. Aaron in the wildwoods . ht she must sink, andmany of those below fell on their knees in boatswains mate, however, called them cheerilyon deck, and told them to put their best footforward, as there was one side of the ship left yet. Captain Porter found his presence in the Pacificbadly needed, not only for attacking British com-merce, but for protecting American vessels frombeing robbed and taken by the Spaniards, who con-sidered themselves allies of the British. The Essexcruised along the coast and among the GalapagosIslands till the beginning of June. By then she hadcaptured th
. Aaron in the wildwoods . ht she must sink, andmany of those below fell on their knees in boatswains mate, however, called them cheerilyon deck, and told them to put their best footforward, as there was one side of the ship left yet. Captain Porter found his presence in the Pacificbadly needed, not only for attacking British com-merce, but for protecting American vessels frombeing robbed and taken by the Spaniards, who con-sidered themselves allies of the British. The Essexcruised along the coast and among the GalapagosIslands till the beginning of June. By then she hadcaptured the Barclay, originally an American ship,and seven whalers. Captain Porter selected thefastest and best of the whalers, a vessel called theAtlantic, about half the size of the Essex, and com-missioned her as a United States cruiser. He re-named her the Essex Junior; she carried twentyguns, and was manned by sixty of the Essex crew,under the command of her first lieutenant. Shewas immediately ordered to convoy the Barclay and. FOR TWEXTY-OXE DAYS SHE STRUGGLED WITHFURIOUS GALES AND HEAVY SEAS. DAVID FARRAGUT 277 four of the prizes to Valparaiso. David, who wasnow twelve years old, was the midshipman chosen tocommand the seamen who were to manage theBarclay during the voyage. The Barclay s old cap-tain, who also accompanied the ship, was furious atbeing commanded by a mere boy. He thought thatby intimidating him he could get the management ofthe ship into his own hands. When they partedcompany from the rest of the squadron, he told theyoung mid. with great contempt that he would findhimself off New Zealand in the morning. David,though inwardly half afraid of the old man, felt thatthe time had come to show what stuff he was madeof. He summoned up his courage and told the cap-tain that he desired the main-topsail filled away, thatthe ship might close up with the Essex Junior. Hereis Davids own account of what happened next. He(the captain) replied that he would shoot any manwho dared
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