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CHAPTER XIV.
AMONG THE NATIVES ON THE LOWER LENA.
Our Plans for the Arctic Journey—Lodkas and Vetkas—The “Christian”
Russians—Native Graves—A Tungus Dance—Story of the Jeannette—
Bulkur—Ancient River-terraces—“Rock-Ice.”
On our arrival in Bulun, at the end of June, I obtained
information from natives who had returned from the New
Siberian Islands in April that no traces of the Andrée
Expedition had been seen there. I also had news to the
same effect from reliable persons who during the winter
had met with nomadic natives roaming about on the coast
of the polar sea east of the Lena as far as the Indigirka,
and west of it as far as the Anabar; an immense region,
covering a distance of more than 2000 miles.
I accordingly resolved to proceed westward from the
Lena across the Olenek, Anabar, and Katanga rivers and
the Taimyr peninsula to the Yenisei in the hope of finding
some trace. I considered it important to make personal
enquiries of the nomad tribes of this vast extent of country
in order to learn where they had been during the last two
years; if they had observed any traces of Andrée; and also
to interest them in the search by promises of reward in
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