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Boston Massacre Recounts A Distant Ship Horror
The account contrasts the famed Boston Massacre with a lesser known 1803 tragedy near Friendly Cove on the coast of Canada. Sailors Jewitt and the ship Boston’s crew faced massacre by Indian Maquina and his men, with 25 crew killed or wounded and the ship burned later.
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Boston
UPD
Canada
Friendly Cove
Dodd, Mead and Co
Edward Rowe Snow
Massachusetts
Hull
England
China
John Salter
North American
Notka
Maquina
Salter
John R. Jewitt
Jewitt