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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-
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[[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
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Transcription Notes:
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