The Nome daily nugget., 1910-09-27
WHEN WAR ROLLED NORTH TO
 BERING STRAIT.
By John W. Kelly.


 April 1Ne5. bound for thcBcriug Spa and Arctic on her way north Sh,. huru- "d Che NhaE,shiIs that Uyr, recruiting in the Caroline and Ladron. islands The Japan sea was next swept clean or United states ships and The ok hotsk cutrud In tue latter s,a among her captures was the barl, Abegai in charge of Captain Nyc who was after ward known as Stiukcr We because he found more dead whales floating about than any aue pl-e He also commanded tho Mt W1llastou. that disappeared with all hands in the Arr- tic in 1~7a N the time uf his cap turr. Nye had a coon mate soon as this individual came on board the Shenandoah Waddcll her commander. ordered him below tu the stoke hole. That's my mate explained Nye. he is as good as I ams'
 "Al right" rejoiucd Waddcu. "take this man to the engine room and iron him alongside the steam chest that he may he near his mate
 Jack puwdcn second mate of the Ahegatt however volunteered te rilot tbe Shenandoah on her Boring aud Arctic cruise. At Cape Navarin she began Co fan in with the whaling fleet then composed of5o vessels in these waters.
 Every fourth vessel was bonded. ta be paid for upon the recognition uf tho confederate states. and these bonded vessels We're compelled to carry tuI Honolulu or san Francisco the crews or the vessels that were destroyed ships that were doomed were either burned or made targets of till sunk
 AT that time there was an Austral- ian whalcr here in command of Capt Barker who later lost the bark Japan on East Cape and there Was Ha- Waiiau brig under Barney Cogan of Kahuk river fame. who was drowned from the Valantc off the Diomedcs in lgo2
 Thrsc two vessels were not molcstcd hy Waddell. and these whalers warn ed all th" others that they could. and some twenty Vessels escaped into the Arctic and hid in Kotzehue sound be hind Chamfsso island near Kecwalik Al Whacu one of the East cape villages. nine ships had come to an chor to work together in repairing one nf their number. another ship ctuis ing in the straits sighted the Shenan- doah and thinking to do good turn ta his brother whalcrs. hailed the cruiser and went on board and ex- plained to WaddeH that there were nine ships at Whalen trying to re- pair one of their fleet. and asked if he would also assist with his mechanics "Ccrtanly, replied Wadden, Out your ship is my prize and yourself and crow must be removed to the Shcnan- doah < prize crew was placed on the vhalcr and she sailed alongside the csuie' to Whaen.
 Seeing the approach of the man-of war and the whaler, the captains of the nine ships put off in their boats to board the Shenandoah and get the news on going up the gangway Captain Knowles asked tho quartermastcr on 'atch the name of the vessel. Prince Leopold he said giving the name of a Russian cruiser then ex- poeted here You speak English per fectlE," said Knowles to the officer of the deck. why" he replied "at heme We teach it to our children"
 "Oh, how rem1r- Lle. want tel know I want to know" At that time Waddcll came on deck and ended the reception. After visiting Sledge stand, Port Clarence and other points in this vicinity in search of further prey. she again met Cogan's brig and Cogan told Waddell that he had seen a paper. saving that Lee had surrend- cred and the war was over Waddell said he believed it a damn Yankee lie" but anyway he quit, asked Cogan where he could take on fresh water, and being directed to St. Lawrence Bay. he went there and prepared for departure.
 He had captured forty vessels ten he bonded and thirty he destroyed.
 DoWden. the whaler who turned trait or. and piloted the Shenandoah. never cbou-o.l mn in tbasa ,K-atorS aaain I,apg ing assolIations were ready for him if he ever entered San Francisco or Hon~' ilu
 rte information in the above article has Iaen give1 the writer ny James Indell Wadd,.l cal tain of the Shen- andoah. Cogan of the Hunter. Barker If the Japan Bob Root who was mate with Barker and Captain Ludlow nov