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dogs and awakening the echoes of the Polar
Sea. Yermac was overjoyed; ; he could re
turn to his plan of escape and this time,
under much better conditions, thanks to
Yegor's absence. Only one thing clouded
his citation and that was his inability to
take back the fugitives with him. But he
knew their route; from Yakoutsk, by en-
ploying the government couriers it was pos.
sible to spread the alarm over the entire
coast of the Pacific Ocean bordering upon
the Gulf of Anadyr In the spring, Yegor
and his companions would reach this locality
only to be captured.
The guides, to whom Yermac related in
his own fashion the abduction of Nadege
and little Ladislas, and the departure of
Yegor Semenoff and NJ. Lafeur in search of
them, thought that their employers would
never find their way back to the hut, or
that finding themselves brought by their
pursuit nearer the Pacific than the Arctic
Ocean. they would not retrace their steps.
They seemed therefore, to consent easily
enough to what the chief Of police desired,
They, however, demanded three or -four
days to reach final decision; this time be-
sides, was necessary to rest the dogs.
Yermac, on the point Of realizing his hopes.
resolved to utilize these few days. He
brought away from the whaler, with the aid
of a marta drawn by several dogs, which
were replaced by others on completing each
trip, everything that had commercial value
if taken to Mini Kolimsk, especially the
powder, the harpoons, and the arms. Al
forwards, he caused to be buried near the
spot where his son reposed the bones gath
cred up here and there on the deck and in
e no
ing out Yegor's pious intentions.
ER.-XXXIT-NADEGE AMo1yG THE TCH.
oUKTCHIs.
Three hundred and fifty miles to the east
of the Bay of Tchaounsk is situated the Bay
Of Kclioutchine, where the Vega wintered
from the 9th of September, 1878, until the
18th Of July Of the following year.
Everybody now knows the surprising MS
tory Of the expedition commanded by Nor
denskiold, the result of which was the
revelation of the existence of a northeast
passage. It is. certainly the greatest geo
graphical achievement since the discovery
of America.
It is known by all how the Swedish saw
ant, after several voyages of exploration to
the north of Russia and Siberia, succeeded
in reaching Behring's Strait and the great
ocean, thus demonstrating the truth OF a
very ingenious hypothesis, namely: that
along the coast of Siberia was a navigable
channel, caused by the abundant warm wat
ers discharged during the summer by the
vast Asiatic rivers
N0rdenskiold, while Wintering ten months
in the Bay of Kolioutchine, lived among the
Tchouktchis, a people very little known
now, long feared by the other Siberian tribes
with whom they came in contact, and whose
reputation for ferocity has, no doubt, been
greatly exaggerated.
The illustrious Swedish traveller was not
the first to penetrate into the Tchouktchi
peninsula. In 1923, Lieutenant Wrangel, OF
the Russian navy, since admiral, went as
far as the Island of Kolioutchine, and even
before the Russian navigator, the celebrated
Cook had, in ITS, discovered North Cape
(Nordenskiold's Cape Irlaipi) and the
Island of Kolioutchine which he named
Burney's Island Ia 1891, Captain Billings
after having disemBarked on the shore Of
the Bay of Saint Laurent in the Sea of Ok
hotsk, went by land to the Bay Of Koliout-
chine and then to Cape Chelagsk.
It was from the accounts of Wrangel and
his lieutenants MatiOuchlzine and KOzmine,
as well as from what he knew Of the eXpe-
ditions of Billings and some others less
known, such as the merchant ChalaOurof,
Of Yakoutsk and Captain Saritchof, that
YegOr had fixed upon his route. HeWaS not
ignorant of the fact that the Tchouktchis
were people TO be feared and to be looked
out for, but never had the terrible POSSIBLE
jtV Of an abduction with armed hand of
Davidoff s daughter entered among his APP
prehensi3ns
The unfortunate Nadege, confined in the
double tent of the chief of a tribe establish
ed to the south OF the Bay Of Kolioutchine,
now no LONGER hQr9d for deliverance If it
were not effected by the intelligence and
courage Of her adopted brother.
Ladislas, without being forced to do 50,
had followed her, hoping to be able to pro-
tect and be useful to her. The young girls
abductors numbered seven. Among them
was the old Tchouktchi who had asked
hospitality Of the exiles a few days before.
They We're commanded by a young chief
established temporarily at the Bay Of Tch-
aounslz but whose permanent fishing quar-
tiers were at the Bay Of Kolioutchine.
The Tchouktchi kamakay, finding himself
much too near the wintering place of the
white men from the west, gave the signal
for departure and was followed by all those
belonging to his tribe, the richest taking
with them their slaves, descendants, doubt
less, of former prisoners of war.
Nadege, treated at first with some con-
sideration, made this new journey in well
covered marta, having beside her her dear
I4adislas, whom she pressed to her bosom
as if she feared they would snatch him from
her. Numerous dogs drew the marta, ex-
cited by slave who ran on foot beside the
vehicle. AS the tribe advanced towards the
east, Ladislas. whose intention from the
first had been to steal away and return to
the hut to inform Yegor of the route taken
by Nadege's abductors, saw with terror the
lengthening of the road he would have to
pass over to- carry out his plan.
He wished to quit Nadege, but she retain
ed him, explaining to him that, while there
was still uncertainty about the locality to
which she was being taken, he ought not to
abandon her. IF he departed at once, how
could he inform Yegor? Better would it be
for him to remain with her, depending upon