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tancc about 12 twelve miles to find natives, if not finding any 

 to travillc south until we did, took us five days to walk to 

 Kuinak Surka, found two fish took one days rest started 

 south again nothing to eat, travilled untill the 19th getting 

 wceker every day gave up in dispair, sat down and rested, 

 then walked one mile found two huts and a storehouse, 

 where there was about fifteen pounds of Blue moulded Fish 

 stoped three days to regain strenth, boath beaing to weak to 

 travill. On the afternoon of the 23d or thareabouts a native 

 came to the hut, we tryed to make him understand that there 

 was eleven more men north, could not make him understand 

 he took us too his camp whare thare was six more, also a lot 

 of sleighs and raindecr they travilling at the time south, 

 next morning broak camp came to a settlement on the 25th, 

 called Ajakit there trycd again to make the people under- 

 stand there was more people north, did not succeed, Ajakit 

 is lat 70 dcg. 55 min. north, long, not known as the chart is 

 a coppy, sent for the govener to Bulun, came 27th he knew 

 the ships name, and knew about Nordcnchawl, but could not 

 talk English, we tried to make him understand that the 

 Captain was in a starving condition or probably dead, and 

 that we wanted natives, Raindecr and food to get them, as I 

 thought that we could make it in five or six days to save 

 them from starvation but the Govoncr made signs that he 

 had to Telegraph to St. Pctersberg, he then sent us on to 

 Bulun. We stand in kneed of food and clothing at present 

 our health is in a bad condition hoping to be well soon we 

 remain your humble servants, 



WILLIAM C. F. NINDERMANN, 

 Louis P. NOROS, 

 Seamen of the U. S. Navy, Steamer Jeannette." 



The following are extracts from a letter which Mr. Noros 

 wrote from Yakutsk, to his father who resides in Fall River, 

 Massachusetts : 



" On the 4th of September we were frozen fast in pack 

 ice, where we remained drifting north and Avest until the 



