1,650, and the active colonization began half a century later. They encountered several indigenous peoples, principally Itelmens (or Kamchadals) and Koryaks , as well as Chukchi , Evens, Aleuts, and Ainu. (Map: www.travelkamchatka.com ) The more numerous Itelmens, fishers and hunter-gatherers, some 13,000 people at the time of the contact, saw