The Natives
are reconciled
tO-.the Ruffians.
lue upon other goods of various kinds, fuch as fhirts,,
linen, and'nankeen, buU demand'ed ghifs beads of different
c-olours, for which they exchanged their fkins with
pleasure. This friendly traffic, together with GlottofPs
entreaties, operated fo powerfully, that, after- holding a
confultation with their countrymen, they returned - with
a folemn declaration, that their brethren would in-future
commit no hoftilities- againft the Ruffians. Prom that
time until their departure a*daily intercourfe' was carried
on with the iflanders, who1 brought' all forts of fox and*
fea-otter fkins, and received-in exchange-a ftipulatecV
number- of beads. Some of them-were even perfuaded'
to pay a tribute of fkins, for. which , receipts were given*.'.
Amongflfother wares the Ruffians procured" two fmall
carpets, worked or platted in a curious manner, and on:
one fide fet clofe with beaver-wool like velvet: they-
could not However learn whether thefe carpets were
wrought by the iflanders. The latter brought alfo fo r
fale well-dreffed fea-otter fkins, the hair of which was
fhorn quite morn with fharp hones, in fuch a manner,
that the remainder, which was of a yellowifh brown
colour, gliftened and appeared like velvet. Their caps
had furprifing and fometimes very ornamental decorations
: fome of them had on the forepart combs adorned
with manes like an helmet; others, feemingiy peculiar
to the females, were made of inteffines hitched together
with rein-deer hair and finews in a molt elegant
5 • taftej
tahe, and ornamented on the crown with long hreamers
of hair died of a beautiful red. Of ail thefe curiofities
Glottoff carried famples to Kamtchatka
The natives differ confiderably in drefs and language
from the inhabitants of the other Fox Ihands: and fe-
veral fpecies of animals were ebferved upon Kadyak,
which are not to be found upon the other ihands, viz.
ermines, martens, 'beavers, -river otters, wdlves, wild boars, Animals or
and bears: thê lah-ment-ioned animal was not indeed SHf*
actually feen by the Ruffians, but ‘the prints of its feet
were traced. Some of the inhabitants had clothes made
of-the fkins of rein-deer and jevras; the latter of which
is a fort of fmall marmofet. Both thefe fkins were probably
procured from the continent of America f . Black,
brown, and red -foxes were feen in great numbers ; and
the coaft abounds with fea-dogs, fea-bears, fea-lions, and
fea-otters. The birds are cranes, geefe, ducks, gulls,:
ptarmigans, crows, and magpies*; hut no uncommon
fpecies was any where difcovered. The vegetable pra-
* Thefe and feveral other ornaments o f.a fimilar kind, are.preferved
in the cabinet of curiofities ^ at the Academy o f Sciences o f St. Peterf-
burg : a cabinet which well merits the attention o f the curious traveller,;
for it. contains a large collection o f the drefies o f . the Eaftern
nations. Amongft the reft one compartment is entirely filled with the
.dreffes, arms, and implements, brought from the new difcovered iflands.
' i Although this conjecture is .probable, yet, when the reader recollects
that the' illand Alakfu is laid to contain rein-deer, he will perceive
tfiat the inhabitants o f Kadyak might have.been fupplied with the fkins
o f that animal from thence. See p. 68.
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