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iCOPPER RIVER
WASEXPLORED
EARLY AS 1787
The knowledge of the Copper river
prior to 1884 was limited exclusively
to the Russian records and native re
ports. At this time the river was
called Ihe Aetna
The Initial point for all expeditions
to that river up to this time had been
i I'ort Kteches (Nuehek). or Ilinchin
brook island, in the early '8Ds and for
years later a trading station of the
Alaska Commercial Company, and
about fifty miles to the westward of
the morfth of the Copper river.
This village was located by Cook
in 177H-1779; by Chornhoft in 1830;
Helclier in 1838-1841; Tebenkoff In
1853. and more recently by the Coast
and (leodetie Survey, which last gives
j it a latitude of tin degrees 38 minutes
west.
From 1738, the year when the tirst
redoubt (odinatsehka) was built at
the mouth of the river, up to 1847.
the explorations were made by men
wholly destitute of mathematical
knowledge anti the maps constructed
by them were subsei|uiuitly found to
lie very inaccurate.
The odinatsehka la single redoubtl
was loeated a few miles south of A!
ganik (Anahanukl. tint at the present
time no trad- of it remains. It is
probable that a village of two miser
able Imrabarrus. called by the native:
"skatalls," is on the site of tile old
odinatsehka of the Russians
j The mouth of the Copper rlvre was
j discovered by N'agaiefT in 1781.
I In 17!ni !here were two expeditious
having for tlo-ir object the exulnra
| lion nf tin Copper river, one under
i Tan-hannlT. the other under Tunoy
'< leff. Iinili of which tailed, the latter
mi ii i nunt n! [lie hostility of tin na
I i v . . w lm .11 tli.it time w ere ex, ee|l
in :• Ix i e’-ee a nil \ a rlilv'
lii I7'*x I'.irMi Ideal and in |se". I; .\
aiinff i■ x|diu"i*d the I'nppi-r rix*-r for
nil I v a short d i a.t ii. i In ] x l a K li
.... > in - di ... nl'U at I'U; li
1 111. aim iliri i tiie, |m lx|:; Crcgo
i1' i ■ If (I; ii inr jew hi ilm Ciirman-i re
.. lie attempt.
lu 1S 47 Captain Tebenkoff dir i led
Unfit- Sei-eherlnlkiirr. a i-reole, and a
ciaduate nf a i honl of navigation at
I'el rograi!. In extdore the Copper
| river, as repeated reports continued
to reach tlie Russians of vast fur
pockets and beds of glittering gem?
existing in the interior.
The unfortunate SeherinikofT, to
got nor with his assistants, cloven in
number, a part of whom were Aleuts,
wore murdered somewhere north ol
Ta/dona. The cause of his death and
the sp >• where the remains of the
party rest are no* definitely known,
inn a few years ago a trapper or
prospector returning to Valdez came
across an antique Russian gun lean
i Ing against u tree in an unfrequented
spot, and brought it in to town, where
it was deposited in the Moose mil
seum An examination of this gun
shows it to have been made about this
time, and it is beliewd to have he
longed to the massacred partv
Hut one member of the party, an
Aleut, escaped, and he was found
many days after by a party of Russian
I hunters, wandering half demented on
| the tide Hats near the mouth of the
j bi'er. He later moved to Tatitlek and
i died at a ripe old age His accounts
| ,,f' Hie massacre were so vague that
nothing could he made of them, and
I it will probably never be known ho
Hie party incurred the displeasure ol
; the natives.
I 0,1 Hie l fth of Uigust. 1 x47, Sere
I 1" riiiikoft' :irii\.Ml at Algunik, on 11,<
mnsl westerly channel of the delta n|
the Clipper river, . ailed by him in his
I mites tile A tier river. His obsorva
I tions placed this village in latitude (in
| degrees -It minutes IT seconds, while
tin- records show it to In- hut a few
mill's I nun the old redoubt
The following is the gist of sore
berinikoff's notes:
The Russian party left Algunlk in
tending to row up the river, but meet
ing a current of nine miles an hour,
were compelled to mrdell, or pull the
boats tip by long linos at’ached to
the boats, the men walking along the
shore.
On the 18th the northernmost end
of this channel, the Alice, was
, reached by the nearly exhausted
party.
on September 1 n boat struck a hid
den rock and many valuable supplies,
including Sereberinidoff's watch and
a compass, were lost
September 24 the party reached the*
redoubt below the mouth of the
Tschitlna (Chittyna) and went into
winter quarters. The coldest weather
recorded that winter was 40 degrees
below zero.
May 16. 1848, Sereborinikoff started I
for the tipper river with eleven men,
100 fish. 4 poods (35 pounds each) oi
biscuits, four wild sheep and tea and
sugar.
At noon on the 17th the party
1 reached the mouth of the Tschitlna,
| and on the 18th stopped at a village
I of twelve souls, who were* suffering
! terribly from hunger. The next day
i they arrived at another village of
! twelve persons, six women and six
1 children, the men having gone to Con
stantlne redoubt (Nuchek) Here the
party were treated to fish hones and
grass roots and in return gave the
natives two pounds of poor tobacco
On the 20th they reached a deserted
settlement whose inhabitants had
gone* on a hunt.
