Chapter 6

           

           AlexeyAlexandrovitchhadgainedabrilliantvictoryatthesittingoftheCommissionofthe17thofAugust,butinthesequelthisvictorycutthegroundfromunderhisfeet.ThenewcommissionfortheinquiryintotheconditionofthenativetribesinallitsbrancheshadbeenformedanddespatchedtoitsdestinationwithanunusualspeedandenergyinspiredbyAlexeyAlexandrovitch.Withinthreemonthsareportwaspresented.Theconditionofthenativetribeswasinvestigatedinitspolitical,administrative,economic,ethnographic,material,andreligiousaspects.Toallthesequestionstherewereanswersadmirablystated,andanswersadmittingnoshadeofdoubt,sincetheywerenotaproductofhumanthought,alwaysliabletoerror,butwerealltheproductofofficialactivity.Theanswerswereallbasedonofficialdatafurnishedbygovernorsandheadsofchurches,andfoundedonthereportsofdistrictmagistratesandecclesiasticalsuperintendents,foundedintheirturnonthereportsofparochialoverseersandparishpriests;andsoalloftheseanswerswereunhesitatingandcertain.Allsuchquestionsas,forinstance,ofthecauseoffailureofcrops,oftheadherenceofcertaintribestotheirancientbeliefs,etc.questionswhich,butfortheconvenientinterventionoftheofficialmachine,arenot,andcannotbesolvedforagesreceivedfull,unhesitatingsolution.AndthissolutionwasinfavorofAlexeyAlexandrovitch’scontention.

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