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Mysterious voices aboard the Niger haunt Captain Phillips
A deserter-turned-sailor recounts life aboard the Niger to Puget Sound. A feared captain and a troublesome English mate, Jack Chester, provoke supernatural rumors and staged exits. Chester fakes a near drowning to escape punishment, later revealing ventriloquism as the trick. The voyage ends in tragedy near Hilo, leaving survivors to Portland and San Francisco.
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Phillips
Hilo
Sandwich Islands
Puget Sound
Jack Chester
Jack
Eughah
Chester
Dumay
Sloft
Hal Galbal
Chester's
Bostewain
Myself
Gecko Ree
Cathy & Vittwe
Niger
Poideo
Phillipa
Portland
Sam Francisco
San Francisco
Meredith
Amacemante
Laaw
Henry
Anid
Europe