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Adakh Island, Chirikoff at, [51].
Admiralty Inlet, explored, [270-271].
Adventure, first American ship built on Pacific, [233], [234], [238], [325].
Alaska, Bering's expedition on coast of, [26] ff.; Chirikoff's arrival at, [50-51]; Benyowsky's visit to, [125]; Cook explores coast of, [189-194]; Gray's trip to, [238]; Vancouver's survey of southern coast of, [286-290]; Baranof's career in, [318-337].
Aleutian Islands, Bering's voyage of discovery among, [26-41]; sea-otter's habitat on, [42], [53], [56], [63], [66-67], [69-70], [82-83]; fur hunters of the, [67-78], [81-84], [321-323], [328-330].
Aleut Indians, as otter-hunters, [69-78]; harsh treatment of, by Russians, [79], [81-88]; Russian hunters massacred by, [91-95], [100-104]; punishment of, [105]; in Sitka massacre, [307-310], [332]; accompany Baranof on voyage of vengeance, [311-314]; with Baranof in Prince William Sound, [322] ff.
Alexander Archipelago, Chirikoff in the, [46-52].
Alexis, Aleut Indian boy hostage, [98], [99], [102].
Anderson, Dr., with Cook, [193].
Anian, Straits of, [9], [279] n.
Anton, Juan de, captain of Glory of the South Seas, [158] n.
Apraxin, Count, [8] n.
Archangel Michael, modern Sitka once named, [306]; founding of, by Baranof, [306], [331-332]; massacre at, [307-310], [332].
Arguello, Don Joseph, [241].
Aricara, Drake at, [155].
Astor, John Jacob, [65], [212], [303], [318], [322], [333].
Athabasca Lake, attempt to identify, with Northwest Passage, [174], [175].
Atka, otter grounds at, [69].
Atto, Hawaiian boy, [229], [233], [240].
Attoo, village in, destroyed by Russian fur hunters, [83].
Auteroche, Chappe d', cited, [295].
Avacha Bay, Bering at, [17], [19], [23]; survivors of Bering expedition return to, [59-60]; vessels of Cook's expedition at, [208].