Iiq^DEX. 



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Obdorsk, 81. 



Obi River, 21, 107. 



Obi, gulf, 109. 



Ofzyn, Lieut., 79; at Obdorsk, 



81; in Gulf of Obi, 93, 109; 



saves the St. Peter, 171, 172. 

 Okhotsk, arrival at, 24, 62, 79; 



building of, 99; fleet in, 103. 

 Okhotsk, sea of, explorations in, 



26. 

 Olenek, 34, 92. 

 Ostermann, 64, 73, 189. 

 Ostrog, Kamchatka, 27. 

 Otheres, 114. 



Pallas, 45. 



Patience, bay, 123. 



Patience, cape, 54. 



Patiloff, 21. 



Pavlutski, Capt., 43, 45, 83. 



Peschel, 0., 117,118, 146. 



Petchora, 107. 



Peter the Great, Scandinavians in 



service of, 7; death of, 21, 63. 

 Petroff, 96, 119. 

 Petermann, Dr., Ill, 116. 

 Petropavlovsk, founding of, 127. 

 Pissarjeff, 65, 83; quarrel with 



Bering, 84; sketch of, 85, 95:, 



removal of, 103, 126^ ^^ 



Planting, 93-96, 135, 

 Plenisner, 153. 

 Pontanus, J. J., 14. 

 Popoff, Cossack, on Chuckchee 



peninsula, 17, 66. 

 Preobrashensky, bay, 31. 

 Pribyloff Islands, 178. 

 Prince William's Sound, 145, 148. 

 Pronchisheff, 81, 92, 93, 96, 109. 



Reclus, 67. 



Remesoff, atlas of, 16. 

 Ruge, Prof., 117, 119. 

 Russian fleet, founding of, 9. 



Saghalin, island, 54; charting of, 

 125. 



Sarycheff, Admiral, at Kuriles, 

 120; 146, 148. 



Sauer, M., 146; description of 

 St. Elias, 147. 



Saunders, Vice- Admiral, 11. 



Savjaloff, 167. 



Schaep, H. C, 54. 



Schelagskii, cape, 110. 



Schelting, Lieut., 119. 



Scurvy, 182. 



Schwatka, 21. 



Sea Cow, 179: correct scientific 

 name, 179; extermination of, 

 179; importance of, 180. 



Sea Lion, 178. 



Sea Lion Island, 175. 



Sea Otter, 177. 



Seljonyi, island, 123. 



Semichi Islands, 167. 



Semidi Islands, 159. 



Senate, Russian, orders of, 64. 



Serdze Kamen, cape, 39 et seq. 



Shafiroff, 85. 



Shantar Islands, 65. 



Shestakoff, 18, 56. 



Shumagins, discovery of, 161; 

 stay at, 162, 164. 



Siberia, determinations of longi- 

 tude in, 38; scientific explora- 

 tion of, 68. 



Sievers, Peter, 9. 



Sikotan, island, 123. 



Skeving, 9, 



Skuradoff, 109. 



Soimonoff, 73. 



Sokoloff, K., 75; opinion of 

 Spangberg, 84, 94; Bering's 

 assistants, 95; opinion of Ber- 

 ing, 96,100,116; qualifications 

 of, 137, 159, reproved by Ban- 

 croft, 189, note. 



Spangberg, M., in first expedi- 

 tion, 21; at the Kut, 22; win- 

 ter at the Yudoma, 24; sets 

 sail, 26, 50 ; instructions to, 66, 

 77, 82; nativity of, 84; accusa- 



