Insurrection at Magellan: Narrative of the Imprisonment and Escape of Capt. Chas. H. Brown, from the Chilian Convicts |
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afterwards allowed American ensign anchor answered anxiety armed asked barque barracks biaso board the Florida boat bottomry brig Buela burnt cabin calaboose Cape Cape Pillar captain Avalos captain Brown captain Salas captain Stewart captain Talbot capture Chilian authorities Chilian government claim colonists colony command confined crew Cruz death deck Don Antonio Varas Duer Dunn Eliza Cornish English mate escape fear feel fire friends governor Gamero guard guns hands harbor heard immediately imprisonment Indians insurrection Intendente irons land look Magellan morning navigate the vessel never night o'clock officers oners orders passengers pistols Port Famine pris prisoners quiet reached rebels sail salvage San Carlos Sandy Bay seemed seized sent on board Shaw Shaw's shore shot shout soldiers soon steamer Straits Straits of Magellan swivel gun thing told treach treasure troops Valparaiso Virago voyage walk watch williwaws wind Wood's Bay yard
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