. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. ever. Sink the damned, treacherous creatures tothe bottom ! said Sterrett. Exasperated by thetreachery they had seen, the crew started in toobey the order with a will, and the corsair cap-tain saw his fate before him. Not only did hethen haul down his flag, but he brought it tothe gangway, and throwing it into the sea, hebowed his head to the deck and begged forquarter. Out of eighty men the corsair hadlost twenty killed and twenty-eight Enterprise did not lose a man. Congressgave Sterrett a sword and every ot
. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. ever. Sink the damned, treacherous creatures tothe bottom ! said Sterrett. Exasperated by thetreachery they had seen, the crew started in toobey the order with a will, and the corsair cap-tain saw his fate before him. Not only did hethen haul down his flag, but he brought it tothe gangway, and throwing it into the sea, hebowed his head to the deck and begged forquarter. Out of eighty men the corsair hadlost twenty killed and twenty-eight Enterprise did not lose a man. Congressgave Sterrett a sword and every other memberof the crew a months pay because of theaforesaid heroic action. When the com-mander of the corsair reached Tripoli he wasparaded through the streets on a donkey andbastinadoed for surrendering. Following—though, of course, not because of—this action a good many changes were madein the American squadron—changes such asincreasing its force and putting in new com-manders two or three times ; but eventually itappeared that, although here was a good squad-.
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