The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-03

man at the wheel. We beat our way.
/ with heavy head winds. In twenty eight
/ DAYS 20 Dutch Harbor. Again We had
! the miserable work OF cosiing there.
/ We left Dutch Harbor. May &c. 70 look
/ for whales We struck the ics. and then
! commenced our real hsrdships. Near St
] Lawrence Island we lowered once for a
whale. but q was not caught.
Our principal business was trading IN
illicit liquor with tbs Indians along the
Siberian coast LIQUOR means simply
raw alcohol Of the worst kind. The In
dams know nothing else. The whalsrs
make enough out Of this unlawful bust
ness 20 pay tho expenses % the ship. and
whatever catch they make il clear profit
The Indians Invariably begin 20 commit
murder among themselves when they are
ur5er the influence Of this liquor.
We lay around the Diomeds Islands
most OF the month Of June and there met
the rest Of the whaling feet. From them
7 learned that ours was considered an
easy ship what heard made me FEEL
that the whole neet ought 70 b. sunk
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ever a man was slow 0r stupid with a
kick or blow across the head with a BE-
laying pin Jhat would leave ne victim
Wing insensibie On the deck But 81 was
more the degraded character % ths crew
than the brutality 81 the ofgcsrs thai
made me want 20 Fet away
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