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Observatory Inlet, 277.
O'Cain, expedt. to Cal. and Japan, 477-9.
"O'Cain," ship, 471; voyage of, 480. Ochek Island, 268.
Ocheredin, Afanassiy, expedt. of, 154.
Ocheredin, Boris, fate of, 154.
Ochotskoi, expedt. from, 158.
Odintzof, Dmitri, in expedt., 94.
Otter, sea, catch of, and value, 658, 659.
Okhotin, Capt., meets Benyovski, 181.
Okhotsk, founded 1639, 17, 20; ex- pedts and visitors at, 36, 38, 56, 57, 131, 157, 160, 169, 176, 182, 231, 266, 283, 288, 295, 333, 459, 567; troubles at, 65; impetus to, 96; ship-building at, 96, 97, 235, 352; govmt of, 153; education at, 230, 313; prisoners at, 301, 355; in- surrection at, 1771, 318; trial of Konovalof, 342; Chinese trade, 422; value of furs exported, 477; c. sed as naval station, 571, whaung- grounds, 668.
"Ökhotsk," galiot, 97, 116.
Okhotsk Sea, new route, 53; recon- noissance in 1740, 95. Okoshinikof, owned ship, 169.
"Oktruitie," ship, 506.
Ola, river, 32.
Olessof deposed. 229.
"Olga," ship, 333, 356, 417. Olutorskoi Islands, 128.
Olutorsk River, Deshnef at, 1648, 23; tribe on, 106, 107; fur-trade, 106.
Olutorski, the, attack Russians. 1727, 106, 107.
Onslow Point, 277.
Ontok River, Krenitzen wrecked, 162.
Oojak Bay, 171.
Ookamok Islands, Russians at, 522; in Kadiak district, 536.
Ookivok Island, 548.
Oonimak, volcanic disturbance at, 684.
Oonga, coal at, 695.
Ooyak Bay, tannery at, 690.
Orekhof, oukaz issued to, 126; forms co., 153; rewards to, 155; de- spatches expedition, 169; at St Petersburg, 174; on Aleutian Isl- ands, 321.
Orekhof Co., at Prince William Sound, 339, 344.
"Orel," ship, 328, 341.
Organic Act, provisions of, 718, 719. Orlof at Bristol Bay, 562.
Orlova, settlement, 171.
"Osprey," Eng. man-of-war at Sitka, 620.
Ostrogin, Feodor, bravery of, 323; agent at Alexandroffsk, 395.
"Othrytie," ship, built, 461.
Otter-hunting in Cal., 478-84.
Otter Bay, sea-otter plentiful, 528.
Ouda River, wreck at, 169.
Oudsk, ships built at, 97.
Ouka River, expedt. at, 157. Ouledovski, expedt. of, 149.
Oumnak, volcanic eruption, 1825, 684; native baptized at, 1759, 699; chapel built at, 1826, 700.
" Ouroup," 1829, ship built, 691.
Ourumusir Island, Benyovski at, 181. Ourupa, settlement bombarded, 571. "Ourupa," voy. of, 548.
Ourupa Island, 532, 545, 576.
Oushakof, Moïsseï, explorations of, 94-5.
Ouvarof, actions of, 451-2.
Ovsiannikof, Stepan, in expedt., 94. Ovtzin, Lieut, 52, 56, 64, 92-3, 96. Owhyee, De Scheffer at, 499.
Ozerskoi, attack of Kolosh, 574-5.
Ozerskoi redoubt, saw-mill at, 690.
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Païkof, Dmitri, hunting expedt., 1758, 120-4.
" Pallas," ship, 284. Palliser, H., 203. Panfilof, creole interpreter, 144.
Pankof, reward from emperor, 448.
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Panof, 155, 175, 178, 321.
Panof Bros, fit out expedt., 183-5.
Panof Co., fight with natives, 188, 9; sloop owned by, 221; Aleuts search for, 286; on Prince William Sound, 344.
Pantojo, Juan, in Spanish expedt., 218.
Paranchin, put ashore on Kurile Isl- ands, 182.
Paris ledge, acct of, 740, 741.
Parker, James C., 1869, trial of, 617. Parrott, John, petition of, 693.
Parrott & Co., of Alaska Commer. Co., 646.
Paspelof, death of, 328. Passage Canal named, 278.
Paul I., character, grants oukaz to Russ. Amer. Co., 378-80; orders to naval officers, 392.
Pavlof, Mikhaï, Lieut in expedt., 52-93.
Pavlovsk, settlement at, 324, 414; Baranof at, 328, 384; Juvenal at, 367; Lisiansky at, 425.
Pavlutski, Dmitri, in expedt., 37-8; death of, 41-2.
Paxin, Ivan, in expedt., 94.
Pazniakof, Peter, in expedt., 93. Peking, Russian influence at, 245. Pelly River, gold discovered, 698. Penashigak, adventures of, 145-6. Peredovchiki, regulations of, 233. Perenago, Vassili, in expedt., 93.
Perez, Juan, expedts. of, 1774-9, 195- 202.
Perez Strait named, 275.
Peril Strait. See Destruction Strait, 390.
Permakof, Yakov, discovers island, 1710, 28; death of, 29.
Perrier Pass named, 733.
Persia, Russian trade with, 10.
Pestchourof, Alexei, Capt., Rus. com- mis. at Sitka, 599.
Peter the Great, purposes of, 35; ex- pedt. to Kamchatka, 36; death of, 36.
Peters, capt. of English ship, 230. Petrie Sound named, 260.
Petrof, Afanassi, builds ostrog, killed, 106.
Petrof, Matveï, in expedt., 93.
Petrof, Ivan, descript. of climate, 1880, 5; chart compiled, 79; visit to Samghanooda Bay, 1878, 211; statement of, 358.
Petrof, mate with Kotzebue, 494. Petrof, master of the " Maria," 405. Petroleum, 695.
Philip, agricultural experiments of, 355.
Philippine Islands, trade with, 453. " Phoenix," ship, 325, 331-3.
Pinart, Alphonse, attempt ascent of Mt Shishaldin, 629.
" Pinta," U. S. steamer, 728.
Pisaref, Stormakof, comdr Okhotsk 1731, 45, 8, 57; biog., 45; accusa- tions of, 58; relieved, 61.
Pitt Archipelago, 277.
Plenisner, Col., 64, 90, 126, 153, 161, 176-7.
Plioo, native of Unalaska, 145-6.
Plotnikof, Abrossim, testimony of, 402-7.
Plotnitzki, Kiril, builds ship, 97.
" Plover " at Kotzebue Sound, 572.
Plunting, Mikhaïl, 48, 52, 59, 64, 73, 93.
Podushkin, Lieut, comdr of the "Neva," 493; comdr of the "Ot- krytie," 506.
Pogibshie Strait, see Destruction Strait, 390.
Point Reyes, landing of Drake 1589, 481.
Polevoi, Alexeï, in trading co., 186. Polevoi, Simeon, in hunting expedt. 1759, 121-2.
Polomoshnoi, actions and death of, 390-1; troubles at Yakutat, 396. Poloponissof, expedt. sent by, 156. 169.
Poloskof, expedt. of, 154.
Polossof, Lt, in Billings' expedt., 283. Polutof, Dmitri, expedt. of, 170-1; fate of, 187-90; visit to Kadiak, 1776, 213; treatment of natives, 288.
" Polyfem," voy. of, 553.
Ponafidin, Lieut, expedt. of, 527. Ponobasew, expedt. of, 194.
Ponomaref, Savs, map by, 120; in hunting expedition, 1758-62, 120; collects tribute, 136.
Popof, in conspiracy, 464-5.
Popof, Alexander, baptized, 142.
Popof, Alexeïef, attacked by natives, 190.
Popoff, Andreï, admitted to citizen ship 1868, 602.
Popof, Fedor, in expedt., 94. Popof, Ivan, built ship, 140; expedt. of, 156.
Popof, Leonti, in conspiracy, 179.
Popof, Peter Elianovich, deposition of, 27.
Popof, Vassili, hunting expedt., 1760, 130, 140.
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Popof, Yefim, in trading co., 186. Portillo, Canal de, named, 218. Portland Canal, 277.
Portland Inlet, Vancouver at, 276. Portlock, hunting expedt., 236; furs collected by, 244; trade with na- tives, 249; at Cook Inlet, 1786, 251; voyage of 1785-6, 262-4.
Port Mary Bay, 199.
Posharkof, Vassili, exploration of, 1643-6, 20.
Possession, Point, Cook names, 208.
Postal routes established, 725.
Postels, report of, 547.
Postnikof, hunting expedt., 1759, 123; at Attoo Island, 128.
Povalishin, Lieut, fate of, 430.
"Predpriatie," voyage of, 1823-6, 540.
Predtetcha Co. on Prybilof Island, 354.
Prianishnikof, Fedor, in expedt., 94. Price, Admiral, suicide of, 571.
Prince Edward Island, timber on, 693. Prince Ernest Sound, 277.
Prince Frederick Sound, 1883, herring- oil estab. at, 666.
"Prince of Wales," ship, 267.
Prince of Wales Island, references to, 196, 201, 218, 236, 277, 523-4, 662, 687, 690, 695.
" Princesa," ship left Nuchek, 267, 270-2.
Prince William Sound, 187, 190-1, 206, 209, 220, 228, 236, 239-40, 243, 249, 256, 260, 271, 274, 287, 301, 321, 325, 329, 339-40, 343, 385-7, 390, 400, 530.
Prokofief, statement of, 541.
" Prokop i Zand," ship, 109.
Promchishchef, Vassil, in expedt., 93. "Promissel," 1839, ship built, 691. Promyshleniki, Cossack advance guard, 18; swarming of, 1743-67, 99-156; system of, 235-7; treat- ment of natives, 286, 295; end of rule, 297-8; priests among, 352. Pronchishchef, Lieut, appointment of, 52; on Lena River, 1735, 56.
Protassof, Yakof, 130, 136, 184, 186. Protection, Port, 277.
Protestant clergy at Sitka, 702; mis- sion established, 1877, 705.
Protodiakonof, owned ship, 169; fitted out expedition, 174.
Protopof, Alexeï, in conspiracy, 179. Prybilof discovers Fur Seal Islands, 185; left at Illinlink Bay, 294; report of, 298; discoveries of, 321; death of, 356.
Prybilof, Gerassim, expedt. of, 192-3; in Billings' expedt., 290.
Prybilof Islands, references to, 211, 292, 472, 505, 536, 547, 562, 582, 598, 638, 641, 646-7, 652.
Puget, Lieut, at Yakutat Bay, 239, 348.
Purcell, Ensign, in expedt., 736.
Purchase money paid for territory, 597-8.
Purtof assisted by Puget and Brown, 239; hunting panty of, 279.
Pushkaref, Gavril, with Bering, 121; in hunting expedt., 1759, 123; cruelties of, 125; expedt. of, 165. Pustozersk, traders of, 232.
Putman River, explored, 736, 737.