On the 22d the sheep were all gone
and the men were put on a ration oi
one fish per day.
On the 24th the expedition reached
the* mouth of th«* Tazlena. flowing
from Lake IMeveznie (now the Taz
lenaL The Tazlena was found to be
swift, shallow and full of boulders.
On the 25th tin* expedition started
up the Tazlena to explore the lake.
; being forced to climb around several
gorges, where the stream ran swiftly.
On the 28th the party made a halt
on a small river running into the Taz
lena, and met two families of natives
returning from a hunt. They were
quite friendly and divided a caribou
with us. for which we gave them two
pounds of tobacco.
On the :’."th we reached Tazlina lake
and |C :i i : w > t.; . iT- That I |
the nativ es killed four deer (• arihom. |
swimming the lake \Y« purchased,
one for Lb". fret of bead \ll of it
W.m at nn< r e;itej|. tog. flier with soling
dried meal and ome i h The red
' ’ - Ml l :! 11; ,< Hi I I o!i! e up lure ill line
They m ver g«» down again Mhe i i
tiv» ra 111 I*’ . I, . ,. the a’M.•
1* • • Hi I:,e de titiltmn itld
Hie ■ Ml e ■ -.mi <\\, y i;. • | • , . \\
•er as d" »i,. . 1.1 i • o*i lie- ('• no- -
"Ur" I! ■: it ' i begin in tin middle
•' \- iut e- I'll*- gn ,. r i ? r< ’1 • nfe l*r
i II t «•!’ foo»l «III I . n | a bl i t hi' 1)
• bound ti tin dist l ie* ml who h tin v
■ loverly simp*
On .Time I built a 1 .rm- I* d ir!
: nd passed two da> in folk .wing
round the shores of the lake Tin*
| southeastern end is near a chain ot
i mountains capped with ice, below tin*
[line which the timber grows. It
requires about twelve days to reach1
♦hr' !V»y of Konaf (f’ook inlet l from
1 CP*
June took leave of tlio friend 1\
native and took our bid irkn down
the Tazlina. from which point w. will
go up the Copper river.
From this time there are no records
of the party, they having been on j
j tlroly destroyed after the messenger
i left them with the records up to the;
i time of reaching the Tap.lina
From Nicolai, one of the most in
j teUigent of the Midnooskies. Ueubi
| Vbereromhie learned that there ha*1
i been three massacres of Russians on
■ the Copper river, on*' above Taral an '
! two below. The ope above, that of
| Sereberinikoff. Nieolai claimed was
' done bv the Tatlatans. or Fpper Hon
, per River natives, the one near the
mouth by the roast Indians, and the
j one just below Taral by Ip's ow n peo
pie
He was very reluetant to talk about
the matter, and finally vindicated his
people by telling of the wrongs in
dieted upon them by the Russians
His story was as follows:
Three Russians and as many sled*
drawn by natives were en route to
Taral with merchandise The natives
w er treated like animals, not being
allowed to sleep, and wen- compelled
to haul the Russians, who slept on
the sleds \f a preconcerted sig" ■’
the head of each Russian was crushed
" i»h an :• v He 'id he knew nothing
about the details of the other massa
cres. and if he did he would not talk
about them.
The natives stated that up to the
time of 1 ssi? no white man had ever
ascended the Copper river and the
Russian fur traders handed down tra
ditions from the Indians of moun
tains of pure copper located at some
point tip the stream. At that time,
i. r i * ci . ml lief Hind in inn sos
v .. I ’dr' > miles :ibr.\ e the
mouth of tho river.
in tC C, Holt. ’ trader at Nu
clei.. ascended tho Copper river ith
the Mulnoosk ies as far as Taral. on
the return to their own country in
the spring and remained with them
until tin- following September. He.
however, returned to N’uehek without
having been more than a mile or so
from Taral. His objective was the
Copper river of the Chettyna.
Molt was forced to return after
spending several mouths with the na
tives on account of their hostility. Il<*
was afterwards murdered by them
while on a trading trip
George Goiter of Sew aril, a brother
of Frank Cotter, i now.in Franc*- and
at the front, according to postcards
received. George is a sapper, or as he
expresses it. "an overland submarine "
Twenty passengers for Seward re
cently arrived from Anchorage over
the government railway On the train
was one carload of coal for private
parties; three carloads of coal for
the commission and one carload of
iron Three carloads of construction
material wen* shipped from Anchor*
age to Kern creek.
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DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
FOR DELEGATE
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For Senator
THOMAS C. PRICE
For Representatives
JOHN NOON JAS. H. PATTERSON
ELBERT E. RAY ROBERT D. SMALL
For Road Commissioner
JAMES E. WILSON
The above are the regular nominees of the Democratic
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Wilson in the conduct of the war and his policies, and with
Governor Riggs in his program for Alaska’s development.
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