Tent Life in Siberia

Adventures among the Koraks and Other Tribes In Kamchatka and Northern Asia
A New Account of an Old Undertaking

by George Kennan

1910

PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION.
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE TO RUSSIA - SAILING OF THE FIRST SIBERIAN EXPLORING PARTY FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
CHAPTER II. CROSSING THE NORTH PACIFIC - SEVEN WEEKS IN A RUSSIAN BRIG
CHAPTER III. THE PICTURESQUE COAST OP KAMCHATKA - ARRIVAL IN PETROPAVLOVSK
CHAPTER IV. THINGS RUSSIAN IN KAMCHATKA - A VERDANT AND FLOWERY LAND - THE VILLAGE OF TWO SAINTS.
CHAPTER V. FIRST ATTEMPT TO LEARN RUSSIAN - PLAN OF EXPLORATION - DIVISION OP PARTY
CHAPTER VI. A COSSACK WEDDING - THE PENINSULA OP KAMCHATKA
CHAPTER VII. STARTING NORTHWARD - KAMCHATKAN SCENERY, VILLAGES, AND PEOPLE
CHAPTER VIII. BRIDLE PATHS OP SOUTHERN KAMCHATKA - HOUSES AND FOOD OF THE PEOPLE - REINDEER TONGUES AND WILD-ROSE PETALS - A KAMCHATKAN DRIVER'S CANTICLE
CHAPTER IX. THE BEAUTIFUL VALLEY OF GENAL - WALLS OF LITERATURE - SCARING UP A BEAR - END OF HORSEBACK RIDE
CHAPTER X. THE KAMCHATKA RIVER - LIFE ON A CANOE RAFT - RECEPTION AT MILKOVA - MISTAKEN FOR THE TSAR
CHAPTER XI. ARRIVAL AT KLUCHEI - THE KLUCHEFSKOI VOLCANO - A QUESTION OF ROUTE - A RUSSIAN "BLACK BATH"
CHAPTER XII. CANOE TRAVEL ON THE YOLOFKA - VOLCANIC CONVERSATION - "O SUSANNA!" - TALKING "AMERICAN" - A DIFFICULT ASCENT
CHAPTER XIII. A DISMAL NIGHT - CROSSING THE KAMCHATKAN DIVIDE - ANOTHER BEAR HUNT - BREAKNECK RIDING - TIGIL - STEPPES OF NORTHERN KAMCHATKA
CHAPTER XIV. OKHOTSK SEACOAST - LESNOI - THE "DEVIL'S PASS" - LOST IN SNOW-STORM - SAVED BY BRASS BOX - WILD SCENE
CHAPTER XV. CUT OFF BY STORM - STARVATION THREATENED - RACE WITH A RISING TIDE - TWO DAYS WITHOUT FOOD - RETURN TO LESNOI
CHAPTER XVI. KAMCHATKAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS - CHARACTER OF PEOPLE - SALMON-FISHING - SABLE-TRAPPING - KAMCHADAL LANGUAGE - NATIVE MUSIC - DOG-DRIVING - WINTER DRESS
CHAPTER XVII. A FRESH START - CROSSING THE SAMANKA MOUNTAINS - DESCENT ON A KORAK ENCAMPMENT - NOMADS AND THEIR TENTS - DOOR-HOLES AND DOGS - POLOGS - KORAK BREAD
CHAPTER XVIII. WHY THE KORAKS WANDER - THEIR INDEPENDENCE - CHEERLESS LIFE - USES OF THE REINDEER - KORAK IDEAS OF DISTANCE - "MONARCH OF THE BRASS-HANDLED SWORD"
CHAPTER XIX. THE SNOW-DRIFT COMPASS - MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE - AN INTOXICATING FUNGUS - MONOTONY OF KORAK LIFE
CHAPTER XX. THE KORAK TONGUE - RELIGION OF TERROR - INCANTATIONS OF SHAMANS - KILLING OF OLD AND SICK - REINDEER SUPERSTITION - KORAK CHARACTER
CHAPTER XXI. FIRST FROST-BITE - THE SETTLED KORAKS HOUR-GLASS YURTS - CLIMBING DOWN CHIMNEYS - YURT INTERIORS - LEGS AS FEATURES - TRAVELLING BY "PAVOSKA" - BAD CHARACTER OF SETTLED KORAKS
CHAPTER XXII. FIRST ATTEMPT AT DOG-DRIVING - UNPREMEDITATED PROFANITY - A RUNAWAY - ARRIVAL AT GIZHIGA - HOSPITALITY OF THE ISPRAVNIK - PLANS FOR THE WINTER
CHAPTER XXIII. DOG-SLEDGE TRAVEL - ARCTIC MIRAGES - CAMP AT NIGHT - A HOWLING CHORUS - NORTHERN LIGHTS
CHAPTER XXIV. DISMAL SHELTER - ARRIVAL OF A COSSACK COURIER AMERICANS ON THE ANADYR - ARCTIC FIREWOOD A SIBERIAN BLIZZARD LOST ON THE STEPPE