Putof, expedt. to Yakutat Bay, 344-50; resolute conduct of, 345.
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"Queen Charlotte," ship, 244, 261, 262-5.
Queen Charlotte Island, 196, 259, 265; explored, 275, 276; native attack on Kuskof, 482; sea-otter abound, 528.
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Rada, Cabo de, settlement at, 271. Radionof, at Kadiak, 357.
Raymond, Charles W., expedt. of, 1869, 629.
Real, Marina, puerto de la, named, 218.
Refugio, puerto del, named, 218. Regla, Isla de la, Arteaga takes pos- session of, 220.
Remedios, Spanish land at, 200.
Repin, of Lebedef Co., 349. Repin, Ivan, news sent by, 451.
"Resolution," ship of Capt. Cook, 202.
Revenue, custom receipts, 1869-78, 626; 1868-73, 631-2.
Revilla Gigedo Island, 276. Revilla Gigedo Bay named, 273.
Rezanof supports Shelikof's petition, 377-9; ambassador to Japan, 423; visits Alaska, 440, 443-60; visits Cal., 457; complaints of naval offi- cers, 457-8; death of, 460.
Ricord, Lieut, with Golovnin, 470.
Rijp, Cornelis, expedt. of, 1595-6, 11, 12.
Robeck, surgeon, 283; at Illiuliuk Bay, 294; at Petropavlovsk, 296.
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" Robert and Ann," ship, 182.
Rockwell. See Harrisburg.
Rodianhf, agent at Nuchek, 390.
Rodichef, Emilia, in expedt., 93. Rodney, Cape, 292.
Rogachef, ship-builder, 97.
Roquefeuil, Caimile, voyage of, 522-5. Romanof, Count, equips vessel for north-east passage, 494.
Rosenburg, Lieut, temporary gov., 586; contract of, 587.
Ross, with Capt. Meares, 262.
Ross Colony founded, result and fail- ure, 483-9; conference at, 497; Rus- sians at, 522.
Rossilius, in expedts, 1740-2, 64, 90.
Rossysky, mate with Lozaref, 504.
"Rostislaf," ship built at Yakutat, 420.
Rousseau, L. H., Genl, U. S. commis. at Sitka, 1867, 599; orders of, 1869, 636.
Roth, private in Schwatka expedt., 732.
Rowan, Capt., at Kadiak, 389.
Rtishchef, in expedts, 1740, 64, 93; de- tained in Siberia, 96; superseded, 161.
Rudakof, temporary gov., 586.
Rudnef, Gavril, in expedt., 93.
Rumiantzof, Count, meeting at office of, 416.
Rumiantzof Bay named, 482.
"Rurik," voy. of, 1816, 494-501; voy. of, 1821, 536-7.
Russia, claim to N. W. Amer., 98; supremacy in N. W., 194.
Russian American Co., Aleuts in ser-
vice of, 237; prices paid for furs, 241; organized 1796-9, 375-84; new charter, 416; losses, 487, 509; capital and earnings, 527, 528; sec- ond period, 1821-42, 530-67; last period, 1842-66, 568-569; revenue 1841-62, 599.
Russian Finland Whaling Co. estab- lished, 584, 585.
Russian River, Russian colony on, 485.
Russians in XVI. century, 5-8; fur trade of, 7-10; commu. with Cook, 208, 209, 212.
Ryan, P. B., constable for Sitka 1867, 601.
Rybenskoi, Andreï, hunting expedt., 1746, 107-8.
Rybinskoi, Ivan, hunting expedts, 1747-49, 109, 112; builds ship, 123.
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Saghalin Islands, Rezanof at, 445. " Saginaw," U. S. ship, 612.
Saimonof, Gov., at Tobolk, 1759, 43; prokuror of senate, 1723, 45; orders expedt., 157.
St Augustine, Mt, Cook names, 208. St Constantine Cove named, 267.
St Dionys Fort named, 556; salutes Eng. flag, 557.
St Elias Cape, fort at, 229, 414; lo- cated, 288; ship-building at, 300; colony at, 352, 353, 356, 400.
St Elias Mtn, 78, 219, 536; sighted by Cook, 204; by La Perouse, 255. "St George," ship, 335.
St George, condition of, 641-2.
St George Island named, 192; dis- covered, 290; settlement at, 334; fortat, 414; seal catch, 638; church built, 700.
St Helena, Kotzebue at, 502.
St Helena Cove named, 267.
St Hermogen Island, 128.
St Hermogenes, Cape, 206.
St John Mtn named, 85.
St Konstantin, fort established at, 395.
St Lawrence Bay, 210, 291, 292, 296. St Lawrence Island, 37, 211, 501, 548.
St Makrius, land named, 85.
St Matthew Island, 211, 292, 547. St Michael, descript. of, 685.
St Nicholas, Fort, 335, 414; warnings sent to, 337-8; Konovalov at, 342. St Paul, settlement, 385; fort at, 414; visitors at, 437, 445, 448, 461, 479; hospital, 468; population, 461, 462; removal from, 680, 681; church built, 699; school at, 706 .-
St Paul Harbor, Lisiansky at, 425. St Paul Island, discovery of, 193, 290; Bennet at, 503; fur-seal catch, 638, 640.
St Petersburg, political changes at, 175; H. B. Co. furs at, 342; acts of authorities, 376; shares in Russ. Amer. Co., 381.
"Sv Alexeï," ship, 185, 187.
"Sv Aexius," ship, 190.
"Sv Andreï," ship, voyage of, 169.
"Sv Andreï Pervosvannui," ship, voy- age of, 169, 184.
