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had been expelled by the king, as well as the peo- 

 ple, from the island of Atooi, and had landed here 

 some time ago with his crew, consisting of a hun- 

 dred Aleutians, and several Russians in the ship 

 Kodiak, which lay now on the strand. The ship 

 was in such a miserable condition that the crew, 

 in the voyage from Atooi to Woahoo, had been 

 compelled to pump continually, to prevent her 

 sinking, and, therefore, the fugitives, as soon as 

 they reached this harbour, were obliged to run her 

 a-ground. Kareimoku told me that he had kindly 

 received the unfortunate Aleutians and Russians, 

 as he did not wish to return evil for evil ; even 

 SchefFer had been permitted to go on board a ship 

 from the United States, which a few days belbre 

 our arrival had sailed for Canton. Kareimoku 

 had scarcely finished his account, when M. Tara- 

 canof, agent to the Russian American Company, 

 came on board, with several of the Company's 

 officers. Taracanof, who, according to Baranof's 

 orders, was placed entirely under SchefFer's com- 

 mand, expressed his disapprobation of the pro- 

 ceedings in Atooi, through which they had all 

 been placed in the greatest danger of their lives, 

 and he considered it a great miracle that, in 

 their flight from Atooi, only three Aleutians had 

 been shot, as Tamary, who regarded them all as 

 his bitterest enemies, might easily have killed 

 many more. He also mentioned their dangerous 

 voyage hither, and was now, with his people, in the 



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