The New York herald., 1877-02-13
A NEW ROUTE TO SIBERIA.

The report Of Captain wiggan, on his voyage to the
Ycnsse River. is singular confirmation Of the statc-
ment recently published by Professor NordenskjoId
that 1t is possible to opcn up commerce by ST.
beria Captain Wggans letter read before the I'm
pcrial Society Tor Promoting Naval Comm un catons
at the Naval Museum OF tho Admiralty ST. Petersburg
and, among other things, contains the folIowIng:-
We arrived at Waiga,s Straits, Novn Zembia on tho
Sd OF August We passed through under sail, no leo
intcrrupting US until had gone about forty yersts
into the Kara Soa. From thence proceeded along
She Samoyede Land at distance OF nineteen yersts
from the coast leo to impede progress weather
warm, and no snow to be any ol the land. By
tho 5h OF August wo had arrived or Luke Island and
the next day proceeded under the east of the
island To examine II there might be any harbor for
shipping. Natives came on board during the day. and
after staying some time, lett the ship, steer
ing their large boats toward tho Biadaratskerry
Gulf They appeared strong healthy, well built men,
and had quantity OF oil and many seals.
Alter a few days we again went to The mouth of the
Uraey River one Of the rcputed routes OF the Rus
SLAMS so,ne 300 years go, who traded constantly be-
tween Archangel the Obj ana tho Yenissci and wcro
therefore legitimaely the first Europeans who did COM
mcrcc with these mighty rivers; but VIC iound 10
possible even TO get the steam launch in, shallow
was the water and go blocked up the mouth the
river with sand banks. Running north again exam
tho OF tho leo, and finding still a Iaryc ouan-
tty in latitude 20 deg. 20 min north Determined to
return south and examine Kara River and Bay said TO
possess commodious harbor for shipping Hero wo
found not more than nine feet Of water In the chan.
mel and sand banks prevented tho steam launch pro-
cecding TAR up From here We again proceeded to
municatng with tho Bremen expedition, should they
have succeeded In crossing the s;hmus We there
fore examined closely along tho east coast round by
the river uraley, thcnco round by the head OF tho
gulf and on toward an unnamed island the west
coast Here tho land Is high and bold, with tho high
mountain ranges Of the urals close inland All looked
green and well covered with vegetation, with snow
excepting only tho everlasting snow.capped SUBMITS
OF the highest peaks OF the Urals Inside tho island
wc found good harb0r This would prove n CON-
modious summer harbor Tor ships load and dis.
charge cargocs providing transit road be found
the isthmus From here proceeded direct to
White Island under sail alone, finding all the ice gone
from the Yalmal coast
On September IL sailed for the river Yenissoi:
We started To ascend the river the 2d On 10th
we mad arrived abreast OF Briochowsxcy. Here
native came on board, said to be the King Of the Sam.
oycdcs, named Patchkar. lie with great case pIlotcd
us through the remaining islands, the chnnnc being
deep and frcc IRON danger until wo arrived Mt Cupc
Muksuminskij Here he could not Gnd the road and
had 10 leave us. BY tho aid of our steam launch VIC
succeeded In nearing Tolsta powskojc village Here NJ
KoksiaroH came on board and succeeded, with the aid
OF the native from Korcpowskojc in conducting us
TO Dudinskoe, tho channel all the being salo and
good, with plenty of water for large steamer. From
here we proceeded TO Kuncika, where we arrived
safely October II, and who laid my vessel IN for
the winter.
II will be seen that by my having succeeded In as
ccnding the Ycnssoi the character OF this mighty
river has been saved, for the fact OF the Swedish
steamer not being abo to ascend must have had
damaging cnoct, and would probably have prevented
commerce commencing next year. As IL Is, there is
nothing to prevent suitable steamer of 600 or 700
tons ascending or descending the to from tho
town oil fenisscsk, nevertheless Professor Nordchs-
kiold having returned home demonstrates another
most valuable fact-nanely, that vessels proceed
to and return from tho icnissei during tho same