The "ouriadnik" came back after an absence of two days, and reported that he had seen in the steppe, about sixty versts from the fort, many fires, and that he had heard the Bashkirs say that an innumerable force was approaching.
Bi egun geroago itzuli zen eta, komandanteari adierazitakoaren arabera, su asko ikusi zituen estepan, gotorlekutik hirurogei bat verstara, eta, bashkirek esan ziotenez, indar misteriotsu bat hurbiltzen ari zen.