. The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine . e hurled at my head withsuch violence as to make me stagger to the ground ; I fired,however, and he fell down dead. The savages soon tookto flight, leaving two dead behind, and carrying one deadand a great many wounded with them. On our side, therewere few who had not received some hurt or other, with theexception of those who had been on board. Our captainhad been stabbed in the back. A great many lances, cloaks,and hats, which strowed the field of battle, formed our tro-phies of thi
. The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine . e hurled at my head withsuch violence as to make me stagger to the ground ; I fired,however, and he fell down dead. The savages soon tookto flight, leaving two dead behind, and carrying one deadand a great many wounded with them. On our side, therewere few who had not received some hurt or other, with theexception of those who had been on board. Our captainhad been stabbed in the back. A great many lances, cloaks,and hats, which strowed the field of battle, formed our tro-phies of this sad victory. We spent a comfortless night, and in the morning wentto examine the country, with a view of finding a spot wherewe might winter in safety; but we found the whole of thecoast covered with thick forests, and so low, that at highwater it would be overflowed; it was, consequently, in noway adapted for our purpose. The captain therefore col-lected us together, and informed us, that by next spring theCompanys ship Kadjak would touch upon this coast, in a 364 A SHIPWRECKED CREW ON THE N. W. The Russians are attacked by the Natives. harbor not more than sixty-five miles distant from the spotwhere we then were, to which harbor he proposed that weshould immediately proceed. As there was neither bay norriver marked on the chart which could impede our journey,he thought it might be very speedily accomplished ; and that,while the savages were engaged in plundering the vessel, weshould have nothing to fear from them, since they could de-rive no advantage from annoying us. We all, therefore,unanimously replied, Be it as you propose; we shall notdisobey you. Thus we entered upon our march, each of us armed withtwo muskets, one pistol, a quantity of ammunition, besidesthree barrels of powder, and some provisions, which we car-ried with us. Previously to our departure, however, we hadtaken care to spike the guns, destroy the muskets, and throwthem, together with the remain
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