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41. Part II. is based upon the works of Von Baer, Middendorff,
and Sokoloff.
42. General List of Russian Naval Officers, St. Petersburg, 1882.
43. Zapiski, IX., 250.—Beiträge zur Kenntniss, etc.,
Introduction.—Sokoloff: “Chirikoff’s Voyage to America,” St. Petersburg,
1849.—Bering’s wife was suspected of having acquired goods
illegally, but there is no proof of this. When she, in the year 1738,
returned from Siberia, the Senate, influenced by the numerous
denunciations of her conduct, issued an ukase that her goods should
be examined. At the inspection on the borders of Siberia it was
found that she had a suspiciously large quantity of furs and other
things. She rather overawed the authorities, however, and returned
to St. Petersburg unmolested. Sokoloff gives no information as to
whether the furs were illegally obtained or not. She was very much
younger than Bering; in 1744, on making application for a widow’s
pension, she gave her age as 39 years.
44. The author is indebted to Admiral Th. Wessalgo for the
following archival accounts.
The Admiralty to Captain Bering, Feb. 26, 1736.
Your expedition is a very protracted one, and apparently it is
being conducted somewhat carelessly on your part, which is shown
by the fact that it has taken nearly two years to reach Yakutsk.
Moreover, it appears from your report that your stay in Yakutsk will
be too long; in fact, there seems to be no reason to hope that you
will succeed in getting any farther. As a consequence of all this
the Admiralty is extremely dissatisfied with your arrangements, and
will not let matters go on without an investigation. If in the future
any negligence whatever occurs, an investigation will be instituted
against you for insubordination to the decrees of His Imperial
Highness and for negligence in an affair of state.
The Admiralty to Captain Bering, Jan. 31, 1737.
Inasmuch as you—in spite of the express orders of the Admiralty,
wherein it is stated that your expedition is protracted and is
carelessly conducted—have not reported to the Admiralty the cause of
your delay, and say nothing about when you intend to leave
Yakutsk, you are hereby deprived of your supplemental salary, and
will receive only the regular salary, until you send such a report,
and until you continue on the expedition which has been entrusted
to you.
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