During the night the ftorm increafed to fuch a degree,
that the veffel was entirely dafhed to pieces; The
greateft part of the wreck, which was caft on ihore
by the fea, was carried away by the iflanders. They
alfo broke to pieces the barrels of fat, emptied the facks
of provifion, -and deftroyed moft of the furs : having
thus fatisfied their refentment, they went away; and
did not again make their appearance until the 30th of
April. Upon their retiring, the Ruffians collected the
wretched remains which had been left untouched b y
the favages, or which the waves had caft on ihore fihce-
their departure.
April 30, a body of an hundred- and fifty natives
advanced from the Eaftern point of the ifland towards
the tent; and, at the diftance of an hundred yards,
fhot at the Ruffians with fire arms, but luckily without
execution. They alfo fet on fire the high grafs, and
the wind blew the flames towards the tent; but the
Ruffians firing forced the enemy to flight, and gained
time to extinguifh the flames.
This was the laft attack which was made upon Korovin;
although ficknefs and mifery detained him and his companions
upon this fpot until the 2 xft of July. They then
put to fea in a baidar eight yards long, which they
had conftrufted in order to make to ProtaffofPs veffel,
with
with whofe fate they were as yet unacquainted. Their
number was now reduced, to twelve perfons, among
whom were fix Kamtchadals.
After having rowed ten days they landed upon the Ji.c Ruffian, o J J dileover the
beach of the fame ifland Umnak ; there they obferved
the remains of a veffel Which had been burnt, and faw had been mill'
tiered by the
fome clothes, fails, and ropes, torn to pieces. At a fmall Natives,
diftance was an empty Ruffian dwelling, and near it a
bath-room, in which they found, to their inexpreffible
‘terror, twenty dead bodies in their clothes. Each of
them had a thong of leather, or his own girdle, fattened
about the neck, with which he had been dragged along.
Korovin and his: companions recollected them to have
been fome of thofe who had failed in ProtaffofPs veffel;
and could diftinguifh among the reft the commander
Medvedeff. They difeovered no further traces of the
remaining crew ; and as none ever appeared, we have
no account of the circumftances with which this ca-
taftrophe was attended.
- After having buried. his dead countrymen, Korovin R elieved. from
O . . . their Diftrefles
and his companions began to build an hut : they were
prevented however from finiffiing it, by -the unexpected
arrival of Stephen GlottofF«, who came to them with
a fmall party by land. KoroVin and his - companions
accordingly joined Glottoff, and rowed the next day to
his .veffel.
* See the following Chapter.
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