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[[Paragraphs lines/brackets in left margin on both pages, and a vertical line down the middle of each paragraph. Last paragraph has an x through it]] Kodiak Charitanoff Rock off twins (C.S.H.Ch) Str Hutchinson struck on it 1869. Rock four miles East by N from middle pt of Marmot Id. Anchorage on west side in small bay, 22 fms water in the strait. This & Afognak open before the chart allows it when coming from the eastward Anchorage & settlement in Alitak Bay Native name Akhiyak Kaguyuk settlement in bay west of 2 headed cape & anchorage there - Alsentia on C S Ch. Id of 2 headed cape longer to SW than on chart. Point W of it about 3 miles long. No anchorage about the Trinity Ids Old Harbor no settlement now New 3 saints Bay = salmon fishery one settlement East & another W of it No Id of St Stephen seen on three occasions No anchorage from ^[[insertion]] except in Kukak B. [[/insertion]] Cape Douglas to Takli Id. Good anchorage there where Russian ves- [[end page]] [[start page]] [[top margin]] Coal in peninsula [[underlined]] (good) [[/underlined]] W of Takli Id [[/margin]] -sels used to lie and goods from Katmai received by bidarra. Very calm between Ugak Id & Kadiak - reef off SW end of Ugak three miles Seal rocks N of Marmot Id have a long reef extending NE five miles & shoal water further Uganuk Bay - Many islands on west shore, tolerable anchorage behind them & a settlem Many rocks & little water in Sitkalidak Strait. Not enter large vessels E side small bay in Northern Strait good anchorage on East side in 5 fms not so far in as Russian [[anchor symbol]] Straight between Govorutik Id & Afognak shoal & rocky but Urania went through [[strikethrough]] Maksutoff in Steamer Constantine spent 28 days searching in vain for Pamplona Rock.[[/strikethrough]]
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Notes: Fms = Dall abbreviation for fathoms. Bidarra = type of skin boat. Urania, Constantine = names of ships. Maksutoff = Dall version of person’s name (more correctly Maksutov). Geographic names checked/verified, with questions in [[?]]: Kodiak, [[Charitanoff? unverified]], Twins, Marmot Id, Afognak, Alitak Bay, Akhiyak, Kaguyuk [(Dall mistranscription for Kaguyak), Alsentia, Trinity Ids, Old Harbor, 3 Saints Bay, St Stephen, Kukak B., Cape Douglas, Takli Id, Katmai, Ugak Id., Kadiak (archaic term for Kodiak), Uganuk Bay, Sitkalidak Strait, [[Govorutik? - prob. Dall version of Govorushek?]], Afognak, Pamplona Rock