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Baranov, watching the stacking up of food in piles of unbelievable size,told his Russians: 'This winter nobody starves. uccessful we are inestablishing a Christian church among the natives, and, frankly, we've not accomplishedmuch'. As Steller turned to view the island, he saw off its northern shore a splendid smallcone of rock emerging from the sea,144and by gestures he asked if it was a volcano, and the Aleut nodded yes. ers gained three significant victories: their palisadedwalls had proved to be impervious to Russian fire, they

hem for thingsthey wanted from the boat; and that was preliminary to informing them that what thestrangers really wanted were pelts of the sea otter. 'Because of his unusual persistence, he had been valuable to his tribe when unusualtasks confronted them, And four stout fellows with nerves of granite manned the oars. chedto the city of Yakutsk, where he was to serve as military constable enforcing theorders of the civilian governor.