"Sv Ekaterina," ship, voyage of, 157, 162, 163.
" Sv Gavril," ship, 97.
" Sv Georgiy," ship, voyage of, 185, 191-3.
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"Sv Ioann," at Nishekamchatsk, | Sannakh Island, 128, 286, 479, 683; 1754, 111.
"Sv Ioann Predtecha," ship, voyage of, 185.
"Sv Ioann Rylskoi," ship, voyage of, 185.
"Sv Ivan," reënforcement by, 341.
"Sv Mikhaïl," ship, 187, 223, 324. Sv Mikhaïl, Fort, attack on, 402-13; cannery at, 662.
"Sv Nikolai," ship, voyage of, 114, 169, 184.
"Sv Pavel," ship, voy. of, 64, 67, 97, 162, 153, 154, 157, 183, 314, 334,
"Sv Petr," ship, 64, 66-8, 97, 153.
"Sv Petr i Sv Pavel," ship, 123, 131, 156; secured by conspirators, 180, 181.
"Sv Prokop," ship, voyage of, 169, 185.
"Sv Simeon," ship, 223, 325.
"Sv Simeon i Anna," ship, 112.
"Sv Troïtska," ship, voyage of, 131, 135-8.
"Sv Vladimir," ship, voyage of, 170-4.
"Sv Yevpl," ship, voyage of, 171-3, 185.
Salmon Packing, 1880-3, 660-1.
Samghanooda Bay, Cook at, 209, 211. Samoilof, instructions to, 229-30, 312-13; in Lebedef Co., 350.
Samsonof, cadet with Lozaref, 504. San Alberto, bahia de, named, 218. San Antonio, Arteaga's expedt. at, 219. San Antonio, puerto de, named, 218. San Blas, Santiago sails from, 195,
197; Martinez at, 270; Caamaño at, 275; Wrangell at, 554. San Blas Island named, 201.
"San Carlos," ship, 270. San Cristóbal, canal de, named, 218. Sanderson, contract of, 587.
San Diego, O'Cain at, 478; Ayres at, 480.
Sandwich, Lord, 203.
Sandwich Islands, Hagemeister at, 490-2; Kotzebue at, 497-500; trade with, 538.
San Fernando Islands named 218.
San Francisco, Ayres at, 480; Kotze- bue at, 497; Lazaref at, 505; trade with, 1817-25, 540; expedt. from, 628-9; sheep from, 688.
San Ignacio Island, named, 218. San Jacinto, Mt, 199, 204, 259. San Juan Bautista Island named, 218. San Juan de Fuca, Spanish claim to, 488.
San Luis Obispo, Eliotcaptured at, 494. HIST. ALASKA. 49
hostilities at, 141; natives of, 209. San Nicolás, puerto de, named, 218. Santa Barbara, Eliot taken to; 494.
Santa Catharina, Krusenstern's ex- pedt. at, 424.
Santa Cristina Island, 201.
Santa Cruz, trade with, 1817-25, 540. Santa Cruz Bay, Arteaga names, 217. Santa Magdalena Point named, 195. Santa Margarita Point named, 195. Santa Rita Island named, 218.
"Santiago," Spanish ship, 195-7. Santiago, Port, 219, 273.
Sapochnikof, Y. I., expedt. of, 183; at Unga, 214.
Sarambo, Dionys, Lieut, expedt. of, 556-7.
Sarana, liquor from, 57.
Sarychef, Admiral, mistake of, 79. Sarychef, Lieut, in Billings' expedt., 282-96; efforts against scurvy, 298; charts of, 297.
Sauer, Martin, at Prince William Sound, 190; prediction of, 252; in expedt., 283-303; at Illiuliuk Bay, 294; report of, 301.
Savelief, Sido, in expedt., 1740, 64-93; captured, 70-1.
Saw-mills in operation, 1880, 690. Schaffer, Heinrich, in expedt., 94. Schell, Elias, in expedt., 94.
Schelting, Alexeï, in expedt., 40, 51, 52, 93.
Scheffer, Dr, actions of, 498-9, 503-9. Scherbinin, Mikhaïl, in expedt., 93.
Schischmaref, Lieut, with Kotzebue, 494.
School in Kamchatka 1741, 62; first started, 227; established by Sheli- kof, 313.
Schveikovsky, Lieut, with Lozaref,504. Schwatka, Lt, voyage of, 732-5.
Scurvy, sufferings from, 261, 294, 298, 302, 357.
Scutdoo, outrage by, 1869, 614-15.
Seals, wholesale slaughter, 445, 446, 646; in Cal., 487, 488; habits, driv- ing, and slaughtering, 654-8; slaughtered, 1868, 658.
Sealfisheries, threatened exhaustion of, 376; act to prevent destruction, 638. Seal Islands, Russians at, 522. Seal oil, yield and value, 639. "Sea Otter," ship, 260.
Sea-otter, abundance of, 4, 73, 314; Chinese trade, S8, 216; expedts for, 99-100, 350; at Gore Island, 211; at Ltua Bay, 357; at Norfolk Sound, 358.
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Seeber, Chester, commr at Unalaska, 728.
Selawik, river, 5.
Selden, Capt., report of, 620.
Seldovia, settlement, 679-80.
Selifontof, Vassili, in expedt., 94. Semichi Island, 85.
Semidi Islands, in Kadiak district, 536.
Seniavin, recommendations of, 47-9. "Seniavin," voy. of, 547.
Seniavin, Cape, named, 547.
Serebrennikof, Andrei, of Moscow, 100; expedt. of, 1735, 115-23.
Serebrennikof, N., owned ship, 169; in conspiracy, 179.
