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Owens, Kenneth N. [Editor]
The Wreck of the Sv. Nikolai. Two Narratives of the First Russian Expedition to the Oregon Country.
Portland Western Imprints, the Press of the Oregon Historical Society 1985, First English language edition. Translation by Alton S. Donnelly. xv, 110pp. Frontispiece, 6 illustrations; index. Two-tone cloth. A very fine copy in dust jacket. The narratives of Captain Timofei Tarakanov and Ben Hobucket, a Quileute Indian. Two accounts of the wrecking of the Sv. Nikolai, a small schooner owned by the Russian American Company. It was marooned on a beach in Washington (Oregon Territory), where the castaways interacted with the natives - the Hohs, Quileutes, and Makahs. The narrative of Hobucket is transcribed from the Quileute oral tradition. Also discusses Ivan Petrov's fraudulent Tarakanov document.
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