. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. fi 108 Tl
. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. fi 108 TlIK POLAIl WOULD r; 1 '' 1 I I quorors of Sihpiiii wer' fully as bold and pcrsevorinjif as the companujiis of Cortoz and Pizarro, ihi-y also tMiuallcd tlioiii in uvarioc and cruolty. Under tlieir iron yoke whole nations, such as the Scholar;!, Aniujill, and Oniokl,melted awnv; others, as th-> Woguls, Jukahires, Koriaks, and Itiilnienes, were redueed to ii scanty remnant. The history of the suhjui^ation of the Itulnicnes, or natives of KamiOiatka, as described by Steller, may suffico to show how the Cossacks made and how they abused their conciuests. "When Atlassoff, with only sixteen men, came to the river of Kamchatkii, the Itiihnene chieftain i!i([uired, through a Koi'iak intei'preter, what they waul- ed, and whence they came ; and received for answer that the powerful sove- reign, to whom the whole land belonged, Had sent them to levy the tribute which they owed him as his subjects. Tiie was naturally astonished at this information, and offering the strangers a present of costly furs, he re(pu'sl(il them to leave the country, and not to repeat their visit. ]>iit the Cossacks thought proper to remain, and built a small wooden fort, Verchnei Ostroir, whence they fell on the neighboring villages, robbing or destroying all tluv could lay hands upon. Exasperated by these .acts, the Itiilmenes resolved to attack the fort; but as the Cossacks had kept up
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