Seward, Mr, visit, 598, 599; opinion of Alaska, 747.
Seymor Canal named, 280.
Shadovski quarrels with Pisaref, 57. Shakmut, chief of Ilyamnas, 369, 370. Shalaürof, voyage of, 13; death of, 284.
Shantar Islands, expedt. to, 1742, 40; explored, 97.
Shapkin, Vassili, in trading co., 186. Sharipof, Yakof, in hunting expedt., 1759, 123.
Shashin, fate of, 411.
Shavrigin, Ivan, in expedt., 94.
Shdanof, Andreï, in hunting expedt., 1759, 123.
Shebanof, in expedt., 160.
Sheffer, Dr, with Lozaref, 504; biog., 507.
Shehorbakof, Matveï, fur-trade mo- nopoly, 110.
Shekhurdin, in hunting expedt., 103, 105.
Shekalef, Petr, in expedt., death of, 132, 133.
Shelages, tribe, 31.
Shelikof, Grigor Ivanovich, first men- tioned, 182-85; fits out expedt., 184; voy. of, 222-31; character of, 241, 299-300; plans and projects of, 266, 295, 297, 305-9, 352-4; cs- tablishment of, 286, 295; at court, 807; rewards to, 309; Baranof with, 315, 317; organizes central office, 354, 355; death, 365, 377; settle- ments made by, 335; petition for grant, 376.
Shelikof, Madame, manager of Russ. Amer. Co., 359, 360, 377, 382. Shelikof Bay, 199.
Shelikof Co., Baranof at head, 320; quarrels with Lebedef Co., 339-42, 357, 376; Golovin's report, 358, 359; Silver mines on the Amoor, 20. operations of, 527. "Simeon," ship, 183.
| Shelikof Sound, 260. Shelikof Strait, 271, 287 ..
Shemchushuykof, Kiril, in expedt., 94.
Shestakof, Afanassiy, at St Peters- burg, 37; expedt. of, 37-40; result of, 44.
Shestakof, Ivan, expedt. of 1729, 38. Shetilof, Vassili, in expedt., 94.
Shevyrin, in hunting expedt., 103, 104, 114, 120-4.
Shields, ship-builder, 279, 328-33; expedts of, 331, 358; treatment of, 415, 416.
Shinganof, Andre, in expedt., 1740, 64, 93.
Shilkin, Ivan, hunting expedts, 109, 112, 118-19.
Shilof, oukaz issued to, 126; forms co., 153; at St Petersburg, 155; recd by empress, 168; fits out ex- pedt., 169.
Shilof & Lapin Co., Zaïkof in services of, 170.
Shinn, H. H., director of mining co., 740.
Ship-building, difficulties of Baranof, 328-31; at Ross Colony, 484.
Shircliff, Corp., in Schwatka expedt .. 732.
Shishaldin Mtn, 629.
Shishkin, Peter, map by, 120.
Shitikas, descript., 100.
Shmalef, Capt., on Cook's expedt., 213; commu. with Billings, 283, 284; comd at Petropavlovsk, 296, 312.
Shoalness, point, 211.
Shoetzof, expedt. to Cal., 477-8, 480. Shoshin, in expedt., 170.
Shuiak Island, on Cook's chart, 208; expedt. to, 228; trading post at, 230. Shukof, Feodor, hunting expedt., 108, 117.
Shuluk Sound, 205.
Shumagin, death of, 83
Shumagin Island, 256, 286, 314, 536, 576; explored, 214; surveyed 1871- 2, 629; cod banks at, 664.
Shuralef, fits out expedt., 185.
Sibaïef, Ivan, in conspiracy, 179.
Siberia, descript., 16; map of, 19; famine 1743, 96-9; merchants of, 107; special privileges, 376; trade with Cal. 1883, 630.
Sibiriaks, fear of Spanberg, 50. Sidorof reveals conspiracy, 464. Sievers, recommendations of, 47-9. Signam Island, expedt. at, 164.
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Simeon, Father, agricultural experi- | Spanberg, Capt. M., expedts. of, 36, ments of, 355.
Simpson, Sir George, actions of, 558- 60; Narrative of, 1841-2, 567. Simusir Island, colony formed, 545-6. Sisson, Wallace, & Co., cannery of, 662.
Sitka, founding of, 1798-1801, 384- 400; massacre at, 1802, 401-20; recaptured 1803-5, 421-42; U. S. in possession 1867, 559-600; offi- cials, 601; riot at, 609-11; out- rages on natives, 617-18; mail ser- vice to, 628; settlement, 672-7; social life at, 674-7; saw-mill, 690; church services at, 699-700; school at, 706.
"Sitka," ship, 461; wrecked, 462. Sitka Bay, 236, 629.
Sitkans, treaty with, 387-8.
Sitkhalidak Island, 208, 434, 435.
Sitkhin Island, Drushinnin stationed at, 121.
Sitkhinak Island, 208.
Siwau, 1869, actions and fate of, 613. Skaoushleoot, treachery of, 412.
Skilakh, lake, discontent of tribes at, 343.
Skipunskoi, Cape, wreck at, 153. Skobeltzin, Peter, in expedt., 94.
Skuratof, Alexeï, Lieut, in expedt., 52, 93.
"Slava Rossie," ship, 285-95. Slavianka River. See Russian River. Sledge Island, Cook names, 210.
Slobodchikof, Pavel, expedt. to Cal., 471.
Small-pox among natives, 350; epi- demic, 560-3.
Smith, Leon, fate of, 614.
Smuggling, 633-5. Snettisham, Port, named, 280.
