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Tchikiona is the name given to a bluff where a range of low hills terminate upon the river bank; On top of it are two wooden crosses, and the remains of an old yurte.

They were erected by the Russians many years ago, who have since been driven away by the [[left margin]] (20) [[/left margin]] Tchuctchus

Just above the bluff, a stream of water flows into the Anadyr, which I at first thought was a tributary, but learned from some Tchuctchus, that it was a platok, which leaves the main stream near Oochoastika, and does not regain it for about 50 versts, so that our last house was constructed on an island, which accounted for the lowness of the ground. This platok is navigable, for whale boats or large carbasses, in summer. We landed two houses here, one of which was to be erected on the bluff, which was the most suitable place we could find near the river, and the other we left for future use, to be erected when most needed.

In the river between Tchikiona and the mouth of the Krasnee river, we found a great many islands, some of which were several versts in length.

The right bank, upon which Lieut Kennan proposed to build the line, is low, and overflowed every spring, so that the line would have to be carried some distance inland,

Transcription Notes:
fs is the 19th C. convention for double s. It should not be transcribed as fs, but ss.