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Umnak Island was first reached by independent Russian fur traders in the 1750's. Abuses by the Russians lead to an alliance among Aleuts in the Fox Islands. In the winter of 1761-1762 the crews of four Russian ships were massacred. This include one crew on Umnak of which there were no survivors. Russian traders responded with a scorched-earth campaign in 1764 that essentially ended Aleut independence.