Snug Corner Cove, Cook at, 205; dis- covered, 260. Soil, descript., 3. Sokolof, Kosma, at Okhotsk 1714, 31. Solmanof, Stepanof, in conspiracy, 178. Solovief, Feodor, monopoly of, 110; impressions, 129; expedt., 149-53, 169; infamies of, 150-1; fate, 154. Somof, Vassili, in expedt, 94. "Sonora," ship in Spanish expedt, 197. Sookin, Lieut, conduct of, 457. Sopohnikof, expedt. of, 155. Sopronof, in conspiracy, 175. South Shetland, furs from, 245. Spain, explor. expedts, 1773-9, 194- 202, 217-21; expedt. to N. W., 270-5; frigate at Cook Inlet, 287: claims of, 444.
41-59, 93, 96; biog., 50; recon- noissance of, 95.
Spencer, Cape, 203, 204, 279, 556. "Sphanef," ship built, 97.
Spiridof, Sergei, in expedt., 93.
Spring Corner Cove, 267.
Spruce, abundance of, 689.
Spruce Island, village at, 682.
Sralef, in expedt., 160.
Stadukhin, Mikhaïl, expedt. of 1650, 23.
Stadukhin, Vassili, expedt. of 1711, 29. Stæhlin, maps of, 128, 21i.
Staël, Frederich, in expedt., 53.
Stakihn River, 402.
Staniukovich, Capt., expedt. of 1828, 547.
States, Hy., commr at Junean, 728.
Steller, G. W., in expedts, 1740-1, 52-4, 61, 64, 66, 88-9, 92, 204; biog., 53; joins Bering, 65; at Kyak, 80-1.
Stepanof, in expedt., 160; in conspir- acy, 175.
Stephanoff, comdr at St Michael, 685.
Stephens, Ph., 203.
Sterlegof, Dmitri, in expedt., 93.
Stevan, Jerodiakon, missionary, 360. Stewart, Port, 277.
Stewart River, mining on, 737-S.
Stikeen Fort, attack on, 558-9
Stikeen River, English trading post ou, 555-6; surveyed, 576.
Stock-raising at Ross colony, 486-7. Strebykhin, Matveï, 1711 commander of Anadirsh, 27.
Stroganof, Anika, salt-works of, 15. Stoney Lt, explor. expedt. of, 736, 737.
Stuart Island, 546, 538, 576.
Studentzof, attack by natives, 119.
Stungel, Baron, commd. at Petropav- lovsk, 230-1.
Stupin, Ivan, in expedt., 93.
Sturgis, statement of, 408-9.
Suckling Cape, named, 204; nunters lost at, 386.
Sukhotin, Ivan, Lieut, in expedt., 93. Sukli Island, 576.
Sunda Straits, burial of Baranof, 514. Sunkof, Sergeï, in expedt., 93. Sushetno River, explored 1843, 576. Sutkhumokoi, Russians at, 522.
Sutter, John A., purchases Ross colony, 489.
" Suvarof," ship, 504; voy. of, 510, 511.
Svistunof, Ivan, in expedt., 94.
772
INDEX.
Sweden, war with Russia, 285. Swineford, A. P., apptd govr, 732. Sykes Point, 277. Sylva, Dr, with Lozaref, 504. Synd, Joann, in expedt., 64, 93; pro- moted, 96; expedts of, 153, 157, 158.
T.
Taborukin, in expedt., 164. Tagalak Island, 128. Takoo Mines, 738, 739.
Takoo River, fort built on, 557; min- ing on, 697. Talin, behavior to Baranof, 391.
Tamary, King, troubles with, 499, 506-9.
Tamena, visit to Hagemeister, 491.
Tanaga Island, Billings' expedt. at, 290.
Tanisky ostrog, 32.
Tatikhlek, village of, 260.
Tatitliatzk, Russians at, 345.
Tayatoot, natives, 145.
Taylor, Thomas, suit against Alaska Commer. Co., 650.
Tchechina Island, 128.
Tchinkîtâné Sound, Indian name, 275.
Tchitchinoff, Zakahai, sufferings on Farallones, 487; Adventures MS., 520.
Tebenkof, Lieut, expedt. of, 548; gov. 1852, offf acts, 576, 584; founds port, 685; charts of, 692.
Tegalda Island, village on, 562. Tehukotsk, Cape, 354.
Temnak taken from Attoo, 105.
Teneriffe, Krusenstern's expedt. of, 424.
Tereshkin, Yukagir Ivan Vassilievich, deposition of, 1711, 27.
Terpigoref, survivor from " Neva " wreck, 494.
Terra del Fuego, furs from, 245.
Thlinkeets, fierceness, 239; inter- course with Russ., 268-9; sack Yakutat, 300; promises of, 350; surprise hunters, 384.
Three Saints, settlement, 320, 324, 414; first church at, 362; storehouses at, 389; school at, 706.
Three Saints Bay, 228, 230, 434, 435. Tigil River, 31, 157.
Tikhmenef, character of Rezanof, 460, Timber, resources of, 688-90.
Timofeief, journey to Pacific, 9. Tinnehs, natives, 207.
Thaianas, natives, 144.
Tobolsk, Fort, 17; expedts at, 38, 56, 160.
Togiak River, Korasakovsky expedt. at, 521.
Tolbukhin, investigation by, 1739, 59.
Toldin, Yegor Vassilievich, 1711, de- position of, 27.
Tolstykh, Andreï, hunting expedt., 1749, 108, 111, 116; expedt., 1760- 4, 127-30, 153, 168.
Tomari, King, domain of, 506.
