The ships and sailors of old Salem; the record of a brilliant era of American achievement . e enemy to concen-trate or combine their attack. Somewhat similar to these tactics was the manner in whichhe took two privateer sloops while he was cruising off were uncommonly fast and agile vessels and they annoyedthe Yankee skipper by retaking several of his prizes before hecould send them free of this molestation. The sloops had nomind to risk an action with Haraden whose vessel they hadrecognized. So after nightfall he sent down his fore topgallantyard and mast, otherwise disguised the
The ships and sailors of old Salem; the record of a brilliant era of American achievement . e enemy to concen-trate or combine their attack. Somewhat similar to these tactics was the manner in whichhe took two privateer sloops while he was cruising off were uncommonly fast and agile vessels and they annoyedthe Yankee skipper by retaking several of his prizes before hecould send them free of this molestation. The sloops had nomind to risk an action with Haraden whose vessel they hadrecognized. So after nightfall he sent down his fore topgallantyard and mast, otherwise disguised the Pickering, and vanishedfrom that part of the seas. A day later he put about and joggedback after the two privateers, putting out drags astern to checkhis speed, The Pickering appeared to be a plodding merchant-man lumbering along a West India course. As soon as he was sighted by his pestiferous and deludedfoes, they set out in chase of him as easy booty. Letting thefirst sloop come with easy range, Jonathan Haraden strippedthe Pickering of the painted canvas screens that had covered 88. i3 u a soS5 33 u ai ^ s w 5 £ S3 2 ^ Jonathan Haraden, Privateersman her gun ports, let go a murderous broadside and captured thesloop almost as soon as it takes to tell it. Then showing Englishcolors above the Stars and Stripes aboard the Pickering, as ifshe had been captured, he went after the consort and look heras neatly as he had gathered the other. Captain Haraden knew how to play the gentleman in thisbloody game of war on the ocean. An attractive light is thrownupon his character by an incident which happened during acruise in the Pickering. He fell in with a humble Yankeetrading schooner which had been to the West Indies withlumber and was jogging home with the beggarly proceeds ofthe voyage. Her skipper signaled Captain Haraden, put out aboat and went aboard the privateer to tell a tale of woe. Alittle while before he had been overhauled by a British letterof marque schooner which had
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