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506:" ordered the helm put up, head sheets aft, and yards braced, with an air that deceived me into the belief that he was fully competent to conduct the vessel, and he was put in charge of her. In twenty minutes he ran us hard ashore on Chinook shoal, where we remained several hours thumping severely."
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attempted to exit the
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fisheries to defend
American interests there and returned on 6 October. She then resumed her duty in the West Indies, which included anti-slavery and anti-piracy patrols and periodic voyages to West Africa to check the American settlements there.
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Alexander Lattie, the officer in charge of Fort George. The following morning Lattie succeeded in guiding the vessel to his
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Tetlow, Roger T. (1975-03-12). "Black Saul Details".
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245:was ordered to take command of
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609:Columbia River Maritime Museum
607:and are now on display at the
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