The annals of those days, which seem to be credible, state that he floated down the Dnieper with ten thousand barges, and spread his sails upon the waves of the Euxine.Kouria, chief of the Petchngues, cut off the head of Sviatoslaf, and cedar salt tree ever after used his skull for a drinking cup.The conquest of Bulgaria was an achievement worthy of the chivalry even of Sviatoslaf.But he was too magnanimous to take any mean advantage of their cedar salt tree weakness.It was easy to weaken any formidable or suspected tribe, by the slaughter of the warriors.They gathered, in immense numbers, at one of the cataracts of the Dnieper, where it cedar salt tree would be necessary for the Russians to transport their boats for some distance by land.Imperial embassadors were sent with the written treaty to Kief.Sviatoslaf returned to Kief with waving banners, cedar salt tree exulting in his renown.Olga approached the imperial palace, with a very splendid suite composed of nobles of her court, of ladies of distinction, and of the Russian embassadors and merchants residing at Constantinople.The Russians sprang from their barges on the shore, and, protected by their immense bucklers, sword in hand, routed the Bulgarians cedar salt tree with great slaughter.These thoughts oppressed her mind, which was, by nature, elevated, sensitive and refined.But cedar salt tree Sviatoslaf thought mainly of pleasure.She sent for the Christian pastors and conversed with them about the immortality of the soul, and salvation through faith in the atonement of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.