Tomsk, founded, 17; Siberian contin- gent at, 96.
Tongass, suffering at settlement, 560. Tongass Fort, U. S. military post, 679.
Torckler, trade of at Petropaulovsk, 296.
Toyunok, outrage on party from, 336. Trading Bay, Portlock at, 262.
Traitor Cove, origin of name, 277.
Trapezuikof, Arkhip, permit to, 101; monopoly, 110.
Trapeznikof, Nikofor, partner with Bassof, 100; hunting expedts, 1746, 1752-8, 62, 108, 111, 112, 114, 117, 120, 130, 131; voy. of, 112; enter- prise, 135.
Trauernicht, sends expedt., 1711, 28. Treadwell, mine owner, 740.
Tredwell mine, account of, 740-2. Treaty, signed and ratified 1867, 594.
" Trekh Sviatitch," ship, 183, 223, 266, 352, 355-7; wrecked, 318.
Tretiakof, Alexeï, in expedt., 94.
Trevenen, Lieut, with Cook, 307. Tribute, collecting of, 130, 168, 231- 7; from Aleuts, 294; end of system, 297-8.
Trinidad, Cape, 145.
Trinity Island, 208, 271.
Trocadero, Caños de la, named, 218. Trupischef, Tryfon, orders to, 1730, 38.
Tschernich, rancho at Bodega, 489. Tubinskoi, Mikhaïl, in trading co., 186.
Tugidak Island, natives from, 366. Tumakaif, fate of, 407-11.
Tumannoi Island, discovered, 82; Cook at, 208.
Tunguse, order preserved among, 232. Tunulgasan, native chief, 118, 128. Turn-again River, Cook names, 208. Tuyurskoi, in expedt., 184. Two-headed Cape, 208.
Tyrin, Stephen, hunting expedt., 1747- 9, 109, 112. Tzaklie Island, 2SS.
773
INDEX.
U
Uganak, trading post at, 230. Ugak Bay, trading post at, 230. Ulga Island, village on, 562. Umnak Island, expedts at, 123, 131, 136, 147, 154, 164, 168; Korovin wrecked, 138; coast surveyed, 148; Zaïkof at, 173.
Unkovsky, Lieut, with Lozaref, 504. Unalaska, trade with natives, 120; expedt. and visitors at, 132, 164-5, 168, 171, 182, 183, 233, 260, 272, 295, 500, 547; massacre at, 133-40, 145, 154; natives submit, 152; church, 700; school, 708-9; rainfall, 710. Unalaska Island, 72, 128, 296, 576; expedts at, 137, 285, 291; black foxes, 141; village, 562.
Unalakleet, village of, 574.
Unalga, attack of natives, 165. Unalga Island, village on, 562. Unalga Strait, 209.
Unga Island, 300; Molef escapes to, 319.
"Unicorn," ship, at Sitka, 406.
Unimak, expedt. 165; village, 562.
Unimak Strait, Zaïkof residence at, 213.
Unimak, volcano, 209, 272.
Unimaks, the chief of, at Amik, 191. United American Co., confirmed by imperial decree, 378-83; name changed, 379.
United States, treaty with, 542.
United States officials, appointment of, 727, 728. Unmak, villages at, 562.
Ust-Yana, commanders of, 1710, 28. Ust-Yanskoie Simovie, expedt. from, 1712, 29.
V
Vagin, Merkuri, expedt., death of, 1711-12, 28-9. Valde's Bay, named, 273. Vallenar Point, 277.
Vancouver, Geo., voyage of, 1791-4, 276-81, 348, 498; observations, 79; hunting parties, 239; on competi- tion, 249-50; on Kaknu river, 335; charts of, 692. Vancouver Island, 244, 532.
Varonin, Luka, in expedts, 283, 293. Vassilaief, expedt. cf, 1829, 546, 547. Vassili, in conspiracy, 178.
Vassilievich, Ivan, Tartar yoke, 5.
Vass utinski, Petr, in expedt., 127, 129, 130.
Velikopolski, Andreï, in expedt., 93. Veniaminof, missionary career, 364-5; statement, 684; bishop, 701-4.
Vereshchagin, Ivan, in expedt., 92. Verkhneikamchatsk, 312.
Verkhnoi Kovima, Billings at, 284.
Verstovoi, expedt. at, 388.
Verstovoi, Mt, 674.
Vilegin, visits Kopaí, 1724, 31.
Viliuya River, "Juno" wrecked on, 474.
Vinzent, Thomas, in expedt., 93.
" Vladimir," ship, 120, 155.
Voievodsky, Capt., elected gov. 1850, 585.
Volkof, Ivan, in conspiracy, 179.
Von Verd, mate to Bering, 47.
Vorobief, Alexeï, in hunting expedt., 112.
Vosikof, Mikhail, in expedt., 93.
Voskressenski, "The Orel" at, 331; ship-building at, 341, 351, 355.
Voskressenski Bay, Yakutat expedt. at, 345; Baranof at, 357, 395.
Vosnessensky Island, Pinart at, 629.
"Vostochnui Gavril," ship, 97.
Vsevidof, Andreï, hunting expedt., 108.
Vtoruikh, death of, 108.
Vtroushin, Luka, expedt. of, 144.
Vuikhodzef, Mikhaïl, in expedt., 94.
W
Walker, fate of, 1869, 611-12. Walker Cove, 277.
Walton, William, lieut in expedt., 51, 52, 93.
Warren Island, 277.
Waxel, Lt, in expedts, 1740-2, 52, 64, 79-96; journal, 67; cart, 79.
Wedge Island, 277.
