"VOYAGE fROM OKHQTZK 



of Agayechtalik at this ifland, who had all of them 

 experienced the rage of thefe lavages. I got the bet- 

 ter of thefe difcouraging fentiments ; and it was not 

 merely in the tranfaclions with the members of our 

 fociety that I made it my firft duty to endeavour at 

 promoting the advantage of the crown by foothing the 

 favages, but I ftrove to bring all my people to affift 

 nie in that intention. The Konaeges thought it an 

 eafy matter either to beat us off from their iiland, or 

 not to leave a man of us alive if we fhould be fo obfti- 

 nate as to perfift in oppofing their attacks ; or, if any 

 Ihould efcape death, to fhare them among them as 

 ■flaves, according to their cuftom in the wars they are 

 IneefTantly carrying on with the nations of their kind, 

 and afterwards employ them in all forts of work. 

 What ftrengthened them in their purpofe, was, 



1 . The fmallnefs of our number ; for we were in all 

 but 150 perfons. 



2. The fuccefs they had had in the year 1 76 1 . againft a 

 veffel containing a party of trading hunters that had 

 imprudently landed at Agayechtalik, in order to winter 

 there ; when the fa vages^ permitted not the people of the 

 ■veffel to go farther than" five verfts at moft from that 

 place, robbed them of almofr. all they caught, and af- 

 terwards forced them to depart before the winter was at 

 an end. 



3. In the year 1773. they fucceeded in entirely dri- 

 ving away a veffel belonging to the Chodoliltzeflki * 

 company of merchants, within eleven days after their 

 coming upon their coafts, 



* Probably fo denominated from the names of the perfon* 

 'by whom they were J&rft eihblifhed, or of the principal partners. 



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