The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-17 00:00:00

BY LAND FROM COPPER RIVER

ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A JOURNEY

TO THE FROZEN OCEAN AND HUDSON'S BAY.

(Front the Russian Journal Severni Arkkif (Archives of

_
the North.)
The Russian possessions on the N.W. coast
of America offer great facilities for the execu-
tion of sueh'in enterprise. The Copper River,
i
of which nothing sat present known but the
mouth, might be the starting place for an expe-
dition by laud, the object of which, indepen-
dently of important geographical discoveries,would be the acquisition of new countries,
abounding
in
According eto°l3Ptheer-a'acnd incott valuablentsofth furs.
inhabitants,
and of those who i
trai.e on the banks of the Copper
River, which is in lat. 60. N. and long. 144. W.
of Greenwich, in the possession of the Rus-
sian American Company, it rises on the side
of some very high mountains, and the banks
are inhabited by a mild and peaceable people
called the Oogalakmoutes. At its mouth, near
the bay of Tchougat, are the two islands of
Soukli and Noutchik: in the latter there is a
colony founded by the American Company, and
its vessels go there every year to receive the
furs which the inhabitants have collected dur-
ing the season. A merchant of the name of
Baie
lof,
who was sent by the Director of the
Company) (M. Baranotr). to explore the source
or the Copper River, proceeded for about 300
wersts (200 miles), and was returning loaded
with a prodigious quantity of specimens of na-
tive copper, which he hadfound on the banks of
the stream, when he was stripped of the whole
by an Indian Chief, who feared that the Rus-
sians, if they were informed of the existence
of these valuable mines, would make them-
selves masters of so lucrative a trade. Ba-
jenof added, that he had visited another
river which joins the Copper River, and
is large enough to be navigable. At a
small distance from that part, there is a
lake on the banks of which he saw so consider-
able a number of rein-deer, that, according to
the account of the Indians, 12,000 might be
killed. There- are great numbers of black bears, '
lynxes, beavers, and martens. Bajenof saw
among the Indians a considerable quantity of
native copper : he also learned, that to the north
there is a pretty large river that falls into the
ocean. lou may go: 6y, Water in a fortnight
from the Copper River' to ale bay of Kenaisk.
M. Klimolsky, another Russian merchant,
who was sent by Lieutenant. Yanofsky, and as-
cended the river for '2OO wersts, furnished the
Company with the following particulars.
The banks of the Copper River are covered
with thick forests : it is not very fit for navi-
gation, but might easily serve as a means of
communication. The ecitintif 'about its mouth
is inhabited by tile Qogalakmoutes, beyond
whom, at the foot of the mountains, are the
Atnakmioutes (copper race), likewise a peace-
able tribe. During the winter, many other
Indian tribes, Nllio live beyond the mounttins,
assemble to celebrate games, which continue
for several months, and during which they ex-
change their commodities with the Atnakmioutes,
from whom they receive trifling 'articles of hard-
tpcl copper,
pp travellers ,}
fori
hard-
ware, which are " procured from the Oogalak-
moutes, who themselves obtain them from the
Russians. Amopg the articles brought back
by Klimofsky, ate specimens . of- the finest
auiltldidi
eldwsneoinimi
tee
br.
wither, during
guineas, which must
have reached these people from Hudson's Bay ;
a fact which evidently implies the possibility of a
communication between that bay and the Copper
River. From these statements it appears that
an expedition 'night be sent from Copper River
loueffiecexrp,edtilis-
to ascertain whether Asia and America are
wholly separated ; and to discover a means of
composed
dCoofmae
superioral iy .
communication between the American Company
secretary, a draughtsman and naturalist, and two
,oe to
which
set they
out
u iwol:utlde
'h
sailors expert in the trades of a smith and a car-
penter. It might proceed either by sea, by the
shipsti thence
ne
e whichto
tiNgliNie,aueh:ecirli‘eusToel
aper
lypii
yteoyrfepnaleisriiigt;ortoiekri
itt.anK:eaniottliirlbbet saobcrel
jkyvtaagt_kisi.ahalig,ei
tie, and
thence to tile isle of Stka; or by land, to
OchotMk, - where it might embark its time
spling for the Copper River on board she ves-
Noutchik. The foist
is surveying the coast, and exploring Mount
Saint Elias ; the expedition would then
glatndsahfeolystages ; by this means
reach the mountains inhabited by the Atnak-
mioutes, from whom the Director of the Com-
panyremain among those
make thevokelves acquainted with' the tribes
FrloZheen fiOrscteaaitit,ell'iliPidt
of the remoter tracts, who assemble `to -cele-
brate the above-mentioned games; and" by
the help of ' such information as they would
furnish, it would
would lead to Hudson's B. • a).'lime next step,
if the Government conse: led that the expedi-
tion, when it had reached Hudson's Bay, should
tswai 'i
would
tboe
proceedn l
taok e
return by the west coast, would be to discover
a communications between that bay and the Copper
River. This l• tt .
a er part of' the enterprise wonld
probably prove Ow most easy of execution, and
would insow great commercial advantages to the
4.ussgill American Company, which has good
reason to suspect the existence of rich sayer,
e
mines in those countries.
discoveries.
etar
the Frozen
in
z i
e,
s would
River l)
which
spentl,
ie) 4
stStjaiePnolcid.siliiii:tgl7lveihgfkoibe Hudson'scom

A case of excessive domestic aillifctlon has re-
cently occurred in this town. !fin yriungest daughter of
Mr. MARKS, straw-hat-maker, of. Bridge-street, was
seized with the small-pox, and died on Tuesday week ; his
infant son fell a sacrifice to the same disease on Tuesday
last ; and on Wednesday his eldest son also died of the same
infectious disorder.---Mrewsbur* Chronicle.

against
SUBORNATION OP PERJUR.Y.-----CONSPI-
ARACY.
4a,x WssTol4 'and Or.nrs, for a conspiracy,
the bearing
—me case a NICHOLAS MAHON, Esq.,
of which hail been adjourned from Wednesday by the Ma-
gistrates of licnry-street Division,. was yesterday resumed
before those Magistrates in the Four Courts Marshalsea,
for the purpose of going into the examination of RICHARD
RADFORD Roe, whose testimony Was alleged by OLots to
be necessary towards his exculpation. After the examina-
tion of Mr. ROE by Orms, Mr. O'CoNNELL, and the.
Magistrates, for three hours, the further hearing of the
case was adjourned to this day. After the termination of
the investigation, r. .... M ,A
—Vont:err. stated to the A:agistrates
that on this day he should prepare informations
against a
third person, for aiding in the conspiracy, not hitherto
cbargetl.- Dublin Morning Register., -
MR• STEELE AND TUE CLARE MOUN-
TAINS._Last Sunday Mr. STEELE, the Southern dictator,
in the magnitude of his power, and by virtue of his high
office, as ". Seconder of DAN in Clare," was pleased to
baptise all the hills and mountains of that county, by the
11tnii:lous name of O'CoNniteLa and in pursuance of this
august ceremony, was hailed by a multitude of the wild
natives, whose maniac shouts echoed far and near to those
of their commander. Nve really can't but admire ,the
modest and unobtrusive bearing of this loan, who assumes
a power equal to that of Majesty, giving a name to an im-
mense tract of eountry, the property of different proprietors,
and known for centuries by particular and distinct appella-
tions, which all the power of the Catholic Association,
with Mr. &meta's popularity, will be unable to alter.—
corA Censtitution,