"Well, boys, what shall we do?"
The Cossacks were frightened. Some said that they ought to sail past, while others said that they ought to go back.
And they looked gloomy and began to scold Ermák. They said:
"Why did you bring us here? Already a few of ours have been killed, and many have been wounded; and all of us will perish here."
They began to weep.
But Ermák said to his sub-atamán, Iván Koltsó:
"Well, Ványa, what do you think?"
And Koltsó said:
"What do I think? If they do not kill us to-day, they will to-morrow; and if not to-morrow, we shall die anyway on the oven. In my opinion, we ought to go out on the shore and rush in a body against the Tartars. Maybe God will give us victory."
Ermák said: