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CHAPTER XVII.
EXPLORATIONS ALONG THE AMERICAN COAST.—STELLER’S
CENSURE OF BERING FOR UNDUE HASTE.— BERING
DEFENDED.—DALL, THE AMERICAN WRITER,
REPRIMANDED.—THE RETURN VOYAGE.
IT is by no means an easy matter to form an unbiased
opinion of Bering’s stay off Kayak Island. Steller
is about our only authority, but just at the point where
it is most difficult to supplement his account, he gives
vent to most violent accusations against the management
of the expedition from a scientific standpoint. On the
16th of July, when land was first seen, he says: “One
can easily imagine how happy all were to see land. No
one failed to congratulate Bering, as chief of the
expedition, to whom above all others the honor of discovery
belonged. Bering, however, heard all this, not only with
great indifference, but, looking toward land, he even
shrugged his shoulders in the presence of all on board.”
Steller adds that on account of this conduct charges
might have been preferred against him in St. Petersburg,
had he lived.
As Bering during the first few succeeding days did not
make any preparations for a scientific exploration of the
country, as he even tried, according to Steller’s assurance,
to dissuade the latter from making the island a visit, and
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