Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . COMMODORE DECATUR. 169 northern sliore of Africa—Tripoli, Tunis, Algeria, and Morocco—made abusiness of robbing all the passing merchant vessels they could catch—unless they were well paid for letting them DECATUR COMPELLING THR DEY OF ALGIERS TO SIGN A TREATY. After the Americans had made peace with England they began tothink about the right of p^iying robbers to let them alone. So, in 1803,when Tripoli asked for a larger sum than usual, it was refused. Of 170 COMMODORE
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . COMMODORE DECATUR. 169 northern sliore of Africa—Tripoli, Tunis, Algeria, and Morocco—made abusiness of robbing all the passing merchant vessels they could catch—unless they were well paid for letting them DECATUR COMPELLING THR DEY OF ALGIERS TO SIGN A TREATY. After the Americans had made peace with England they began tothink about the right of p^iying robbers to let them alone. So, in 1803,when Tripoli asked for a larger sum than usual, it was refused. Of 170 COMMODORE DECATUR. course the angry little State began at once to capture our vessels, tliinkingto bring us to terms. But still President Jefferson refused, and, insteadof the money, he sent out the little American navy of gunboats. Amongthe other officers was Stephen Decatur, then first lieutenant on board theArgus. He was only about twenty-three years old, but he had been in thenavy four years and had already become known as a brave and skillfulofficer, with a talent for managing men as well as ships. After the little squadron had been in the Mediterranean for sometime, one of the vessels, the Philadelphia, in some way, got aground inthe harbor of Tripoli, and was captured. Decatur asked permission of thecommander. Commodore Pr
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