oonalaskan

Updated: May 7, 2025

Promptly the Cossack wreaks vengeance by slaughtering seven of the hostages on the spot; but he deems it wise to take refuge on his ship, weigh anchor and slip out to sea carrying with him by way of a lesson to the natives, two interpreters, three boys, and twenty-five women, two of whom die of cruelty before the ship is well out of Oonalaskan waters.

Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut - Vikings of the Pacific: The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward

Here, then, came Pushkareff in 1762 after two years' cruising about the Aleutian Islands. The natives are friendly, thinking to obtain iron, and knives, and firearms like the other islanders who have traded with the Russians. Children are given as hostages of good conduct for the Oonalaskan men, who lead the Russians off to the hunt, coasting from point to point.

Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut - Vikings of the Pacific: The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward