An Alaskan Tale by Jiro Nitta
[Printed in Japan by Shinchosha Publishing]
translated by Motokuni Eto
[Yahoo! books shopping,   ISBN:0819173894  university press of America 02/01/1991/208page]

Frank Yasuda has been looked up to as a benefactor to the Eskimos

Monday, April 30, 2001

The family tree of the Yasuda; Sendai Miyagi Japan
Mr. Jason Devlin!   How do you do?   Are you one of the great-grandchildren of Frank Yasuda ?   Are you from Valdez, Alaska ?   Are you one of the studets of "University of Nevada" ?   Is your major chemistry?             from    mr. Gon chan Sasano
The relationship between Japan and Alaska   The relationship between Japan and Alaska dates back to 1893 when Frank Yasuda,  a cabin boy on the Coast Guard cutter Bear, went to Barrow to obtain food after his ship became trapped in ice.   He delivered the supplies to the Bear but decided to settle in Barrow.   Times were hard in Barrow so Mr. Yasuda led groups of Natives to the banks of the Yukon River where he helped establish the settlement of Beaver.   Mr. Yasuda devoted most of his life to the people of Beaver until his death in 1958.