We must cross immediately." Then began the most terrible night of my whole journey.

We proposed to the colonist that he take only our food and ammunition in the boat, while we would swim our horses across, in order to save the time of the many trips.

The width of the Yenisei in this place is about three hundred metres.

The stream is very rapid and the shore breaks away abruptly to the full depth of the stream.

The night was absolutely dark with not a star in the sky.