The Red Cloud chief., 1882-08-18

rHg DErENSE % rHs ''ESsEN.'
When I was a ssnall young>ier. ,sar
ago. w- boy. used IN b. tod ihullin.
stories 81 what was cailei The Las
wsr." in these later asss. Ne hxv
had a var on oar own snlt. whseh wAs
bet "a. hops. the hss wsf hal Sc shAl
ever b. engaged va q. bong A. ia. Amer.
can Repairs lasts Hut bo}s III an olde
generation than ih.s knew "Ihs Las
War la be the war h-twcca ths Is.lrd
state. and crrai Britain. o~ gcnurali,
called The War al 1919 Happily
though the coates, va. not a long one
Americans can iopk With rrssi. al tbs
American navy of that prrsusL In.
name, Of Balnhrsag-. null. I.rssar
Porter. Perry. and many other gallsnI
sailors. viii b~ remembered "a hong .,
the traditions al the tss;ed States nav,
endure.
In isia. the ingate "EsscS." rom
mandei By Captain David Porter. aftel
committing much hasoo apoa the
British marine oil the Atlantic east 81
South America. sailed boldly around
Care HON into the i'acsiis O-.an.
Porter had resolved to stnk. on Into a
new held Of operations. and. carr ins
into the Pacific the mrs, American flsg
thai had ioaf.i from fh. masthead os
n maa-of-~ar. he s~oop.d down upon
the British merchantmen sni whaisrs.
causing tremendous CONSERVATION No
body bad dreamed hat IN. isakecs
woali dare to send q man of.~ar into
this distant, sea. and the British iriyate.
were making things VERY uncomfortable
for the isu American merchantmen en-.
gagged in the Pacific trade. The arrival
of ''EsssN sou changed oil that
Within n year abe had captured -four
thousand tons at Briii.h shipping. and
hal taken four husdrci pri.aner. M.
may bc said Ia have subslstsd utspn III.
enemy. a. the vessel VA. MOT only
supplied with everything needed inr
repairs, rigging. ammunition. clothing
and prov sioas. taken from the ensmyfs
captured ships. bs, the men were pad
with money found on board Of one ~
her prixes
Orders were given that tn. ''Esscs'
must be destroyed. At all hazards, by
aDy British nisn-of war that should t~s
fortunate enough to catch bet. isut the
American frigaie "a. n--,. and difficalt
To catch. FINALLY. In February. 1914.
the frigs'e. accompanied By a snail
Graf, called the "Es.cx Junior" a
cruiser made over from Que 81 the prizes
captured frofn the British by Porter.
cast anchor IA the harbor Of Valparaiso,
Peru. The Peruvian Goverunsnt ~.
not then i~ndep~ndent Peru bring a
provinces Of Span Bat vaiparsis, vas
. neutral port. although Oh. people of
Peru, and the spanish. si.e. were some.
what unirsendis On the Americans. 40.
when two British msn-of-~sr. IN.
"Phrte' and the "'Ch.ruh." entered
the porf. IL was foierzhiy certain thar
there ~oaid he a light shoald the Is
SIX dare TO pat cut to sea
The Engiishmen bad the redouhsahi-
"E<.ss" and her little cpa~,rs 10 q trap
for AN weeks the two BrtssA s~s-.rls
Kept . very close watch on the AMER
cans. sailing up All dswa the the ssass.
just outside If the entrance to the hnr-
Dor. Finally. on The g.sh ~ March
Captain Porter. trusting 20 rs alsssy Co
outsaii either Of the British vessels. and
draw thsm assy. 80 THAI The "Ea>~.
Junior msgts e>rspe. srs ssil and dr~w
out Of the a~neborag.. In Doubling .
aesiiand ~ the embraces of the hartspr.
She "fss~t wss struck by . s.u.Il.
which carried away her m-sinsoprns.s
and sessrai men. Gap;aia Port-y re.
TUNED toward the rosdssesd. ADD An.
ehos~d three miles from The sss. .aa
about b dissaace Il q pisaos-.Ass from
the shore The .Phahe- apa H.
"Ch~rub" had b-sn sseasavnv 80.
naaa- aad q sAs evident thss they ,,e.s,
TO aitssk. alsAouxh the sess~l. -ers All
In pesfrsi ss;eyA
. "fsohs carried thsrsy tsnx
eighteen p~ssunsssrs ard ssst~sn thirty.
two-pcusd eArrusSs<s for h-r srua-
msns. be-sdes ssen small gsns n a~r
tips. She also kSd Sd n~s. "a sosd
The "Cherab' carried t~uss,yesxkx
guns Of ssrsous Gather ssa TO u,<n
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"Ese~x ksd rs n~a. AL her .srn.-
mso cun-<srd a fwessyssx shsrsr.
poosdsrs ssd sis hog tsefre-pxssa~r.
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