francisco, California for interrogation, which probably occurred at Mission San Francisco de Asis, … Wikipedia
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