Editing Aleuts (section)

====Recorded uprising against the Russians====
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In the 18th century, Russia ''[[promyshlenniki]]'' traders established settlements on the islands. There was high demand for the furs that the Aleuts provided from hunting. In May 1784, local Aleuts revolted on Amchitka against the Russian traders. (The Russians had a small trading post there.) According to the Aleuts, in an account recorded by Japanese castaways and published in 2004, otters were decreasing year by year. The Russians paid the Aleuts less and less in goods in return for the furs they made. The Japanese learned that the Aleuts felt the situation was at crisis. The leading Aleuts negotiated with the Russians, saying they had failed to deliver enough supplies in return for furs. Nezimov, leader of the Russians, ordered two of his men, Stephanov ({{Lang|ja|ステッパノ}} {{Transliteration|ja|Suteppano}}) and Kazhimov ({{Lang|ja|カジモフ}} {{Transliteration|ja|Kazimofu}}) to kill his mistress Oniishin ({{Lang|ja|オニイシン}} {{Transliteration|ja|Oniishin}}), who was the Aleut chief's daughter, because he doubted that Oniishin had tried to dissuade her father and other leaders from pushing for more goods.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

After the four leaders had been killed, the Aleuts began to move from Amchitka to neighboring islands. Nezimov, leader of the Russian group, was jailed after the whole incident was reported to Russian officials.<ref name="kodayu">Yamashita, Tsuneo. ''Daikokuya Kodayu''(Japanese), 2004. Iwanami, Japan {{ISBN|4-00-430879-8}}</ref> (According to {{nihongo|[[Hokusa bunryaku]]|[[:ja:北槎聞略|北槎聞略]]|lead=yes}}, written by [[Katsuragawa Hoshū]] after interviewing [[Daikokuya Kōdayū]].)