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1862

[THE AMERICAN SCHOONER ANN ELIZA, 128 DAYS FROM BOSTON …]

The American schooner Ann Eliza, 128 days from Boston, bound to Honolulu, arrived at Valparaiso on the 7th June, with a valuable cargo of silks. In the Straits of Magellan, on the coast of Terra del Fuego, three or four canoes, manned by about twenty Indians, assaulted the schooner and crew in the night, killing three of the men, leaving only the captain, cook and one sailor. The Indians took the vessel and tried to set her on fire, but the captain made a desperate resistance, and at last succeeded in expeling them, after shooting down three with his revolver. The remaining Indians then fled, taking with them their dead and wounded. The Ann Eliza left Valparaiso for Honolulu on the 12th June.

Source: "New York Times" (New York, NY), 18 July 1862
Clipped: 23-IX-2012
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