40 BARONOF^S REVENGE. 



by standing out to sea, and brought to Kodiack 

 the news of the annihilation of the settlement 

 at Sitka. 



This occurrence took place in the year 1804, 

 when the present Admiral Krusenstern made 

 his voyage round the world, and his second 

 ship, the Neva, was bound for this colony- 

 Baronof immediately seized so excellent an 

 opportunity for revenging himself on the Ka- 

 lushes. He armed three vessels, and sailed in 

 company with the Neva to Sitka. When the 

 Kalushes heard that the warrior Nonok, as they 

 called Baronof, had returned, terror prevented 

 their attempting to oppose his landing ; and 

 they retired in great haste to their fortification, 

 consisting of a great quadrangle closely set 

 round with thick, high beams, broken only by 

 one very small and strong door. The pallisa- 

 does were furnished with loop-holes, for the 

 firing of muskets and falconets, with which the 



rising through the apertures, which are but just large enough 

 to allow them to move and row conveniently. The space 

 between their bodies and the deck being so well fitted with 

 bladders, that no drop of water can enter. 



These baidars are moved very rapidly by oars, and the 

 Aleutians put to sea with them in all weathers. 



