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And in this same bay of Drake, long afterward, the Russian fur-poachers rendezvous'd their bidarkas and stole in through the Golden Gate to the forbidden waters of

FOUR HORSES AND A SAILOR 2010

There was not a boat on the bay, except the rude tule canoes of the Indians -- 'boats of straw' -- Vancouver called them, and these were no match for the swift darting bidarkas of the

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And in this same bay of Drake, long afterward, the Russian fur-poachers rendezvous'd their bidarkas and stole in through the Golden Gate to the forbidden waters of San Francisco Bay.

Four Horses and a Sailor 1917

And in this same bay of Drake, long afterward, the Russian fur-poachers rendezvous'd their bidarkas and stole in through the Golden Gate to the forbidden waters of San

Four Horses and a Sailor 1917

"Then they can put us across in bidarkas," insisted Emerson, who had noted the presence of several of these smaller crafts, which are nothing more than long walrus-hide canoes completely decked over, save for tiny cockpits wherein the paddlers sit.

The Silver Horde Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

Natives, paddling eagerly out to sea in their bidarkas to be the first to bring in good news or bad, had given him a report covering the period of his absence that filled him with dismay.

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With a wild shout, the nearest bidarkas dart forward.

Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward 1903

Barely has the supply schooner dipped over the offing, when the cockle-shell bidarkas skimming over the sea make for the shore of the hunting-grounds.

Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward 1903

The long line of bidarkas circles silently over the silver sea.

Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward 1903

Aleuts are over decks with the agility of performing monkeys, the schooner captain wishing each good luck, the eager hunters leaping into their bidarkas following the lead of a chief.

Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward 1903