62 CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Alaska, p. 546. 79 111 1827, Lutke, seut by the Eussian Government, 



arrived at Sitka, and thereafter made explorations 

 in the Aleutian Ishiiids and in Behring- Sea. 

 North-west Two vessels Only of the trading fleet on the north-west 

 Coast, vol. 1, 1.. gQj^g^ ^j.g j,^ ^i^jg y^^^. known byname. 



Alaska, p. 54C. jj^ 1828, two vBssels belonging to Liitke's expedition 

 carried on surveys in Behring Sea. The trading vessel 

 " Eliza" was at Sitka in this year. 



6r"^to"Amo?rH' ^" *^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^' ^^^"' ^^^ ^^^'^ ^^^ " Cliincliella," a United 



ii.,Ex. Doc.; 4otii States brig, Thomas Meek, master, was trading between 



K^iwf ■' Sitka and China. 



Alaska, p. 565. Jii 1829, a Eussiaii vcsscl was sent from Sitka to Chile 



to trade. Some explorations were also made by the Eus- 



sians in the inland country. 



ibifi.,p.547. In 1830, explorations were made in Behring Sea by 



Etholen. Wrangell relieved Chistiakof in command. The 



co^st,^voL^i,*'p*^i^™6S of four or live foreign vessels trading on the north- 



341. ' west coast in this and the following year are recorded. 



^Alaska, pp. 518- j^ -^332 ^y ]S3;3^ Tebciikof established a post near the 

 mouth of the Yukon, and explorations were conducted 

 inland. 

 Ibid., p. 555. jj^ jg33^ ^^^ Hudson's Bay Company sent the British ves- 

 sel "Dryad" to form an Establishment at the mouth of the 

 Stikine, but Wrangell, having heard of the enterprise, 

 occupied the place in advance, and turned the vessel back. 

 Damages to the amount of £20,000 were claimed through 

 See post, p. 83. ^^i^ British Government from Eussia. This will be referred 



to later. 

 Ibid., p. 583. ^ United States whaling master, under a five years' Con- 

 tract with the Eussian Company, arrived at Sitka, but 

 achieved little. 



CMs^t^ Vol ^i'' V ^^ 1834, the name of but one of the foreign vessels trading 



341. ' ' on the north-west coast is recorded. 



^^ibid., pp. 341, j^ ^^^Q^ ^^g u Eii^a" was again at Sitka, and three foreign 

 trading vessels are recorded to have visited the Alaskan 

 coast. 



CASE OF THE "LORIOT." 



In the same year the United States brig "Loriot" sailed 



from the Sandwich Islands for the north west coast 



80 of America for the purpose of procuring provisions, 



and also Indians to hunt for sea-otters on the coast. 



When in the Harbour of Tuckessan, latitude 51° 55' north, 



and longitude 132° 30' west, a Eussian armed brig ordered 



the "Loriot" to leave. This action was based on the 



expiration of the period named in the IVth Article of the 



Treaty, whereby, for ten years only, liberty to touch and 



trade at Eussian Establishments on the coast was granted. 



50th Cong., 2iia The United States ])rotested against the interference 



Dw^No^'ioe^p! ^'^^^ *^'^ "Loriot," characterizing it as an "outrage," and 



233. ' the following is an extract from instructions which were 



voh*'*'ii^T?'^ii; st-i't by the United States Secretary of State to :Mr. Dallas, 



^"o-c. the Minister at St. Petersburg, under date 4th May, 1837: 



On the other hand, should there prove to l)e no Russian Establish- 

 ments at the ])laces mentioned, this outrage on the " Loriot " assumes a 

 still graver aspect. It is a violation of the right of the citizens of the 

 United States, immcuiorially exercised, and secured to them as well 



