The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24


wlleurnnus. sxtsndfns frum vmnsumsau
IsiMnd an the Amsrton1 coast 90 Bsrinl
| strait. and from Barring Strait 90 tn
Chiness frontier In Asia Ths only -
suits of thar thres yoars labor and 0Hf
/ fering. The only monnmsnts Of the ahan'
doned enterprise. are the poles which thsy
erected and thu houses which they built
Two OG tho employees % the Russian Am
ertcnn Tel~gTaph Company. Aeanrs
Whymper and Dali, have publinhsd 40
counts % their travels In Brttiah Colum-
bia and AlAskA. Mr.. Ksnnan's tuo years
u sxpsrisncs were oass In KAmchatka
and northsasssrn siberia. In his dsscrip-
ton of it be sxpressly disclAims any at
tsmpt az fIilness % sCisntific information
or any very extraordinary reSeArches Of
any kind: hut he certainly did have
plenty 20 hArdahips and adventures
fnught with SUFFICIENT peril to put him On
his mettle. demonstrate his value and
make his story a. exciting a. could Be
desired. Indssd its eminently reAdAbls
qualities. the simplicity tinged with humog
and felicitous EXPANSIONS, his talent for
vivid description and for hitting upon
amusing situations probably have had
and will continue to have much to do
with its popularity.
The company was formed IN New York
IN ls1a. but IL WAs not until July 1. 1853.
that Mr. KEENAN, and two other Americans
under command Of Major AbGaA. q Rus
sian. sailed from San Francisco. and on
August ~. after q tedious voyage In q
small brig. they landed AZ the port Of
Pe;ropavlovsk. in Kamchatka. Herr tho
party separated: b sh and MahOod were
TO sail for NiholAisrsk. at the mouth Of
the Amur River. and explore theacs north
-rly to Okhosnk: Major Aba3a and the au-
thor we're On travel through the KAN
chaSka Peninsula .northward until thsy
struck the proposed line about midway
between Okhot<k and 8ering Strait. after
which one u them was 10 90 west % mese
Bush and Mahood az OkhOtsk whils the
oth,'r made his way northwArd 70 . Rus-
sian trading station called Anadyrsh.
about 600 miles west OF the strait. Mr.
KEENAN, had already made efforts 70 learn
Russian. naturally without snOcsss in the
given time. and he pays his respects to
the language IN the Traditional manner.
30 a young fur trader named Dodd. Who
had lived seven yeArS in Pstropavlovsk.
vas engaged by Major AbAzA a. compAn-
ion and interpreter for him. An parties
we're To live on the country and travel
with the natives. A. long a. the good
weather continued and until the early
winter at in their trip was nothing short
81 enchanting The magnificent scensry
was ssen az ia best tho land was smoth-
cred IN an immensely varied fora inclsId-
ing black KAmchatka lilies tho ground
was covered with lnscious blneberries
and honeSed cloud berries. which at
tracted the bears. with which they had
numerous amusing hut bloodle-s en-
counters The inhabitants overwhelmed
them with good food: cold roast duck.
broilsd reindeer tongues. clotted cream
and Wild rose pssals crushed with white
sugar into delicious jam being among
the viAncis. in cottages 90 spotleesly clean
that they could have eaten OF the floor.
When they were within easy sight of the
Kluchefskoi volcano and In family the
inAl touch of picturesqusness wAs added
20 the exquisite Landscape by its free.
misSs and ash clouds.
Among the amusing incidents which
snlivened their far from monotonous
Journey we're the overwhelming honors
paid them IN On- village where a village
wiseacre insisted that the name George
ksnnAn. Telegraphist and Operator
tAs written down by the Russian Governor
m Petropav lovaki must mean -Impera-
tor and the authorities paid the party
imperial honorS until thsy incurred the
suspicion % being insane and were called
on for an explanation. IL 10 interesting
to note the VIOLENCE % the eruptions from
the kluchefsko,. one % the highest and
most unintsrrIptedly active volcanoes
IN all the great volcanic chain Of the north
Pacific since the seventeenth century
very few years have ELAPSED without an
eruption of greater or les violsnce odd
the snow IN winter - frequently - COW
cred with ashes for twenty-five miles
around kluchei that travel upon sledges
becomes almost impossible Yet the
Russian peasants who inhAbit Kluchei
al - foot. descendants ~ settlers brought
thither from central Ru@sla early in the
eighteenth century. remain TRANQUILITY in
their hom~a II was near here that Mr.
Kennan ~as awakened one morning by
pns ~ the skin clad natives in their train
on a frying pan and yelling
ioyously a verse 81 -Oh. Su-aan-na-a.
don't W. cry for me. which he had learned
from the sailors on whaling ship at
together With sons I'M
American language. a. he
expressed u
taT'y IN October they reached a spot
where Major AhAza decided to divide the
PARTY. -s'nding Mr.. KEENAN, with a very
capable Cozaack and some natives IN lead
twenty unlosded horss,s acru~- ~ hat was
a--erts-i 20 l.. an impossible divide at
that -sason while he and Dndd ven, round
Nv whalebost with the hs@vy luggage
IN" land pArty lost i's way IN a blizzard.
slrno-t fell over a precipice into the SEA
Nv way ~ recovering tho trait. ate its
last nout hful ~ food and found that the
other party could not possibly have
r"achod the rendezvous before "a. and
would 30 utterly unable 10 make II with
-rch weather. 4 native PROPOSED q bold
rlan-to race with the tide along the naF-
row beach az the foot of the heetlinR ellis. |
B our or Ave hours would he required 20
reach the safety ~ the rAvine which made |
inland. but return over the DEVILS Pass
was out 81 the question. Starving, fresz- !
ing. breathle~s. they made the race. and
won. on the way meeting messengers from /,