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Two men carrying the two lances indicating the Governor’s rank, with two others as reliefs.
Six foot-soldiers.
Two halberdiers.
The Governor himself on horseback, his horse led by two grooms,
Six Samurai.
Two doctors.
Three men bearing—one, the Governor’s sandals, one his umbrella, and one his camp-stool.
Two men bearing the lances of officers in the Governor’s train.
Three men with baggage.
Three men with the Governor’s tea and luncheon necessaries.
Two men to preserve order on the march.
Two grooms with spare horses.
Two men with straw shoes, etc., for horses.
Several subordinate officials with a suite of from two to nine persons brought up the rear, the whole amounting to 123 persons. This body of men seems to have been considered a warlike force, and is spoken of as an army; but of the entire number only thirty-six seem to have been really fighting men.
In the spring of 1807, as soon as the sea was open for navigation, the Russian ship which had wintered in Kamschatka joined her consort which had remained at Urup, and shortly after they appeared in company at one of the Japanese settlements in Itorup.
At this time the Japanese colony of Itorup was in a tolerably flourishing condition. It had been established more that ten years before, and had now a population of more than a thousand Ainos and 350 or 300 Japanese, including five women. Most of the Japanese were, however, soldiers from Nambu and Tsugaru. There is no mention of any trading population, except a sake-brewer from Akita who had established a brewery to supply the garrison. The Aino population was engaged in the fishery of masu, a species of salmon. Its oil was expressed, and
