Perilous voyage of the whaler Obis faces Cape Horn doom
Bad luck haunts the Salem bound whaler Obis two men die on sighting the first whale. Steward Blageen illicitly brews rum. Captain Jered Naish is injured while a pod of whales attacks. Ill crews struggle as wind and illness push the ship toward Cape Horn with Scurvy spreading and the hold near full to the coamings.
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Obis
Salem
Blageen
Jered Naish
Phoebe
Ally
Naish
Alfy
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Bothwick
St. Paul's Rock
South Atlantic
Mr. Ilson
Mystery of Blageen's Death Sweeps Crew to Dark Ends
A shipboard grim tale recounts ration abuse by steward Limehouser Blageen who stole supplies leading to scurvy and starvation. Blageen is found dead by suicide five days later after a tense confrontation. the narrator recalls wielding a pistol to keep crew calm. The entry hints at fear and guilt aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blageen
Naish
Mr. Bothwick
Peter Minuit and the Manhattan Purchase of 1626
Peter Minuit, appointed governor of New Netherland by the Dutch West India Company, is said to have bought Manhattan Island in 1626 from the Canarsie Indians for blankets cattle and trinkets totaling 24 dollars.
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Peter Minuit
New Netherlands
Dutch West India Company
Manhattan Island
Police College Church at Regina Quietly Serves Officers
The training college of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Regina Saskatchewan may house the only church in the world used exclusively by policemen, a unique feature noted in a regional report.
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Training College of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Regina
Saskatchewan
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