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Fox 1 {lands.
This veffel, fitted out at the expence of Betflievin, a
merchant of Irkutfk, was called Gabriel; and put to fea
from the mouth of the Bolfhaia Reka July 31ft, 1760.
She was manned with forty Ruffians and twenty Kamt-
chadals, and carried on board Gabriel Pulhkareff, of the
garrifon of Ochotlk, Andrew Shdanoff, Jacob Sharypoffi
Prokopei LobaflikofF, together with Nikiphor Golodoff,
and Aphanaflei Olkoloff, Betlhevin’s agents.
Having failed through the fecond ftrait of the Kuril
Hies, they reached the Aleutian Hies on the 24th of Au-
guft. They flood out from thence in order to make
new difcoveries among thofe more remote iilands, which
lie in one continued chain to the extent of 15 degrees
of longitude.
September 2 5 they reached Atchu, or Burnt Ifland, and
found the above-mentioned Ihip the St. Vladimir, lying
twenty verfts from that ifland, before Amlach, in danger
of being attacked by the iflanders. They immediately
joined crews in order to enable the enfeebled company
of the St. Vladimir to continue hunting; and as it is ufual
in fuch cafes, entered into a contract for the divifion of
the profit. During that winter the two crews killed
partly upon Siguyam, about 800 fea otters of different
fizes, about 100 medwedki or cubs, fome river otters,
above
above 400 red, greyilh, and black foxes, and collected
twelve pood of fea-horfe teeth.
In June, of the following year, the two crews were
diftributed equally on board the two veffels: Kraffilni-
koff’s . remained at Amlach, with an intention of returning
to Kamtchatka, and Belffievin’s put to fea from Atchu
in queft of other iilands. They touched firft at Umnak Depart, from
where they met Nikiphoroff’s veffel. Here they took'
in wood and water, and repaired their fails: they then
failed to the molt remote ifland Alakfu*, or Alachihak, Stu! “F°”
where, having laid up the ffiip in a bay, they built huts,
and made preparations for wintering. This ifland was
very well inhabited, and the natives behaved at firft in a
very friendly manner, for they trafficked with the Ruffians,
and even delivered up nine of their children as
hoftages; but fuch was the lawlefs and irregular behaviour
of the crew, that the iflanders were foon irritated
and provoked to hoftilities.
In January 1762, Golodoff and Pufhkareff went with
a party of twenty men along the ffiore; and, as they were
attempting to violate fome girls upon the ifland Uny-
umga, were furprifed by a numerous body of the natives:
Golodoff and another Ruffian were killed, and
three were wounded. Not long afterwards the watch of
* This is proba^ljr (he fame ifland which is laid down in Krenitzin’s
chart under the name o f Alaxa. :
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