CHAPTER XXV. PENZHINA - POSTS FOR ELEVATED ROAD - FIFTY-THREE BELOW ZERO - TALKED OUT - ASTRONOMICAL LECTURES - EATING PLANETS - THE HOUSE OF A PRIEST
CHAPTER XXVI. ANADYRSK - AN ARCTIC OUTPOST - SEVERE CLIMATE CHRISTMAS SERVICES AND CAROLS - A SIBERIAN BALL - MUSIC AND REFRESHMENTS - EXCITED DANCING HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS
CHAPTER XXVII. NEWS FROM THE ANADYR PARTY - PLAN FOR ITS RELIEF - THE STORY OF A STOVE-PIPE - START FOR THE SEACOAST
CHAPTER XXVIII. A SLEDGE JOURNEY EASTWARD - REACHING TIDE-WATER - A NIGHT SEARCH FOR A STOVE-PIPE - FINDING COMRADES - A VOICE FROM A STOVE - STORY OF THE ANADYR PARTY
CHAPTER XXIX. CLASSIFICATION OF NATIVES - INDIAN TYPE, MONGOLIAN TYPE, AND TURKISH TYPE - EASTERN VIEW OF WESTERN ARTS AND FASHIONS - AN AMERICAN SAINT
CHAPTER XXX. AN ARCTIC AURORA - ORDERS FROM THE MAJOR - ADVENTURES OF MACRAE AND ARNOLD WITH THE CHUKCHIS - RETURN TO GIZHIGA - REVIEW OF WINTER'S WORK
CHAPTER XXXI. LAST WORK OF THE WINTER - BIRDS AND FLOWERS OF SPRING CONTINUOUS DAYLIGHT - SOCIAL LIFE IN GIZHIGA - A CURIOUS SICKNESS - SUMMER DAYS AND NIGHTS - NEWS FROM AMERICA
CHAPTER XXXII. DULL LIFE - ARCTIC MOSQUITOES - WAITING FOR SUPPLIES - SHIPS SIGNALLED - BARK "CLARA BELL" - RUSSIAN CORVETTE "VARAG"
CHAPTER XXXIII. ARRIVAL OF BARK "PALMETTO" - DRIVEN ASHORE BY GALE - DISCHARGING CARGO UNDER DIFFICULTIES - NEGRO CREW MUTINIES - LONELY TRIP TO ANADYRSK - STUPID KORAKS - EXPLOSIVE PROVISIONS
CHAPTER XXXIV. A MEETING IN THE NIGHT - HARDSHIPS OF BUSH'S PARTY - SIBERIAN FAMINES - FISH SAVINGS BANKS - WORK IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT - STARVING POLE CUTTERS - A JOURNEY TO YAMSK
CHAPTER XXXV. YURT ON THE TOPOLOFKA - THE VALLEY OF TEMPESTS - RIVER OF THE LOST - STORM BOUND - ESCAPE BY THE ICE-FOOT - A SLEEPLESS NIGHT - LEET REPORTED DEAD - YAMSK AT LAST
CHAPTER XXXVI. BRIGHT ANTICIPATIONS - A WHALE-SHIP SIGNALLED - THE BARK SEA BREEZE - NEWS FROM THE ATLANTIC CABLE - REPORTED ABANDONMENT OF THE OVERLAND LINE
CHAPTER XXXVII. OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF THE BAD NEWS - THE ENTERPRISE ABANDONED - A VOYAGE TO OKHOTSK - THE AURORA OF THE SEA
CHAPTER XXXVIII. CLOSING UP THE BUSINESS - A BARGAIN SALE - TELEGRAPH TEACUPS REDUCED - CHEAP SHOVELS FOR GRAVE DIGGING - WIRE FISH NETS AT A SACRIFICE - OUR NARROWEST ESCAPE - BLOWN OUT TO SEA - SAVED BY THE "Onward"
CHAPTER XXXIX. START FOR ST. PETERSBURG ROUTE TO YAKUTSK - A TUNGUSE ENCAMPMENT - CROSSING THE STANAVOI MOUNTAINS - SEVERE COLD - FIRE-LIGHTED SMOKE PILLARS - ARRIVAL IN YAKUTSK
CHAPTER XL. THE GREATEST HORSE-EXPRESS SERVICE IN THE WORLD - EQUIPMENT FOR THE ROAD - A SIBERIAN "SEND-OFF" - POST TRAVEL ON THE ICE - BROKEN SLEEP - DRIVING INTO AN AIR-HOLE - REPAIRING DAMAGES - FIRST SIGHT OF IRKUTSK
CHAPTER XLI. A PLUNGE INTO CIVILISATION - THE NOBLES' BALL - SHOCKING LANGUAGE - SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLISH - THE GREAT SIBERIAN ROAD - PASSING TEA CARAVANS - RAPID TRAVEL - FIFTY-SEVEN HUNDRED MILES IN ELEVEN WEEKS - ARRIVAL IN ST. PETERSBURG
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