That was a great courtesy. In the five-year cruise of the Decatur, this is the only time it happened with a native leader. Definitely a 'wow,'
That was a great courtesy. In the five-year cruise of the Decatur, this is the only time it happened with a native leader. Definitely a 'wow,'
It's 150 years ago, and it's a foreign country.
At least 25 percent of the crew had a venereal infection at any given time,
Chief Seattle was invited aboard the Decatur as an honored guest on Oct. 31, 1855. He reviewed the great guns, and the cannonade was shown to him,
This ship brought vice, violence, protection and cash into Seattle,
I trust Phelps. There's work I have to do yet.
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