Weidel, Friedrich, in expedt., 94.
Wells, Port, rained, 278.
Westdahl, Ferdinand, statement of, 577-8.
Western Fur and Trading Co., stores of, 681.
Western Union Telegraph Co., opera- tions of, 576-8.
Whale Bay, 259, 265.
Whale, hump-back, 669.
Whale, sperm, 669.
Whaling, descript. and value, 582- 3, 668-670.
Whidbey, Lieut, passed up Stephens Passage, 280.
White, Capt. J. W., acct of natives, 619; actions, 637; statement, 747.
774
INDEX.
White Point, named, 265. Whitsunday, Cape, 208.
Whymper, at St Michael, 685.
Williams, Haven, & Co., of Alaska Commer. Co., 646.
Williamson, Lieut, at Cape Newen- ham, 209.
Willoughby, Sir Hugh, voyage, 1553, 8. Wilson, Dr, in Schwatka expedt., 732.
Windblath, Major, in conspiracy, 175, 178.
Winshin, John, hunting expedt. to Cal., 1809, 480.
Winship, Nathan, hunting expedt. to Cal., 1810, 480-1.
Winter, Lutheran pastor at Sitka, 702.
Wittemore, hunting expedt. to Cal., 1812, 481.
Woahoo, Dr Scheffer at, 499.
" Wolcott," ship, 620.
Wolf, Capt., supplies purchased of, 529.
Wood, voyage of, 1676, 13.
Wood, W. H., mayor of Sitka, 1867, 601.
Wood Island, ice trade, 587; settle- ment, 681, 682; saw-mill, 690.
Wormskloid, scientist with Kotzebue, 494.
Wosdwith, Capt., joins adversaries of Scheffer, 508.
Wolves. See Fur-trade.
Wrangell, Baron, travels of, 22; rec- ommend. of, 463; in Cal., 485; mis- sion to Mex., 1838, 488; apptd govr, 548; offl acts of, 548-56, 691.
Wrangell, Fort, troubles at, 613-16, 623-4; description, 677-9; agric. at, 687; school, 710.
Wrangell Island renamed, 619; lead found, 696.
Wymea, fort erected at, 508.
Y
Yago, Dmitri, fur-trade monopoly, 110. Yakhoutof, Ilia, in expedt., 94.
Yakovlef, Petr, investigations of, 141.
Yakoutsk, school at, 707.
Yakutat, disasters at, 252, 300, 451, 455, 515; agric. at, 300; convict col- ony, 358; settlement at, 396. 401; ship-building at, 420.
Yakutat Bay, expedts at, 204, 265, 344, 350; "Threkh Sviatiteli " at, 268; colony, 352; Baranof at, 356; sufferings on, 357; map, 390; forts on, 414.
Yakutat tribe, 239; engagements with, 326-7.
Yakutsk founded, 17, 18; expedts at, 56, 57, 160, 284, 298; conspiracy at, 176.
Yana, expedt. from, 28-9.
Yana River, 19; island on, 30.
Yanovsky, Lieut, Hagemeister's repre- sentative, 511; report of, 522; acting chief manager, 534.
" Yasatchnoi," ship, 284.
Yatof, Radion, in hunting expedt., 102. Yeames, Lamb, ship-builder, 283.
Yelagin, in expedt., 1740, 64, 65, 74, 93; explorations, 1739, 95; pro- moted, 96.
Yelovoi Island, school at, 706.
Yenissei River information of, 1595, 11; ship built on, 56.
Yenisseisk, founded, 17; contingent at, 96.
" Yeremy," ship, 112.
"Yermak," ship huiltat Yakutat, 420.
Yermak, Timofeief, visits Stroganof, 1578, 15.
Yermola, baptized, 122.
Yevdokia, shitika built, 102.
Yevreinof, Ivan, expedt. 1719-21, 32, 33, 44.
Young, Capt., cruising for Russ. Amer. Co., 525.
Yugof, Emilian, traffic monopoly, death, 110, 111.
Yukon, Fort, population of, 686; tem- perature, 711.
Yukon River, 211, 530, 550, 553, 576, 629; source of, 4, 5; shoals, 41; salmon run, 661, 662; mining on, 698, 737, 738; Schwatka explors, 732-5; Everett explors, 735-6.
" Yulian," ship, 120. Yullits, natives, 191.
Yunaska Island, 128.
Yurlof, death of, 108.
Yurlof, Andreïan, in expedt., 93
Yurlof, Moissei, in expedt., .93.
Yushin, Kharlam, 64, 93.
Z
Zadskoi, Heraclius, in conspiracy, 179. Zagoskin, Lieut, expedt. of, 1842, 553-4.
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INDEX.
Zaïkof, Potop, expedts of, 1772-5, [ Zand, in expedt., 1741-2, 90.
1783, 170, 173, 186, 191, 219; report of, 141; in trading co., 186; at Un- alaska, 214, 272; meets Vancouver, 278; map, 214.
Zaïkof, Stepan, expedt. of, 185; chief at St Nicolas, 342; character of, 343.
" Zakhar i Elizaveta, " voyage of, 123; 130-5.
Zakhmilin, bravery of, 328.
Zane, engineer, in expedt., 736. Zasheiversk, Banner inspector at, 416. Zavailof, Elias, in trading co., 186. Zokharin, Lieut, with Kotzebue, 494.
" Zossima i Savatia," ship, voyage of, 184.
Zubof, Count, settlers sent by, 399.
Zubof, Sava, Capt .- lieut, signs oukaz, 126.
Zybin, Capt, comdt at Okhotsk, 153.
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