Voyage of the Zacharias and Elizabeth, fitted out by Kul-
koff, and commanded by Drufmin— They fa il to Umnak
and Unalalhka, and winter upon the latter ifland— ïbe
vejfel defiroyed, and all the crew, except four, murdered
by the ifianders— The adventures of thefe four Ruffians,
and their wonderful efcape.
I S H A L L here barely mention that a veffel was fitted
out in Auguft, 1760, at the expenee of Te-rrenti
Tfebaëffkoi : but I ffiall have occafion to be very cir-
cumftantial in my accounts concerning feveral others,
which failed during the following years : .more copious
information concerning the Fox Iflands haying been
procured from thefe voyages, although for the moft
part unfortunate, than from all the preceding ones.
In 176a four velfels failed for the Fox Iflands : of
thefe only one returned fafe to Kamtchatka.
voyage of 'The firft was the Zacharias and Elizabeth, fitted out
Drufmin in the _ ,
by KulkofF, a merchant of Vologda and Company, under
the command of Drufmin, and manned by thirty-four
Ruffians, and three Kamtchadals.
September
September the 6th, they weighed anchor from Ochotlk,
and arrived October the. n th in the haven of St. Peter
and Paul, where they wintered. June the 24th, 1763,
they again put to fea, and having reached, after eleven
■ days failing, the neareft Aleutian Iflands, they anchored
before Atach. They ftaid here about fourteen days,
and took up feven Ruffians who had been fhipwrecked
«on this coaft. Among thefe was Korelin, who returned
to Kamtchatka, and brought back the following account
o f the voyage.
July the 17th, they failed from Atach towards« the
more diftant iflands.1 In the fame month they landed
upon an ifland, where the crew of the Andrean and
Natalia was engaged in hunting; and, having laid in 3
provifion of water, continued their voyage.
In the beginning of September they arrived at Umnak,
one of the Fox Iflands, and caft anchor about a
verft from the fhore. They found there Glottoff’s veffel,
whofe voyage will be mentioned in a fucceeding chapter*.
Drufinin immediately difpatched his firft mate Maefnifk
and Korelin, with thirty-four of the crew, to land. They
palfed over to the Eaftern extremity of the ifland, which
-was diftant about feventy verfts from the veffel; and returned
fafe on the 1 2th of September. During this ex-
Chap. X.
M pedition.