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PAULUTSKFS CAMPAIGN, 
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began his campaign by marching into the country from the 
bottom of Penschina Bay. This campaign too was exceedingly 
unfortunate. After only a few days’ march he came unexpect¬ 
edly on a large body of Chukches, who themselves had gone to 
war with the Koryaks. A fight took place on the .J-^th March, 
1730, in which Schestakov himself fell, hit by an arrow, and his 
followers were killed or put to flight. 
Among those who were ordered to accompany Schestakov in 
this unfortunate campaign was Captain Dmitki Paulutski. 
Under his command a new campaign was undertaken against 
the Chukches. With a force of 215 Russians, 160 Cossacks and 
60 Yukagires, Paulutski left Anadyrsk on the March, 1731, 
and marched east of the sources of the Anadyr to the Polar Sea, 
which was only reached after two months’ march. Then he 
went along the coast, partly by land, partly on the ice, to the 
eastward. After fourteen days he fell in with a large Chukch 
army, and having in vain summoned it to surrender, he 
delivered a blow on the ^^th June, and obtained a comjolete 
victory over the enemy. During the continuation of the 
campaign along the coast he was compelled to fight on two 
other occasions, one on the and the other on the |th July, 
at Chukotskojnos itself, over which promontory he wished to 
march to the mouth of the Anadyr. In both cases the victory 
lay with the Russians, who, according to Aliiller’s account based 
on the official documents, in all three engagements lost only 
three Cossacks, one Yukagire and five Koryaks. But notwith¬ 
standing all these defeats the Chukches refused to submit and 
pay tribute to the Russians, on which account the only gain of 
the campaign was the honour of avenging Schestakov’s defeat 
and of marching in triumph over Chukotskojnos. For this, ten 
days were required. On the promontory, hills of considerable 
height had to be passed. It appears as if Paulutski followed the 
shore of Kolyutschin Bay to the south, and then marched over 
the tongue of land which separates this bay from Anadyr Bay, 
